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post #3921 of 6494
10/12/12 at 4:17am
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I know! My wife just rolled her eyes when I told her about it. She asked me how the heck am I ever going to fill it and I just looked at her and said "I guess I need more chickens!"
You CAN'T fill that thing!  What and how would you grow them, brood them sell them?  ep.gif   That is A LOT of chicks.  You need to take orders and then hatch as usual..... maybe to sweeten the deal to get it, offer to hatch for the members for 25% of the hatch..... keeps it full gives you some to sell......  

I know I can't fill it, but it would be fun. I don't actually see me using it too much. The electric bill would skyrocket and with that much empty space I would always feel like I had to get more eggs in it.
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post #3922 of 6494
10/12/12 at 7:45am
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Too Funny. I was just checking out this thread as I was thinking I need to join it and who do I see? DMRippy!frow.gif Saw some very nice BLRW at Topsfield and then your ad. Just HAD to bid on your eggs, too funny! Now I'm ordering different eggs from a farm in OH as if I have my incubator going for one group of eggsfl.gif I might as well fill the whole thing up. Wouldn't want to waste any electricity! big_smile.png

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Donna  -   Wife and mother first, unless the chickens need me smile.png  With God ALL things are possible.

My Breeds and Hatching Eggs that are available HERE

My reg and Mega Incubator with turner HERE the Mega bator has a link at the bottom of the page

My Pallet Breeding Pens HERE

My Pallet brooders/Growout Pens HERE

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post #3923 of 6494
10/12/12 at 9:37am
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Originally Posted by WinklerFarms View Post

I hit the motherlode for an IA member. I went and looked at an incubator last night that is owned by the local pheasant club. They do not use it anymore and haven't for a few years. One of the members has it at his house and said they might GIVE it to me as long as I promise to hatch some pheasants for them every spring. This bator is huge! It has four turning racks which hold 9 egg trays on each. Thats a total of 1728 eggs single stacked. And this one can be double stacked for a grand total max egg capacity of 3456 eggs! All it needs is a new thermostat and to be put together. I will find out this weekend if the club approves it.


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post #3924 of 6494
10/12/12 at 9:47am

Awesome, but like you said rather impractical for the power consumption unless you have probably 500 eggs in there. The mass of the eggs if it were filled would also help to hold the temps more constant tho. Im thinking once this new one im working on is complete it will hold about 400. but as of now that's still a rough guess. still more guts to pull out and wires to trace switches to move etc. but then again i needed a good project lol.

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NPIP CERTIFIED 

~~Trespassers will be shot and fed to the chickens, Survivors will just be fed to the chickens.~~

Chickens: RIR, NHR, Barred Rock, Silkies, Jersey Giants, Black Copper & Cuckoo Marans,Black Australorps, Dominique, Broiler x & Bantums

Turkeys: Standard bronze, Bourbon red, Blue slate

Ducks: Cayuga & Ancona

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post #3925 of 6494
10/12/12 at 3:30pm
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Originally Posted by MarineCorpFarmr View Post

Awesome, but like you said rather impractical for the power consumption unless you have probably 500 eggs in there. The mass of the eggs if it were filled would also help to hold the temps more constant tho. Im thinking once this new one im working on is complete it will hold about 400. but as of now that's still a rough guess. still more guts to pull out and wires to trace switches to move etc. but then again i needed a good project lol.

good point...  and i have a suggestion, to make it more efficient. you can always get a bunch of those plastic easter eggs, drill a small hole in the pointy end and fill with plaster of paris.  i use those as a 'heat sink' in a relatively empty incubator, and if the power goes out they hold heat a lot longer than a real egg does IMO.  not that i worry about power outages, i've got mine on battery backup, with generator backup if the batteries get low. LOL

 

i've also used blown natural egg shells, but haven't had good luck filling them as they tend to crack easily while the plaster's still wet.

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Welcome to the Zoo!  2 Morgans, 2 Minis, 1 Standard Poodle, 3 cats, 3 pet birds and the chickens.

Dorkings and bantam Cochins mostly, with a few others here and there.

And of course, my wonderful Hubby, who puts up with me and keeps me in check when I start to get crazy.

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Karen - k.i.forgot (it's a ham thing...)
Welcome to the Zoo!  2 Morgans, 2 Minis, 1 Standard Poodle, 3 cats, 3 pet birds and the chickens.

