Let me know how the DC kit works out. I have the 225 watt incukit and have recently found what seems to be a reliable digital thermometer. I got a Brinsea spot check it reads any little change in temp very quickly and is sold as having a + - .2 degree accuracy. I actually use an egg to check temps with. I make a small hole in the top of the egg and insert the temp probe in the egg itself, my bator and hatcher read 99.5 on the nose. My last hatch was awesome I have little chipmunks running everywhere. My incukit in the bator and hatcher are both preset at 99.5 I had to lower the one in the hatcher a bit but it was close. Thank you for the kudos on my roo, out of 5 he made the mark. Don't over think your breeding it'll come to you. My best selections have been made while just sitting in an Adirondack chair with a glass of muscadine juice and just watching my chickens be chickens. That's funny the spell check wanted to change muscadine to mescaline....well anyway I think I kept everything within bounds this time xoxox to the mods.Pickledchicken,
I didn't realize you were Mountain Ridge Poultry! (I'm new to the board). I was the one who commented on your homemade incubator on your facebook page. Nice to see you here too! An update on the Incukit DC... after a couple hours to install it into my cooler and make some adjustments, it is holding STEADY. I'm very happy with it. So simple to use. Hopefully it lasts. I do wonder if the heat elements are too close to the circuit board, we'll see. I have set my first test hatch using some local eggs that were given to me. If all goes well, I'd like to set my first Barnie eggs this year.
Your blue roo is beautiful. It's really interesting to see a side by side of imported stock and stock that was bred in the US. I am trying to learn more about genetics and breeding of chickens. It amazes me to see what people have done to create their own line without imported colors. I'm wishing I paid more attention to genetics in my biology classes.
Kelsey
