Monday I excitedly received 48 Barred Rock eggs from B.C. Canada. I let them sit 48 hours and they have been in my incubator ever since. So that would make 2 full days in the incubator without rotation. Today my good mama Bantam Wyandotte Golden Lace hen went full blown broody on me again. She has successfully hatched a brood of 6 chicks 8 weeks ago.
I am considering giving her a clutch of the shipped eggs. Last month I only had a 30% hatch rate with some shipped Canadian Bresse. I know it should have been more like 50% but I had tremendous difficulty keeping the humidity up. I now know where I went wrong with that.
I would really like to experiment to see if she would have better results than me. At the same time this was not a cheap investment. I'm interested to see what people would do in my situation and if they might have any other interesting ideas or suggestions.
+ She would be able to raise some chicks without heat lamp
- I would have to keep two separate brooders in limited space.
I am considering giving her a clutch of the shipped eggs. Last month I only had a 30% hatch rate with some shipped Canadian Bresse. I know it should have been more like 50% but I had tremendous difficulty keeping the humidity up. I now know where I went wrong with that.
I would really like to experiment to see if she would have better results than me. At the same time this was not a cheap investment. I'm interested to see what people would do in my situation and if they might have any other interesting ideas or suggestions.
+ She would be able to raise some chicks without heat lamp
- I would have to keep two separate brooders in limited space.
