Staggered Hatching, One Incubator

[CozyDia]

Hey guys, I have a dilemma. I'm planning to hatch bantam Salmon Faverolle eggs and Black Copper Maran eggs that I bought from Ebay, but unfortunately they didn't arrive at the same time. My SF eggs arrived yesterday morning and are currently resting while my BCM eggs are coming on Monday.

My question is should I wait till Tuesday to incubate them all at once (~4 days of resting for SF eggs / 1 day of resting for BCM eggs) or should I go ahead and incubate my SF eggs 2-3 days earlier than my BCM eggs? Unfortunately, I only have one incubator (NR360) on hand.

 

[yallowchicken81819]

I dont think 2-3 days will make a difference. I personally wouldnt want to wait and risk losing the eggs, bjut its up to you.

 

[CozyDia]

Any other opinion on my issue? I was thinking placing the bantam eggs in the incubator tonight and adding the Maran eggs a day after they arrive. There would be roughly a 2-3 day gap between both eggs.

 

[Buttnuggetcatcher]

Late to this but I just had a 10 day stagger and hatched just fine

 

[Shuffle77]

Late to this but I just had a 10 day stagger and hatched just fine

Did you clean between the hatches? I have eggs about 6 days apart. Batch one hatched. The incubator is a little smelly. Batch two are chirping - no external pip yet?