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[jam]

hey guys

 

Finally I can put some eggs in the incy after so many delays!

but Im not sure how many eggs I should buy. I want to get an amount that will still leave me with a decent amount of chcikens if the hatch isnt too successful, but a number of eggs that isnt too big that ill have too many chickens if the hatch is really successful, I dont really know what the hatch rate is for chicken eggs is,I only have space for 6 or 7 more chickens. I hope im not making a fuss over nothing, but if you follow then some advise would be really helpful

Jam

[Redwing]

If I wanted 6-7 new hens I'd set two dozen eggs personally

 

Dont forget some may not be fertile, others will not make it through the 21 days and some simply wont hatch at the end of it, of those that do hatch you have to expect that 50% will be male

 

You can always sell on extra girls

[tom123]

I think, if you can hatch again, then set 12-15 this time and maybe set some more in a few months?

 

This way you haven't got loads of chicks at the same time and you get to hatch twice

[jam]

mmm, good plan Tom Thanks guys

[feemcg]

With my latest hatch I set 12 eggs, 7 were fertile, 4 died in shell quite late on and I had 3 hatch BUT my last hatch of last year I got 17 chicks from 18 eggs (and more than half were boys ).

[tom123]

I agree, every time is different. I set 18 eggs at the beginning of Jan and only 3 hatched and all are girls but the time before I set 6 eggs, 5 hatched and 4 were boys!

 

Good luck

Tom