A new toy had arrived and it's Craig's new incubator. Off to Oakford to get some fertiled eggs today. I've only got 12 eggs and we placed them into the incubator. Chicks will hatched in 21days if they are successful. There is alot of work involved being a Papa Hen. Craig had to wash his hens...opps hands each time before he rotates the eggs. Mother hens will do it naturally but Papa Hen has to do it manually each morning and evening. The temperature of the incubator has to be well maintained at 37degrees as well.
After the 1st week, we can candle the eggs and see if the chicks are forming or not. Unsuccessful eggs should be removed to avoid "affecting" other healthy eggs.
It will be really interesting to see what breeds we get from these 12 eggs and how many will be successfully. The lady who sold us the eggs has serveral breeds and she has no idea which are the breeds we got.
Stay tuned to our hatching story....
