Staggered hatches...

mamaboyd

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Jun 6, 2007
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Since I couldn't wait to put what eggs I have in the incubator tonight, I was wondering if when I put what eggs I get from my girls tomorrow in tomorrow night, will I still be able to put the chicks all in together in the same brooder once they have hatched seeing as there should only be about a day's difference in age. They are all the same breed of chickens, so there won't be a size difference etc.
 
A day apart will make no difference at all. Many times you can set eggs at the same time and they hatch across 2 or 3 days.
 
Normally they don't hatch all on the same day anyway, so it should be good.
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They should be fine but after that I wouldn't add any more eggs to the bator unless you have a 2nd incubator to use for hatching.

Good luck with them!
 

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