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When I find a chicken or duck egg, and my goal is to incubate and hatch:
1) how long do I let the egg(s) stay in the nest before gathering?
2) how many does she need to lay before I gather them up, or maybe just get one?
3) After I gather them up and bring them inside, how long to let them sit before I put them in the incubator?
4) How long after (or before) can I candle them to find out which ones are fertile?
5) confused about towards the end of incubation, do you let them sit and do nothing?
6) I was told I can put a duck eggs under a hen to hatch, however chickens take 21days and if I put duck eggs
under her, the duck egg takes 28 days? So what to do for that extra 7 days after the chicks hatch?
Thank you if you can answer and help with my questions from experience hatchers .
When I find a chicken or duck egg, and my goal is to incubate and hatch:
1) how long do I let the egg(s) stay in the nest before gathering?
2) how many does she need to lay before I gather them up, or maybe just get one?
3) After I gather them up and bring them inside, how long to let them sit before I put them in the incubator?
4) How long after (or before) can I candle them to find out which ones are fertile?
5) confused about towards the end of incubation, do you let them sit and do nothing?
6) I was told I can put a duck eggs under a hen to hatch, however chickens take 21days and if I put duck eggs
under her, the duck egg takes 28 days? So what to do for that extra 7 days after the chicks hatch?
Thank you if you can answer and help with my questions from experience hatchers .