i went to get a peacock once from a place where they had some of these really rare incredible peacocks that sell for like 700 dollars each and the man didnt even have an incubator, he had a bunch of cochin hens sitting in nest boxes and he would just put the eggs under them. They say if you put hatching eggs under a real hen even for just a couple of days you will have a way better hatch rate and I tried that and its true. No scientific explanation for it but I swear, it was the only time i had a total 100% hatch rate. going now to clean out my smelly incubator before company gets here and yet again assume I am insane.
I know people will say, why on earth would she leave eggs in the incubator til they smell... but after they hatch and make the incubator water smell to high heaven, you cant just takes the eggs all out. Some hatch late, and if you take all the eggs out the temp goes haywire so you have to wait a few days until people think you are nuts... I am so glad we are having these egg discussions Mic. its fascinating. -- yipie tie yie yo
