Questions about hatching Old English Game Bantams

[Yard Farmer]

Hello, happy Sunday!
So, my OEGB hatching eggs are going to be hatching in the next few days. But, there's a catch. My date to hatch is based off of hatching standards.
My question is, do Old English chicks hatch sooner than standard's since their smaller? Or is it the same time frame?

Thanks in advance!

 

[Yard Farmer]

@MysteryChicken
@MeanCheek
Can you help?

 

[MeanCheek]

@MysteryChicken
@MeanCheek
Can you help?

I've been told bantams hatch as early as 18 days, but I don't know. I haven't hatched chooks in an incubator for years

 

[Chookwagn]

Hello, happy Sunday!
So, my OEGB hatching eggs are going to be hatching in the next few days. But, there's a catch. My date to hatch is based off of hatching standards.
My question is, do Old English chicks hatch sooner than standard's since their smaller? Or is it the same time frame?

Thanks in advance!

In my experience they only hatch maybe half a day earlier than large fowl eggs.
If you have them hatch on day 18 and 19 you have your incubator too hot.

Again that is only my experience... not a hard and fast rule

 

[MysteryChicken]

Hello, happy Sunday!
So, my OEGB hatching eggs are going to be hatching in the next few days. But, there's a catch. My date to hatch is based off of hatching standards.
My question is, do Old English chicks hatch sooner than standard's since their smaller? Or is it the same time frame?

Thanks in advance!

They'll most likely hatching at day 21 like all other chickens. It's not very often I get eggs that hatch sooner then day 21.

 

[pipdzipdnreadytogo]

My OEGBs would always hatch on day 19, even when set with other breeds' eggs that hatched at 21, so it's not a temperature issue in my experience. My hen's eggs were super tiny, though, so maybe that makes a difference. Less mass for the heat to penetrate through, perhaps?

Anyway, in your shoes, I'd just get everything ready for chicks by day 19 even if they don't come until day 21. Chick feed doesn't spoil if it's put out a couple days before the chicks arrive and an extra few days with your brooder heater running won't hurt anything, either.

 

[Yard Farmer]

Thank you all for your responses. It looks like their starting to hatch now!

Thank you all again!

 

[MysteryChicken]

Thank you all for your responses. It looks like their starting to hatch now!

Thank you all again!

What day are they on?

 

[Yard Farmer]

What day are they on?

Day 18.

 

[MysteryChicken]

Day 18.

Are they pipping?