Dorkings and bantam Cochins mostly, with a few others here and there.

And of course, my wonderful Hubby, who puts up with me and keeps me in check when I start to get crazy.

Feather Anatomy Guide  -  Genetics Simplified  -  My Website

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post #3926 of 6494
10/12/12 at 7:37pm

or use baby food jars filled with water!  you must know SOMEONE with a baby, right?

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post #3927 of 6494
10/12/12 at 8:52pm
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Originally Posted by ki4got View Post

good point...  and i have a suggestion, to make it more efficient. you can always get a bunch of those plastic easter eggs, drill a small hole in the pointy end and fill with plaster of paris.  i use those as a 'heat sink' in a relatively empty incubator, and if the power goes out they hold heat a lot longer than a real egg does IMO.  not that i worry about power outages, i've got mine on battery backup, with generator backup if the batteries get low. LOL

 

i've also used blown natural egg shells, but haven't had good luck filling them as they tend to crack easily while the plaster's still wet.

Good idea.

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NPIP CERTIFIED 

~~Trespassers will be shot and fed to the chickens, Survivors will just be fed to the chickens.~~

Chickens: RIR, NHR, Barred Rock, Silkies, Jersey Giants, Black Copper & Cuckoo Marans,Black Australorps, Dominique, Broiler x & Bantums

Turkeys: Standard bronze, Bourbon red, Blue slate

Ducks: Cayuga & Ancona

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Semper FI

NPIP CERTIFIED 

~~Trespassers will be shot and fed to the chickens, Survivors will just be fed to the chickens.~~

Chickens: RIR, NHR, Barred Rock, Silkies, Jersey Giants, Black Copper & Cuckoo Marans,Black Australorps, Dominique, Broiler x & Bantums

Turkeys: Standard bronze, Bourbon red, Blue slate

Ducks: Cayuga & Ancona

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post #3928 of 6494
10/13/12 at 4:46pm

funniest thing in the world today...  my coturnix quail are just starting to lay, i got 2 regular eggs, and one a bit larger than a pea (about 1/4" across and abit longer). LOL  figured it was just clear inside, but when i cracked it, it had the teeniest yolk!  maybe 1/8" across.  wish my camera was working!

Karen - k.i.forgot (it's a ham thing...)
Welcome to the Zoo!  2 Morgans, 2 Minis, 1 Standard Poodle, 3 cats, 3 pet birds and the chickens.

Dorkings and bantam Cochins mostly, with a few others here and there.

And of course, my wonderful Hubby, who puts up with me and keeps me in check when I start to get crazy.

Feather Anatomy Guide  -  Genetics Simplified  -  My Website

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Karen - k.i.forgot (it's a ham thing...)
Welcome to the Zoo!  2 Morgans, 2 Minis, 1 Standard Poodle, 3 cats, 3 pet birds and the chickens.

Dorkings and bantam Cochins mostly, with a few others here and there.

And of course, my wonderful Hubby, who puts up with me and keeps me in check when I start to get crazy.

Feather Anatomy Guide  -  Genetics Simplified  -  My Website

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post #3929 of 6494
10/13/12 at 7:53pm
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Too Funny. I was just checking out this thread as I was thinking I need to join it and who do I see? DMRippy!frow.gif Saw some very nice BLRW at Topsfield and then your ad. Just HAD to bid on your eggs, too funny! Now I'm ordering different eggs from a farm in OH as if I have my incubator going for one group of eggsfl.gif I might as well fill the whole thing up. Wouldn't want to waste any electricity! big_smile.png

big_smile.png  Yup, you are on the right thread!!  I have some good looking cuckoo marans and OE from Donna. Love the blue copper look myself. Much prettier in person than in pics! 

 

I"m just lurking--my incubator has been shut off for a few months now--just have a few mouths to feed these days. I'll continue to enjoy the hatching by everyone else  until the spring Easter Hatch athon. THen I'll load up again. jumpy.gif

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NPIP Tested Clean

 

           Eggs available:   Bourbon Red and Sweetgrass Turkeys

             Black Copper Marans, Buff Orpingtons and Speckled Sussex    

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post #3930 of 6494
10/14/12 at 9:26am

Aaaaah it is indeed good to be back.  IA kids, I've missed you.  No more hatching for us these days but certainly a great thread to chat around. 

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