Posts by AwallRooster

Marty is right don"t beat yourself up,it will be fine, if its day 20 you should be hearing, or seeing some hatching progress,unless your hatch date is off, as mine was one time ,off 2 days, an man it drove me nutss!!!! untill they...

Not as thuro as oldchurchegger,but I keep start dates,turn times,water add,amount of water added,candling dates ,time,temp.readings 3 times a day, humidity readings 3 times a day inside the bator,an outside the bator,breed, but is a...

I would go ahead an put them under the broody, they will have a better chance hatching, as long as the eggs didn't get to hot for a long period of time they should be ok. find oldchurcheggery1, she had a 18+ hour power outage,and...

Quote: Originally Posted by lareynadenada  WooHoo a hatching buddy!!   I lock tomorrow as well not trying to but in, lockdown was yesterday for me!!! and its driving me nuts cant wait to see my new babies.

Quote: Originally Posted by junkinstuff  I have a Reptipro 5000 and I guess last night before going to bed I somehow hit the button to lower temp when turning eggs. So they were 3 to 4 degrees below optimal for 8...

Hi Steven, more then likely they will be Red Stars, if you didn't know the difference you would think they were RIR,but who knows ,is'ts all according to what farm the eggs come from,as to what the eggs will be,ask your retailer were...

Quote: Originally Posted by allmychickens  a mutt is just a crossbreed, not a bad thing, infact it is often used lovingly on this...

ok,what you have WILL work, but you have to get the condictions right in the bator first.heres what i have learned. The first 18 days of incubating the eggs the temp.needs to be 99 to 100 degrees,no higher ,it will boil the eggs on...

If your just doing small amounts of eggs (i just do 10 at a time) get you a Little Giant Still Air Incubator.I paid $40.00 for mine a month ago at Tractor Supply.They also have a auto turner for $35.00,but if you feel the need to hatch...

Since you have other hens going broody at the same time , I would give her another chance,jus keep a eye on her if she,abandons the eggs again, i would put the eggs under a more trusting hen,and not trust her anymore for a while.