Should I try to hatch old eggs (final results)

[KattyKillFish]

8D

SO EXCITING! im like crazy happy and they're not even my eggs!

 

[StrawberryHouseMouse]

I have my own opinion about how long eggs can go before getting sat on. I have had hens lay up to 18 eggs before and hatch them all. Now we all know that usually a hen lays one egg a day. And I know for a fact that hen laid only one a day cause I counted each and every one when she would lay them ( I was a kid and very curious ) . She sat on those eggs and hatched out every single one of them. I always found it interesting, that she could make those eggs wait 18 days in the summer heat before she sat on them to hatch them.

 

[chicks for better health]

I just got home we have 11 fuzz butts. Many more pips

 

[Hens_And_Chicks]

Boy do I ever have egg on me face! Congratulations!

 

[Teresaann24]

thats so great! congrats! Iv been saving eggs to put in the bator had eggs in the bator so I had to wait till they hatched cause I didnt want a staggered hatch. So this gives me some hope on my eggies!

 

[chicks for better health]

21 hatched so far. I'll post pictures tomorrow.

 

[chicks for better health]

Final update

I set 90 eggs the oldest were 19 days old (laid 2/22/09

38 Silver Laced Wyandottes From our flock

38 Mixed Red Layers From our flock

14 Cuckoo Marans from Ginasmarans



at day 15 I candled and removed 21 eggs that weren't developing (69 remaining)


We hatched 45 chicks

19 Silver Laced Wyandottes hatched 1 had a very bad leg and was culled (oldest hatched were laid 2/22/09 then 2/23/09

16 Mixed Red Layers hatched 1 had a bug eye and was very weak so we culled him

10 Cuckoo Marans hatched 1 was pecked to death at day 1
1 was culled because he was very weak and could barely walk




50% hatch rate from all set eggs

65% hatch rate on eggs that were developing at day 15 (I should have candled earlier)

 

[StrawberryHouseMouse]

Any idea of how many of the eggs hatched that were the old ones?

 

[chicks for better health]

Quote:
laid 2/22/09 19 days