We ended up with a pretty good hatch for shipped eggs. We got 8 out of the 12 hatched. We also ended up with an even split, 4 boys and 4 girls.
The other eggs we had in the incubator yielded 10 Black Copper Marans so we were pretty successful there too. In addition to the 24 we put in the incubator, I ended up with some that were found under the nest box in the Isbar run.
We found 14 eggs and put them under two hens that had gone broody since the incubator was full. The broodys did a good job with the eggs and over time they looked like they were developing. But as the chicks started to hatch the girls lost interest. We ended up losing some of the chicks and I decided to put them in the brooder with the ones from the incubator.
So we now have a full house with chicks everywhere. Not one to quit while ahead, we will be cleaning the incubator and making it ready for a shipment of another first import line Isbar eggs. We will add a few of our green eggs and also a few eggs from our Legbars as I am very curious to see what they will produce.
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