Posts by dbcooper02

Here's the heating coil as used in the GQF sportsman cabinet incubators. I believe it would be readily adaptable to the FarmMaster. Great price too! https://www.gqfmfg.com/store/comersus_viewItem.asp?idProduct=114 PM me with...

Quote: Originally Posted by nurse262006  Hi, I just got one of these and would love to have instructions if it isn't too much bother. Thanks so much for your help!! Nurse262006@yahoo.com Question though...if I put a...

The black box ie turner motor should have two "L" shaped bolts protruding from it. The leg of the L points up. There are two holes in the plastic base that will set down over the bolts. The wire arm then drops down over one of the...

The 1/4 inch hardware cloth bottoms are just fine for chick footing. Some kind of liner might help make cleanup easier. You are correct in thinking the lids are only suitable for quail. Small hardware cloth "fences" that sit at...

My first big hatch in my Sportsman hatcher I had 5 trays of carefully marked chicks bail out and mingle on the floor of the incubator. What a mess that was. You can go into my profile and look at my embedded photos and you will...

It is talked about in some of the old caponizing books. If you are working with modern broad breasted turkeys it would be a waste of time.  Process would be the same as a chicken. Not necessarily larger, but the meat would stay...

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If he had hatched in it before it is probably set up and ready to go. Turn it on and let it run for several hours. Temperature should stabilize around 99.5 degrees. Put the eggs in, fill the water pan and turn on the turner. Eighteen...

Instructions, no problem. Send me a PM with your email address and I'll get a copy on its way. I don't know if I would call it insulation, but most have a disc of soft masonite at the top and the bottom. It probably has more to do with...

The wire could be left out until lockdown. That would give a tiny bit more room, but you need the plastic tray for your humidity.  You could try the three smallest eggs in that position or you will just have to leave those...