Has anyone had any luck hatching pekin eggs naturally? I usually just remove the eggs and sell them but am thinking I may leave a couple for her to sit on. Silly question but... will she just keep laying a new egg each day in the nest? How long will it take for them to hatch? I thought I read somewhere that Pekin's don't make the best parents?
She will keep laying eggs until she has reached her nest egg capacity (usually anywhere from 6-20 eggs). Then she should start sitting and not leaving the nest very often. They take about 29 days to hatch.
If she kicks out eggs that are no good. Somehow they know which ones are good and which aren't. Just in their nature. And usually Pekins aren't getting broody. And they supposedly don't make good parents but haven't had that experience yet. Ours shares a nest with our Rouen girl