I just filled two incubators (Brinsea Octagons) yesterday with Silverudd's Blue and "Olive Egger" (SBxBCM) eggs. DH saw them in the incubator room and remarked "that's a lot of eggs!" Imagine if I had Octagon 40s, instead of 20s... :gig
Similar to @Auroradream26, I wash out the bottom of the incubator (I soak it for a while in hot soapy water to loosen up the crusty stuff), then spray it down with (diluted) bleach water and leave the bottom, the plastic water tray, and the mesh piece in the sun to sanitize. For the top, I wipe...
Congrats on your hatch! :jumpy I hatched a group of shipped CL eggs (14) last year and the 11 that made it to lockdown hatched (2 died after hatch - late hatchers)...but I think that was very lucky. I had FBCM eggs in with them, so ran at pretty low humidity (less than 40%). This chart may be...
I prefer still air for hatching. I've had good hatches in forced air units, too, but in my experience, there seem to be more issues with membrane drying when the actual hatch occurs in a circulated air incubator. Being able to switch back and forth at will offers more flexibility, especially if...
Hi, everyone! :frow I've been away for a while, and am basically restarting my flock after a particularly difficult fox issue and contemplating relocation. I have barnyard mix eggs in my Brinsea Octagon Advance 20 and two Hova Bator 1588s ready when I need them. I also just acquired a Hova Bator...