Moira counts our hatching eggs while Noah figures out how many chicks we can expect with an overall hatching rate of 50%. Yes, I do make my 5 year old do consumer math;-)
Preparing for the setting of our very first hatching eggs... which, if the temp in our incubator continues to hold steady at 99.5, will commence tomorrow morning.
We received four brown colored hatching eggs today (donated... thanks Britny!), chicks will be some kind of buff brahma or buff orpington and cornish/golden comet concoction. Kids are pretty excited!(Actually, Wade and I are just as excited...)
Did you know...Fresh fertile eggs can be stored (at 50-70 F) for up to 13 days before being set in an incubator? Hatching rates drop considerably for eggs stored longer than this.
Did you know...Chicken eggs have a 21 day incubation period and need to be turned about every 8 hours from days 2-18? You need to stop turning them on the 18th day so that the chick can position itself for hatching!
