I'm collecting eggs to set my first hatch this week, probably Tuesday night after I get home from work. Anybody else new to hatching and want to share the experience?
I'll be setting up the incubator today to run it and make sure it's stable.
My thought is to choose eggs that are perfectly-clean, perfectly-shaped, and within shouting distance of 60g, which is a US Large -- since I want to improve the egg size in my flock, which has too many Mediums for my taste.
I figure that I'll skip the Marans' eggs this time so I can learn candling on the lighter shells even though I want to darken my flock's overall shell color average.
I haven't decided how many to set. They're going to be mixed breeds since I haven't separated the Blue Australorps out yet. I want enough to have a decent chance of a reasonable number surviving but not so many as to overwhelm my facilities when I'm going to need the space for the Blue Australorps later.
6? 8? 10? It might depend on how many really perfect eggs I get over the next couple days.
I'll be setting up the incubator today to run it and make sure it's stable.
My thought is to choose eggs that are perfectly-clean, perfectly-shaped, and within shouting distance of 60g, which is a US Large -- since I want to improve the egg size in my flock, which has too many Mediums for my taste.
I figure that I'll skip the Marans' eggs this time so I can learn candling on the lighter shells even though I want to darken my flock's overall shell color average.
I haven't decided how many to set. They're going to be mixed breeds since I haven't separated the Blue Australorps out yet. I want enough to have a decent chance of a reasonable number surviving but not so many as to overwhelm my facilities when I'm going to need the space for the Blue Australorps later.
6? 8? 10? It might depend on how many really perfect eggs I get over the next couple days.