you know how long it took me to figure out how to Bluetooth earbuds?
I have experimented with this as well. I like setting weekly because the eggs are fresher, but when I push it to every 14 days I still get pretty good hatch rates. I think of how hens will lay a clutch of eggs over about two weeks before they go broody, and often they have a 90-100% hatch rate. I find hens on secret nests all the time with 10-12 eggs, and realistically those hens are probably only laying 5-6 eggs per week, so roughly it take them about 2 weeks to lay a clutch to suit them. So setting every 7-10 days is best, but pushing it to every 2 weeks is also fine. When I am collecting eggs from single pairs, I like collecting them for 2 weeks just so I have a decent clutch from them to set. But we have so many breeds that we rotate setting some breeds one week then some the next, so that we are always setting weekly. I typically set on Sundays, and lockdown on Thursdays, then hatch on Sundays. It helps to keep things straight that way.
Y'all, I am not okay waiting to hear from MM on my chicks being shipped. They are due to ship one day this week and I am a nervous wreck. I just want them to hurry up and get here, and all be alive. I am terrified of opening up the box and finding dead chicks.
I bet they ship tomorrowY'all, I am not okay waiting to hear from MM on my chicks being shipped. They are due to ship one day this week and I am a nervous wreck. I just want them to hurry up and get here, and all be alive. I am terrified of opening up the box and finding dead chicks.
I hope so.
Hope they're not like ebay. I've had sellers there get a label and still not get it into the mail for 4 or 5 days.
Chicks can only survive for approximately 3 days after hatching without food/water so surely they will get them in the mail soon after hatching. Based on their website, they hatch on Mondays, Tuesdays, and Wednesdays so I'm assuming since they printed the label today, they were due to hatch today? Gosh I hope so.
