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post #1 of 9
2/24/12 at 5:46am
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I just got a used Dickey's hatcher. I have 2 GQF cabinet incubators and am very excited to get this hatcher. It seems to be in good working order. I just cranked it up last night. The only problem I can see is that the trays did not have the covers for them. I know the chicks can't fall out through the sides but I think they could possibly fall from the back or the front. Does anyone know where I can get 5 covers for the 5 trays?

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post #2 of 9
2/24/12 at 6:28am

I use a sportsman hatcher and while the tray covers work great for quail I think they have way too little headroom for chicks. I built hardware cloth fences that sit at the front and rear of my hatching trays.There's a couple of pix in my uploads file below my profile.

 

 

You smell that? Do you smell that? Broody poop, son. Nothing else in the world smells like that.

I love the smell of broody poop in the morning.

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You smell that? Do you smell that? Broody poop, son. Nothing else in the world smells like that.

I love the smell of broody poop in the morning.

It smells like... progeny

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post #3 of 9
2/24/12 at 6:59am
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Hey, THANKS...What a great idea. I even have the hardware cloth so this will save me some $.  I am really excited now.

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post #4 of 9
2/24/12 at 7:27am

You can always order the tray covers from the Dickeys website.  The website is www.dickeysincubators.com and go to the pricing page at the very bottom is a link for parts.  They are $12.50 ea.

 

I have a Dickeys Incubator and Hatcher and love them both.  My hatch rates have never been so good.

 

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Lanae

Cashs Blue Eggs : Home of the Rumpless Tufted Araucana chicken

Цыпля́т по о́сени счита́ют. - (Don't count your chicks before autumn) - especially if their Araucana
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Cashs Blue Eggs : Home of the Rumpless Tufted Araucana chicken

Цыпля́т по о́сени счита́ют. - (Don't count your chicks before autumn) - especially if their Araucana
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post #5 of 9
2/24/12 at 9:31pm

This is what caused me to devise the "fences".  With a hatcher full of various different breeds carefully marked and segregated to individual trays I came home from work to find this.  

 

 

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You smell that? Do you smell that? Broody poop, son. Nothing else in the world smells like that.

I love the smell of broody poop in the morning.

It smells like... progeny

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You smell that? Do you smell that? Broody poop, son. Nothing else in the world smells like that.

I love the smell of broody poop in the morning.

It smells like... progeny

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post #6 of 9
2/24/12 at 9:55pm

They are all looking like " What, we were just ya know, visiting".  LOL!

 

Lanae

Cashs Blue Eggs : Home of the Rumpless Tufted Araucana chicken

Цыпля́т по о́сени счита́ют. - (Don't count your chicks before autumn) - especially if their Araucana
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Cashs Blue Eggs : Home of the Rumpless Tufted Araucana chicken

Цыпля́т по о́сени счита́ют. - (Don't count your chicks before autumn) - especially if their Araucana
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post #7 of 9
2/27/12 at 5:50am
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Thanks Lanae. Now do these covers fit high enough for the chicks to have head room?  I cranked up the hatcher Saturday morning and so far it is keeping perfect temp and humidity. I will move my eggs from my incubators to the hatcher on Thursday, March 1. Can't wait.

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post #8 of 9
2/27/12 at 5:54am
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Oh my...I sure don't want that to happen. I also have been very careful to mark the eggs and trays with breed. I will make fences before I move the eggs on Thursday.

Thanks. Those are sure some cute chicks.

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post #9 of 9
2/27/12 at 8:29am

I would say head room depends on the size of your breed.  I have Araucana and they can run around in there but they do bump there little heads on the cover.  I am thinking about calling Mr. Dickey and seeing if I can get hatching trays that are maybe an inch bigger.  I think they will still fit in the tray slot but then there will be more room for some of my bigger chicks.

 

Now I don't think dbcooper02s chicks will fit with the tray lid on, either that or the GQF has especially small hatching trays.

 

 

Lanae

 

 

Cashs Blue Eggs : Home of the Rumpless Tufted Araucana chicken

Цыпля́т по о́сени счита́ют. - (Don't count your chicks before autumn) - especially if their Araucana
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Cashs Blue Eggs : Home of the Rumpless Tufted Araucana chicken

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