- May 15, 2011
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Hello my name is Sam and I am brand new to the chicken world. I have a quad of pure Old English Wheatons and A trio of pure Light Brown dutch Bantams. I am averaging about ten eggs per week. I have the following questions.
1. Does the styrofoam incubators really work for hatching bantam eggs if you are turning them manually?
2. Can I number the eggs with with a lead pencils and add about 10 per week knowing that I will be getting weekly hatchings?
Here is my plan tell me if it should fly please anyone.
I intend to build a brooder with two or three compartments to start with so, I am ready if it does work.
Im gonna gather eggs daily, put them in an egg carton and tilt them from one side to the other three or four time a day.
Every 7 days I will mark however many eggs (averaging 10 now) using a lead pencil with a number 21 day later than the day I put them in the incubator.
After 21 days I should be taking chicks out on a weekly basis.
Should it work?
1. Does the styrofoam incubators really work for hatching bantam eggs if you are turning them manually?
2. Can I number the eggs with with a lead pencils and add about 10 per week knowing that I will be getting weekly hatchings?
Here is my plan tell me if it should fly please anyone.
I intend to build a brooder with two or three compartments to start with so, I am ready if it does work.
Im gonna gather eggs daily, put them in an egg carton and tilt them from one side to the other three or four time a day.
Every 7 days I will mark however many eggs (averaging 10 now) using a lead pencil with a number 21 day later than the day I put them in the incubator.
After 21 days I should be taking chicks out on a weekly basis.
Should it work?