Question.

[Randomsos]

Soo basically my mom is mexican and she sometimes put eggs in water (maybe every 2 days) while the chicken was hatching them is that good or bad?

 

[Weeg]

Soo basically my mom is mexican and she sometimes put eggs in water (maybe every 2 days) while the chicken was hatching them is that good or bad?

Is she trying to test them to see if there alive? And is she taking them out from under the momma?

 

[Weeg]

Or are you hatching them in an incubator?

Or

 

[Randomsos]

No apparently when it's hot like in summer she makes it so they don't "over heat" she takes them from under the chicken i also haven't been paying attention to if she actually got chicks from doing that

 

[Paterino Del Galaxia]

Stop her she can kill the eggs, mist the eggs instead. I insist on forcing her to stop, putting eggs on water mildly traumatizes the chick.

 

[Birdie mom]

yeah that might not be the best idea...

 

[Kiraeh]

I think the big question is: do these eggs hatch? If your mom gets good hatch rates(say 80%+ of fertile eggs) with the 'cool them down in water' method then I'm disinclined to argue.
It sounds like your mom has been doing this for a while, so does it work?

Edit: I see you say you're not sure. Figuring that out-- paying attention to the eggs and how many don't hatch and cracking them open to see why- is the first step, especially if you want to convince her not to do it.

 

[Randomsos]

I think the big question is: do these eggs hatch? If your mom gets good hatch rates(say 80%+ of fertile eggs) with the 'cool them down in water' method then I'm disinclined to argue.
It sounds like your mom has been doing this for a while, so does it work?

Edit: I see you say you're not sure. Figuring that out-- paying attention to the eggs and how many don't hatch and cracking them open to see why- is the first step, especially if you want to convince her not to do it.

I think she had a good hatch rate, but I'll see since we're going to let another chicken hatch out chicks I'm going to do what she does to half of them or I'll mist them and leave the other dry

 

[Randomsos]

Stop her she can kill the eggs, mist the eggs instead. I insist on forcing her to stop, putting eggs on water mildly traumatizes the chick.

Ok thanks so much for the help

 

[Weeg]

Ya, I would refrain from taking any eggs out from under the momma, you could stress her out and convince her to stop sitting, or you could shock the eggs and kill them.