Incubating Ring Neck Pheasant eggs

mrgreenjeans53 said:

Problem solved, I hope. Went and bought another LG Still Air to use as a hatcher. I now have 2 to use for incubation and 2 to use for hatching.

I modified the 2 hatchers by adding 1/4" tubes that run from the outside of the incubators to the water resivoirs so I won't have to open them during lockdown. I went to Wal-Mart and bought a pack of ketchup & mustard dispensers (squeeze bottles) to add hot water to the resivoirs through the tubes.

I also modified one of my LG incubators by making a 3" extension ring from styrofoam I bought at Lowe's to make the top of the LG sit higher for incubating turkey and goose eggs, (Using an auto turner makes these eggs sit too close to the heating element). The extension ring worked but I am having some trouble keeping the temps. in the incubator where they need to be so I have to keep readjusting the thermostat. I suspect the problem is the styrofoam I used to make the ring as the pores are not as tight as the styrofoam used to make the incubator. When this hatch is finished I am going to wrap the extension ring with 1/8" plywood so it will, hopefully, retain heat better.

5 Rio Grand and 6 Eastern turkey eggs, 32 Blueback Ringneck pheasant eggs and 7 Chinese Ringneck pheasant eggs going into the hatchers on may 2nd. Then, 6 Bourbon Red turkey eggs and 12 Black Ringneck pheasant eggs going into the hatchers on the 5th. 12 duck eggs, (breed unknown. Eggs are bluish-green in color), going into the hatcher on may 15th.


Good luck to everyone hatching eggs this season,


Tim

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