Setting and hatching in December? Come join us! - Holiday Season hatch-along

[jafo]

My wife and I gave our son 4 eggs on thanksgiving day, and 4 more on the friday after, the very next day. He has a "crap" still air from TSC and a turner. Never done it before. We have had broody hens and they take 21 days to hatch, plus or minus one. Out of the 8 eggs he had, 5 hatched exatly 15 days later,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,is this normal ??? thats like 7 days early, and they are all doing fine. temp was 99.5.

 

[crissycriss]

its possible. Were they your own eggs? Might be able to do a bit of experimenting and find the cause.

Yes they were my own eggs.Most of them were EE eggs some BB mix.Mallard and pekin.

 

[MarineCorpFarmr]

My wife and I gave our son 4 eggs on thanksgiving day, and 4 more on the friday after, the very next day. He has a "crap" still air from TSC and a turner. Never done it before. We have had broody hens and they take 21 days to hatch, plus or minus one. Out of the 8 eggs he had, 5 hatched exatly 15 days later,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,is this normal ??? thats like 7 days early, and they are all doing fine. temp was 99.5.

sounds like they were stored warm and started developing early

 

[MarineCorpFarmr]

Yes they were my own eggs.Most of them were EE eggs some BB mix.Mallard and pekin.

what do you hold your temp and humidity at?

 

[crissycriss]

what do you hold your temp and humidity at?

My temp i thought was 100 but thermometer was 2 degrees off so 98. My humidity never got below 30 percent.It stayed more between 45-50 percent.

 

[crissycriss]

what do you hold your temp and humidity at?

My temp i thought was 100 but thermometer was 2 degrees off so 98. My humidity never got below 30 percent.It stayed more between 45-50 percent. At lockdown i bumped it up to 65 percent but sometime it went as high as 70-75 percent.

 

[MarineCorpFarmr]

Sorry I been gone the last few hrs. Your specs look good, what was your hatch % last time?

 

[crissycriss]

Sorry I been gone the last few hrs. Your specs look good, what was your hatch % last time?

Well i set 33 eggs got 9 to hatch.

 

[Runawaylobster]

well I candled at Day 14 today and 5 came out... so I have 41 remaining. It's hard to tell
with the Marans eggs but there is something going on inside there.

 

[adgcountrygirl]

Woooohooo!!! I'm glad I found this thread. This is just what I was looking for! One of my girls went broody. When she first went broody, she was only setting on three. I tried to move her during the day and it didn't work. (I figured it wouldn't, but I was desperate because I had another ready to lay on the floor of the coop. I took those eggs and figured if she was still trying to sit tonight I would move her whilst she slept. It worked perfectly. When I filled the feed and water bowls of her "Broody Box" she got up to drink and eat for 2-3 minutes and when right back to the eggs to sit.

This is my second year to have chickens, but this is the first time one has gone broody. I'm so excited, I don't know how I will stand it!