- Apr 12, 2011
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Hi I read through this thread hoping for answers. Found some great info but not all I needed.
We are Newbies to incubator hatching
We moved guinea eggs under a broody chicken a couple weeks ago- didn’t know how long the chicken(7) or guinea(12) eggs had been sat upon. I won’t go into the details of possible reasons, but the hen abandoned the eggs. After an overnight where they sat out in the night air, we bought an incubator and moved the eggs - (couple of days ago). One of the chicks hatched today. So I unplugged the egg turner And moved the chick to a brooder setup after it looked dry. It appears perfectly healthy. Now other chicken and guinea eggs are pipping. Maybe more chicks/keets in the AM? Hope so
Couple questions -
1. will it hurt the chicks to be on that uneven surface of the egg turner? Since we’re in lockdown now, I can’t take the eggs off of it. When can I move the hatched ones to the brooder w/o affecting others still to hatch?
2. How do I add H20 for humidity to a Farm innovations 4200? Tried with tubing run through the vent hole but I couldn’t see what I was doing and the water ran under the machine
Sorry for this LONG post
Kathy
We are Newbies to incubator hatching
We moved guinea eggs under a broody chicken a couple weeks ago- didn’t know how long the chicken(7) or guinea(12) eggs had been sat upon. I won’t go into the details of possible reasons, but the hen abandoned the eggs. After an overnight where they sat out in the night air, we bought an incubator and moved the eggs - (couple of days ago). One of the chicks hatched today. So I unplugged the egg turner And moved the chick to a brooder setup after it looked dry. It appears perfectly healthy. Now other chicken and guinea eggs are pipping. Maybe more chicks/keets in the AM? Hope so
Couple questions -
1. will it hurt the chicks to be on that uneven surface of the egg turner? Since we’re in lockdown now, I can’t take the eggs off of it. When can I move the hatched ones to the brooder w/o affecting others still to hatch?
2. How do I add H20 for humidity to a Farm innovations 4200? Tried with tubing run through the vent hole but I couldn’t see what I was doing and the water ran under the machine
Sorry for this LONG post
Kathy