what do i do with the real eggs until the hen goes broody????????

[chickenobsessed]

i'm 12 and i hatched chicks in an incubator august 21, 2011.i know almost anything about chickens when y dad said he might be getting eggs and i did all the research i needed. I couldn't wait to get the eggs and when we got them i was so happy and when they hatched all i did all day was play with them (no joke) so now i am hatching more in an incubator with the hens that we have since my hen wont go broody

......so what i am planning on doing is once they hatch put them with a hen that i think will adopt them and put them in their own cage with everything they need.....i am so exited that i don't know what to do....lol......so i have 3 eggs in the incubator now so the questions is, is when i put more in the incubator will they hatch on different day or will they star to produce when all the eggs are in the incubator???????

 

[chicklover16]

i'm 12

 

[ForgottenGlen]

Come on now chick, you used to be 12 too! Play nice!

 

[chicklover16]

Come on now chick, you used to be 12 too! Play nice!

I'm not saying he is too young! I am saying that I just spoke about bra hatching infront of a teenage guy!!

 

[ForgottenGlen]

i'm 12 and i hatched chicks in an incubator august 21, 2011.i know almost anything about chickens when y dad said he might be getting eggs and i did all the research i needed. I couldn't wait to get the eggs and when we got them i was so happy and when they hatched all i did all day was play with them (no joke) so now i am hatching more in an incubator with the hens that we have since my hen wont go broody

......so what i am planning on doing is once they hatch put them with a hen that i think will adopt them and put them in their own cage with everything they need.....i am so exited that i don't know what to do....lol......so i have 3 eggs in the incubator now so the questions is, is when i put more in the incubator will they hatch on different day or will they star to produce when all the eggs are in the incubator???????

chickenobsessed, I'm really happy for you. Make sure you watch your adoptive momma chicken, I have heard they will not take babies if they don't want them. Be ready with a backup plan, look into brooders you could use in case she does not want them.

 

[chickenobsessed]

lol though can someone answer my question please!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[ForgottenGlen]

I'm not saying he is too young! I am saying that I just spoke about bra hatching infront of a teenage guy!!

Have you talked to any 12 year olds lately? They already know this stuff!

 

[chicklover16]

lol though can someone answer my question please!!!!!!!!!!!!

they will hatch on different days

 

[chicklover16]

Have you talked to any 12 year olds lately? They already know this stuff!

yup, and how they find out is beyond me.......

 

[ForgottenGlen]

lol though can someone answer my question please!!!!!!!!!!!!

Put the eggs in the incubator, when they hatch, see if you can get step-momma chicken to take them, putting her in a nesting box and sneaking them under her seems to be popular.

I've never tried.