I've been wondering whether my chickens hatch rate is better or worse than incubator hatch rates, bearing in mind chickens have to manage all sorts of weathers and incubators have to not go wrong and eggs are sent through the post and whatnot.
So I thought I'd start an average hatch rate thread, so perhaps other BYCers with what they think is a low rate might be surprised to find it's an average rate after all.
There are two sets of numbers, one for chicken hatchers and one for incubator hatchers.
All you need to do is add the number of eggs incubated to the existing #eggs and the number of chicks hatched to the existing #chicks, then do some arithmetic to work out the current percentage. e.g. if you have incubated 10 eggs and 7 hatched and the current #eggs is 150 and the current #chicks is 125 your math would be....
150 + 10 = 160 eggs
125 + 7 = 132 chicks
Average hatch rate = (132/160)*100 = 82.5%
Then copy this section below, filling in the numbers you have calculated so the next poster doesn't have to look back through posts to get the total #eggs & #chicks. (As I don't have a hatch due until Thursday the numbers are currently zero.)
Chicken Hatchers
#eggs = 0
#chicks = 0
Average Hatch Rate =
Incubator Hatchers
#eggs = 0
#chicks = 0
Average Hatch Rate =
So I thought I'd start an average hatch rate thread, so perhaps other BYCers with what they think is a low rate might be surprised to find it's an average rate after all.
There are two sets of numbers, one for chicken hatchers and one for incubator hatchers.
All you need to do is add the number of eggs incubated to the existing #eggs and the number of chicks hatched to the existing #chicks, then do some arithmetic to work out the current percentage. e.g. if you have incubated 10 eggs and 7 hatched and the current #eggs is 150 and the current #chicks is 125 your math would be....
150 + 10 = 160 eggs
125 + 7 = 132 chicks
Average hatch rate = (132/160)*100 = 82.5%
Then copy this section below, filling in the numbers you have calculated so the next poster doesn't have to look back through posts to get the total #eggs & #chicks. (As I don't have a hatch due until Thursday the numbers are currently zero.)
Chicken Hatchers
#eggs = 0
#chicks = 0
Average Hatch Rate =
Incubator Hatchers
#eggs = 0
#chicks = 0
Average Hatch Rate =