Redinator's First Hatch-Along w Bonus Broody: And Everything Thereafter

[redinator]

Are you setting tomorrow?

I'm gonna work in small batches, approaching this very analytically. I can't get emotionally invested in each and every egg, it's very draining. I will love all the chicks the same once hatched though.

I decided there's some things you just can't test without actually having eggs in the incubator. I want to put all the incubators through their paces before I buy eggs of pure breeds to hatch next spring. Thanks, for that viewpoint by the way

I'll be starting with the eggs that have been sitting the longest. The oldest were collected on Sept 29th, so they're less than two weeks old.

I'll set 3 eggs in each of the 5 incubators, working towards a dry hatch. When I candle at day 10 I'll toss any non-starters, then I'll consolidate the remaining eggs into one incubator.

Then I'll set 3 more in the unoccupied incubators

I'm aiming to have 30 viable chicks when all is said and done.

Edit: The short answer is yes, I'll be setting them tomorrow. I need to figure out where I'm putting all the incubators, lol.

 

[redinator]

I bet you anything half way through the hatch the bantams and giants will start laying.

 

[ChickenChick46]

I'm gonna work in small batches, approaching this very analytically. I can't get emotionally invested in each and every egg, it's very draining. I will love all the chicks the same once hatched though.

I decided there's some things you just can't test without actually having eggs in the incubator. I want to put all the incubators through their paces before I buy eggs of pure breeds to hatch next spring. Thanks, for that viewpoint by the way

I'll be starting with the eggs that have been sitting the longest. The oldest were collected on Sept 29th, so they're less than two weeks old.

I'll set 3 eggs in each of the 5 incubators, working towards a dry hatch. When I candle at day 10 I'll toss any non-starters, then I'll consolidate the remaining eggs into one incubator.

Then I'll set 3 more in the unoccupied incubators

I'm aiming to have 30 viable chicks when all is said and done.

Edit: The short answer is yes, I'll be setting them tomorrow. I need to figure out where I'm putting all the incubators, lol.

Oh my gosh I love this approach! I love the analytical aspect of things, so I'm looking forward to your results from this!

 

[ChickenChick46]

I bet you anything half way through the hatch the bantams and giants will start laying.

Most likely!

 

[redinator]

Oh my gosh I love this approach! I love the analytical aspect of things, so I'm looking forward to your results from this!

I'll probably be posting here and the spooktacular hatch-along.

 

[ChickenChick46]

I'll probably be posting here and the spooktacular hatch-along.

I'll be on the lookout for sure.

 

[redinator]

I'll be on the lookout for sure.

I'll probably post here for more of the data type stuff so I can keep track of which incubators worked better. Then the "I candled . . . they hatched," more fun stuff for the spooktacular hatch along.

 

[ChickenChick46]

I'll probably post here for more of the data type stuff so I can keep track of which incubators worked better. Then the "I candled . . . they hatched," more fun stuff for the spooktacular hatch along.

I'll watch both!