Jenngee
In the Brooder
Trying to keep this short.
So we have eggs in incubator, all doing well. Due to go on lock down tomorrow, to hatch tue/wed.
I have a young hen outside who started laying a few weeks ago. Who this morning has been sitting in the nest box, looks to be going broody. When moved returns to sit on eggs straight away.
So we are having a new central heating system fitted beginning Monday (bad planning on my part) and it occurred to me that at some point they might need to put the electricity off. (Ah I will be on lock down).
My options are
A) to move the incubator to my sisters, a 20 min drive away. Meaning they would hatch there, boo we would miss all the fun.
B) Make the workmen aware of the situation and ask for electric to be off for as short a spell as possible. And if more than once in a day that it’s left to recover temp and humidity for an hour or so before going off again.
C) Now this hen has gone broody I am wondering if I could swap the eggs she’s on for the ones due to hatch. If so when should I do it. How do I know she’s serious and isn’t going to get bored and leave the eggs at such a critical point? Would she be confused if the eggs hatched so quickly?
So we have eggs in incubator, all doing well. Due to go on lock down tomorrow, to hatch tue/wed.
I have a young hen outside who started laying a few weeks ago. Who this morning has been sitting in the nest box, looks to be going broody. When moved returns to sit on eggs straight away.
So we are having a new central heating system fitted beginning Monday (bad planning on my part) and it occurred to me that at some point they might need to put the electricity off. (Ah I will be on lock down).
My options are
A) to move the incubator to my sisters, a 20 min drive away. Meaning they would hatch there, boo we would miss all the fun.
B) Make the workmen aware of the situation and ask for electric to be off for as short a spell as possible. And if more than once in a day that it’s left to recover temp and humidity for an hour or so before going off again.
C) Now this hen has gone broody I am wondering if I could swap the eggs she’s on for the ones due to hatch. If so when should I do it. How do I know she’s serious and isn’t going to get bored and leave the eggs at such a critical point? Would she be confused if the eggs hatched so quickly?