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Livestock => Poultry & Waterfowl => Topic started by: liffy on February 22, 2013, 09:38:54 pm

Title: can i incubate bantams and large fowl together?
Post by: liffy on February 22, 2013, 09:38:54 pm

Help! Can I incubate l a large fowl b and bantams together or do they need different temperatures and hatching b times?
Any advice appreciated.

Title: Re: can i incubate bantams and large fowl together?
Post by: Big Light on February 22, 2013, 09:57:03 pm

Yes
you can hatch them together, bantams might hatch slightly earlier - 12 hrs - 1 day
 problem comes when brooding if large numbers  / space tight then more chance of a bantam being squashed. If only small numbers then not a problem / or consider splitting / or 2 brooders

Title: Re: can i incubate bantams and large fowl together?
Post by: liffy on February 22, 2013, 10:11:38 pm

Thank you. Very helpful.

Title: Re: can i incubate bantams and large fowl together?
Post by: in the hills on February 23, 2013, 09:49:53 am

Yes, as Big L ight says.


We have hatched them together with no problems but it was in small numbers.