When are eggs safe to incubate/stops being a 'pullet/new' egg?

[Brooks_]

You tell me.

An incubator.

 

[Huntmaster]

PLEASE DON'T FEED THE TROLLS THANK YOU

 

[Mick Boon]

Chickens have been bred over thousands of years. Some have been bred for meat some have been bred for eggs. The broody instinct has been bred out of laying strains to be more productive. This is domesticating.

I don't believe the broody instinct has been intentionally "bred out", it's a result of unintentionally not being "bred in" by continous artificial incubation with no thought of the consequences.

 

[Mick Boon]

An incubator.

What' s your point ?

 

[Brooks_]

What' s your point ?

I can't understand why any hobbyist poultry keeper would want to incubate artificially.

 

[Huntmaster]

What' s your point ?

TROLLS DROOLING FOR FOOD

 

[Mick Boon]

You stated that incubating is 'unnatural' and 'unnecessary'. What is your insight behind this?

Sorry if that is really what I said, I was referring to artificial incubation not all incubation.

 

[InterestingChickens]

I don't believe the broody instinct has been intentionally "bred out", it's a result of unintentionally not being "bred in" by continous artificial incubation with no thought of the consequences.

It has been intentionally bred out in egg laying breeds. When a bird goes broody they don't lay any eggs. In productive strains they need their birds to lay as many eggs as possible. Their for the broodiness needs to be and is bred out.

 

[Mick Boon]

I can't understand why any hobbyist poultry keeper would want to incubate artificially.

 

[Mick Boon]

It has been intentionally bred out in egg laying breeds.

Show me evidence of that please.