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Hi ShanandGem....,Thanks for the clarification, I will try that on the next batch I put in the hatcher. I felt so bad for the chicks that hatched in the tray, minutes old, then having to navigate what I sure seemed to be mountains to them. Thanks for your advice John

Hi ShanandGem Just to be clear...you put your eggs in the bator vertically then you lay them down on lockdown? Is that correct? Thanks for your time John

Thank you BYC910....The 8 chicks that have hatched are doing great I raised the temp in the hatcher a half of a degree for the next batch that went in yesterday. I did think about showing my bator and hatcher build but since It was my first one I did'nt want to steer others wrong on a untested...

Hi All Just an update on my first hatch...I maintained the hatcher at 99.5 F. humidity at 70% with the fan on low speed and air vent open. I started with 12 eggs, I candled them at 14 days and I found 3 duds, so on day 18 I put the remaining 9 eggs into the hatcher. On day 21 one egg pipped but...

Hi picky Indian Runners will generally not go broody...to nervous to sit for any length of time. Collect and use the eggs till the time you can incubate the eggs yourself Good luck John

Hi All Since I live on the north coast we enjoy a very dry heat so the humidity in the incubator has been about 35% ( I used a calibrated hygrometer) and I had made provisions for a water tray which would raise the humidity to 45%. now in the hatcher I can maintain from 35 to 95% I plan to use...

Hi All Well I'm on my 15th day of my first hatch, I just got done with my first candling and I have 9 out of 12 that are looking good. So here is my question...I made an incubator with 4 shelves and as I collected a weeks worth of eggs I would pop them in a tray and add them to the incubator...

Hi All I have searched in vain for an answer but I haven't found answer that I understand. I am in the process of making an incubator and I want to know what angle to tilt the eggs. Someone said 45º but is that 22 1/2º each way for total of 45º or 45º each way for a total tilt of 90º. Thanks in...

I did introduced the male 3 weeks ago, he is 8 months old. Well I will practice patience as advised but he should know I'm watching him! LOL

I have a small flock of Runner's and just before its dark I go out and walk them once around their shed, they then freely walk in and since I already have food and fresh water there I close the door till morning. No complaints from them other than in the summer when its light at 6:30 and they...

Hi All....I have three Runner ducks that are about nine months old, they seem in good health..living on 4 acres with pond and a nice duck house...laying an egg a day each..one egg today was a whopper, 109 grams. So I have more eggs than I know what to do with so I decided to incubate some. Three...

They must be Republicans.......just kiddingLOL

Hi All...I have three runner ducks and wish I had three more. They live along with a Guinea hen on my 4 acre plot. Raised from Rural King as day old's, they are 7 month now. Their day begins as soon as I let them out of their pen they run to the gravel driveway for their grit then there off and...

Hi ShayShay....I would be very interested in your Indian Runner. I have 3 female fawn and white runners that need a male badly...they take turns taking turns being the man of the house. They are 6 months old and are laying an egg a day each and I would like to increase the size of my flock by...

Thanks for the replies. I have been toying with the idea of blocking the nest boxs, I'll do that as soon as it stops raining. Thanks so much. John