- Jul 18, 2014
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Hello!
I will preface this with I am a preschool owner. This is our second season of hatching chicken eggs. We receive our eggs from a known source (one of our adjunct teachers has property where they have chickens, horses, pigs, cows, etc). The eggs come directly from their property and into our incubator. Once hatched, they are returned to the "farm." I know this is a touchy subject with teachers hatching in classrooms, but we are essentially hatching for a "farm."
Last year we used a still air incubator from a teacher friend of mine and had about a 75% hatch rate. This year we borrowed from a different teacher friend and I'm having a hard time holding the temperature in it (it is a still air and we had it at 99.5-100 but it's now creeping to about 102). I have candled and we have 4 out of 7, so not horrible. I can see movement inside the eggs so I know the increase in temperature isn't harming the chicks. However, it's stressing me out!
Anyway, I think it's time for us to own our own incubator. I would like something user friendly with an automatic egg turner so I'm not having to come turn the eggs from 30 minutes away multiple times on the weekends.
Is there a reputable source you recommend purchasing from and also what incubator would you recommend?
Thank you!
I will preface this with I am a preschool owner. This is our second season of hatching chicken eggs. We receive our eggs from a known source (one of our adjunct teachers has property where they have chickens, horses, pigs, cows, etc). The eggs come directly from their property and into our incubator. Once hatched, they are returned to the "farm." I know this is a touchy subject with teachers hatching in classrooms, but we are essentially hatching for a "farm."
Last year we used a still air incubator from a teacher friend of mine and had about a 75% hatch rate. This year we borrowed from a different teacher friend and I'm having a hard time holding the temperature in it (it is a still air and we had it at 99.5-100 but it's now creeping to about 102). I have candled and we have 4 out of 7, so not horrible. I can see movement inside the eggs so I know the increase in temperature isn't harming the chicks. However, it's stressing me out!
Anyway, I think it's time for us to own our own incubator. I would like something user friendly with an automatic egg turner so I'm not having to come turn the eggs from 30 minutes away multiple times on the weekends.
Is there a reputable source you recommend purchasing from and also what incubator would you recommend?
Thank you!