Why do people use incubators...

[shelleyd2008]

Because I have yet to find a chicken that is big enogh to hatch 41 eggs at once!

 

[Akane]

Because I didn't start with hens... I started with eggs... I still haven't had a broody. My bantams just started to lay and I've had 1 EE egg so far.

2nd not all chickens or poultry go broody. After spending a month watching my button quail make a nest and collect eggs only to abandon it 2 days later I incubated the eggs myself. Some people may not want to keep a random chicken breed around just to sit their eggs.

 

[william9792]

i can not get my hens to hatch 80 eggs at a time, so i have two incubators going all the time

 

[jvls1942]

Quote:
that is a funny question coming from somebody who ordered 50 chicks..

ref: first post

 

[magikchick]

Cause it's fun and exciting to hatch. Watching the little boogers come out of the shell is a joy in it's self. Plus you don't have to wait for a broody hen to hatch some.

 

[redhen]

My Silkie broke....

 

[Squeaky]

Because you can't impulse-buy a broody hen from one of those deliciously evil banner adds on BYC.com

 

[spook]

Now that's a foolish question. I guess I use an incubator because my girls wont go broody, and I'm to heavy to hover over them for 1 minute, let alone keep my body temp up for 21 days.
Seriously, it would be nice to have the luxury of a broodie hen, but no matter how much I talked to the girls, they still will not cooperate.

 

[brooster]

You have to seperate a broody hen, and she stops laying when she is broody, and sometimes it can take a while for them to lay again.

 

[rooster-red]

Because I can.