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Setting Eggs At Different Times in the the SAME Incubator?

post #1 of 6
10/6/12 at 9:17am
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Hey guys!!

 

 

So I'm going to try to make this short. I had a broody hen who was sitting on Cream Legbar eggs, and Lemon cuckoo orpingtion eggs. I went outside (7:30 am) to feed the animals and she was gone out and about scratching around, etc . I'm not sure how long the eggs were without her but they were cold. I put the hen in with the eggs and she didn't want to have anything to do with them. So I brought them inside, and set them in the bator. I also had some more Cream legbar eggs, and lemon cuckko eggs inside the house so I wanted to hatch them all together. The eggs that were outside were set September 31, so that makes them 6 days old.

 

 

So my question is how do you do mix hatchings. I forgot what it is called but when the older eggs go on lock down, do I not open the bator  and not turn the other eggs? Or do i turn them as fast as I can? 

 

 

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post #2 of 6
10/6/12 at 3:19pm
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Can anyone help me?

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post #3 of 6
10/6/12 at 3:47pm

the only way to resolve this issue is to do what they call

 

staggered hatches

 

and that is acheived by using 2 incubators

 

1 as a incubator

 

and

 

1 as a hatcher

 

 

that way the humidity is set correct in each and wont ruin eggs that dont need the higher humidity and where the turning needs dtopping

5 Red Star, 1 Speckledy, 3 Col Blacktails, 3 White Star [Leghorn]  1 Amber Star - All Hybrid Pullets, 1 French Copper Marans - Roo, 2 Lavender Araucanas - Roos, 3 Cream Legbars - 2 Pullets & 1 Roo

 

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5 Red Star, 1 Speckledy, 3 Col Blacktails, 3 White Star [Leghorn]  1 Amber Star - All Hybrid Pullets, 1 French Copper Marans - Roo, 2 Lavender Araucanas - Roos, 3 Cream Legbars - 2 Pullets & 1 Roo

 

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post #4 of 6
10/7/12 at 4:54am
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That makes sense! Ok, well the incubator there in has a fan and the other one doesnt. Will this be a problem to the eggs that go in the hatcher.



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Originally Posted by silverfox0786 View Post

the only way to resolve this issue is to do what they call

staggered hatches

and that is acheived by using 2 incubators

1 as a incubator

and

1 as a hatcher


that way the humidity is set correct in each and wont ruin eggs that dont need the higher humidity and where the turning needs dtopping
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post #5 of 6
10/7/12 at 5:06am

In the past when I used styrofoam incubators I chose to use still air as the hatcher. It just seemed to me that the air circulation with the fan would be more likely to dry out the membranes as they hatch. As long as you have the temperature and humidity correct it should work fine for you.

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I love the smell of broody poop in the morning.

It smells like... progeny

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post #6 of 6
10/8/12 at 10:28am
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Originally Posted by FarmerBoy24 View Post

That makes sense! Ok, well the incubator there in has a fan and the other one doesnt. Will this be a problem to the eggs that go in the hatcher.

you should be ok keeping the hatcher as teh still air

 

dont worry about adjusting the temp by 1-2 deg for still air as the hatching a 1-2 deg decrese is recommended

 

so just keep the still air at 99.5F and the eggs will be at a 1-2 deg decrese which is ok

5 Red Star, 1 Speckledy, 3 Col Blacktails, 3 White Star [Leghorn]  1 Amber Star - All Hybrid Pullets, 1 French Copper Marans - Roo, 2 Lavender Araucanas - Roos, 3 Cream Legbars - 2 Pullets & 1 Roo

 

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5 Red Star, 1 Speckledy, 3 Col Blacktails, 3 White Star [Leghorn]  1 Amber Star - All Hybrid Pullets, 1 French Copper Marans - Roo, 2 Lavender Araucanas - Roos, 3 Cream Legbars - 2 Pullets & 1 Roo

 

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