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I spend the morning watching and waiting my broody hen to leave the nest she left around 10am she went first to drink water then poo, eat, drink again, took earth bath then eat again, again earth bath, shake her body and wings stood for a while in the shade of a tree flapping her wings and...

A friend gave me 5 peacock eggs i am setting them today the only thing that worries me is that it looks like he wash them forgot to ask here are some photos of his birds

Has any one use the cool down period of prinsea incubators and what is your opinion? does it improve hatching rate or ........

I am planing to use an ultrasonic mist maker with a controller to control humidity in my Diy fridge incubator (under contraction at the moment) do you think ultra sound will have any bad influence on the eggs? i could not find any info apart from a note on a commercial incubator manual saying...

I have a very old Hovabator about 18 years old it has the original egg turner and it was still air, so i use a small computer fan blowing upwards, trying to trim the temperature i noticed that if i set the temperature to 99,5 with everything in place (turner-water) but no eggs the temperature is...

I saw it on youtube and build it rat proof feeder It took me about a week to teach the old ones to use it and then the young ones came and one manage to lock himself in i had to take it down to pieces to get him - her out

I have 9 chicks hatched from a broody hen and 20 from my incubator i noticed that the chicks from the hen are more (clever) capable and trained to survived than the chicks from the incubator what is your experience ?? am i right or it is my imagination ?

This is my 60 dollar home made incubator with auto turner (it cost me plus shipping to get the parts from US to Greece) Tools: Jig saw Drill with various bits Supplies : Incukit 12V (cost 59,98 with turn motor + shipping) A scrap piece o plastic (plexy glass) from an old advertising sign (...

In my coop i have a nest made of metal and wire mesh bottom incline so that the eggs roll and hide under a cover, a hen insisted to incubate the wires i took a box nest and straw some eggs and put her in but ..... she got up and went to incubate the wire to make a long story short i put straw...

Hi to all from a land on the other side of the globe than Us is, (Greece) if you ever heard of it Used to have a lot of birds 20 years ago but i gave up due to my working time now as a retired i am buck sorry for my english but as right click is disable on this forum (for some reazon) i can...