Should I?

[AudraB]

I was thinking about incubating some of my eggs. What is y’alls opinion on hatching eggs this late in the year?

 

[Mosey2003]

If you have room to keep them draft-free with appropriate heat until they're fully feathered, go for it. They'll be laying first thing in the spring.

 

[ronott1]

It is harder to find them now but they do fine.

Happy hatching!

 

[AudraB]

Thank you, that’s what I was thinking. Just wanted another opinion.

 

[ronott1]

I hatch them out for New Years Day! They lay eggs early that way

 

[ChickenLeg]

I stopped doing fall and winter hatches. Added too much extra care and work to keep them well maintained.

In the future I might do a small hatch of a few silkie eggs or something that I could keep indoors during the winter. But no more LF or large hatches for me in Tennessee winters.

 

[Mosey2003]

Last year I had chicks both in January and February. Is it fun? No. But that's when what I wanted was available. Brooder in the barn with two lamps, they did fine. I wanted to have mine hatched by now for this year, but life happened HARD. Still unsure if I'll hatch in January if the opportunity happens.

 

[ronott1]

I stopped doing fall and winter hatches. Added too much extra care and work to keep them well maintained.

In the future I might do a small hatch of a few silkie eggs or something that I could keep indoors during the winter. But no more LF or large hatches for me in Tennessee winters.

I would feel like that too in a colder climate than mine.

 

[ChickenLeg]

I would feel like that too in a colder climate than mine.

California... you got it made

 

[ronott1]

California... you got it made

I know! I am in the Sacramento Valley too. Last year we did not have many days of below 32f. It does get very hot in the summer though