I take my eggs out keep them in the house in an egg carton fat end up tilting the carton a couple times a day and date them with the date layed, as after 7 days fertility goes down. I keep gulf balls in the nest, when they are ready to go broody they will sit on the gulf balls once they have been showing broody behavior for 4-7 days I replace the gulf balls with marked eggs I have saved (mark them so you know which ones to remove everyday as all hens will give her more eggs everyday).
Thank you. We put her first batch of 5 eggs in rhe bator. They all are fertilize and going nice. But she currently has 5 more eggs. The bator isn't schedule ro hatch till June 8. Will the eggs I currently have from her going ro last until i can get them in the bator?
They will not be the best quality by then. May or may not develop. Staggered hatches are difficult but can be done.
No, I date them and do not try to hatch (in incubator or under a broody hen) anything older than 7 days as quality of the egg for hatching goes down. After the 7 day mark I cook them and feed them to my family or back to the flock.
Ok awesome. Ill try that! She just gave me egg #6 I just wish she would sit on them already lol. I guess she's not ready to be a mama yet.
Most of mine were just broody at Easter and finally broke. I have 3-4 brooding at the moment, 1 that is broody again after her Easter batch.
proud silkie mama!
So pretty!!!Just wanted to share my king and queen of the coop
They are so pretty! Shavings I see you use, is it better than straw?Just wanted to share my king and queen of the coop
