collecting eggs to hatch

[Eoghan]

Currently collecting my Marran eggs to hatch. How long should you store them before hatching? Collecting one egg every other day from a trio so might take a week or so to collect half a dozen.

Really dissappointed that we ended up with two hens and four cockerels (now one) from eggs.

[Scarlet]

If it was one hen she would take a week to hatch then before sitting.

Make sure they're stored correctly and them tilting or turn them a couple times a day to stop them sticking within their shells.

2 hens 4 cockerels is about right. There's always more boys to girls.....one hatch for me was 9 boys, 1 girl. So disappointing.

[Stan79]

I was dead chuffed when I picked 6 chicks... I got four hens and two cockerels and convinced myself my skills at sexing them based on their behaviour was very good... or it might have been pure fluke!!!!!

[Scarlet]

Fluke!

It can differ between breeds, but I always look for thicker legs, Sussex girls had stumpy wings, girls are much more timid. Boys will be cheeky. My boys could generally pick them out about 5 weeks. They loved doing the paper airplane trick to see if it came true!

[Stan79]

I based it on the boys being more aggressive, girls being more timid and passive when picked up... it wasn’t a fluke I tell you... (well, maybe a little bit!)

[Scarlet]

Yes... same as flying the paper airplane. The boys look up and the girls duck