never hatched anything Lots of ?

[ben is a terror]

1 Can I buy hatching eggs and put them under my broody hen and let her hatch them?
2 Do they have to be the same breed chicken/duck or duck/goose
3 How`long do you leave it there? Under the hen?
4 If I put 10 eggs under how many do u think would hatch?

THANKS

 

[easttxchick]

Quote:
1) Yes, you surely can.
2) Nope, chickens will hatch just about anything. Not sure if ducks or geese will hatch chicken eggs, though.
3) It depends on what you're hatching. Large Fowl chickens-21 days, Bantams-19-21 days, ducks 28-30 days, bantam ducks 25 days.
4) There is no way to know, but under a broody, I would say you're odds are better than in an incubator.

 

[CCourson05]

1 Can I buy hatching eggs and put them under my broody hen and let her hatch them?
Yep!
2 Do they have to be the same breed chicken/duck or duck/goose?
No. They will hatch any egg. They might not raise them though...
3 How`long do you leave it there?
Leave what where? The eggs? Depending on the species
4 If I put 10 eggs under how many do u think would hatch?
Depends, really. Sometimes shipped eggs are internally damaged.... So... If you had your own eggs, probably close to 100%

 

[ben is a terror]

I'm going to try ordering eggs here and see how it goes.

How long should I leave them under the hen before I say trash?

 

[CCourson05]

Chicken eggs? 25 days is my 86 date...

 

[ben is a terror]

We're thinking duck eggs

 

[CCourson05]

I think that is 28 day incubation.. that would mean day... 32-ish...