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    Hello from South Africa!

    Hello @Karoo permaculture . In the end I never built it, I found 2 x broken cabinet incubators for sale and fixed them up. One is now being used as a dedicated hatcher (capacity of about 350 eggs) and the other is a dedicated incubator (capacity 1056 eggs) This setup has been working really...
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    Topic of the Week - What do you do with all those eggs?

    Yes I sell the extra ones to people who want the breeds I have.
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    Topic of the Week - What do you do with all those eggs?

    I hatch them! Non fertile eggs are composted..
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    Hello from South Africa!

    Your best bet would be a lady called Edda Ourtaev. She’s in George and I bought from her before.
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    Hello from South Africa!

    Hi there. Where are you situated? I am in Gauteng, got some from here and some from the Western Cape. We have since started a small hatchery and currently supply Black Copper Marans and Easter Eggers
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    Hello from South Africa!

    Hello. I will document the build once all the spares have arrived, and will then share when it’s done.
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    Hello from South Africa!

    Thanks! I’ll do that, I’m still waiting on spares to arrive before I start the build. It will be fully automatic with turning, 4 x 88 egg trays. I could make it bigger by adding more egg trays but this size is what I need right now. I’ll document with pictures and share when we’re all done!
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    Hello from South Africa!

    Thank you! The idea is to load with around 100-110 eggs each week and doing continuous incubation. It sounds like you’re looking at the Surehatch brand. As far as I know, they are still being manufactured here in SA. Really good incubator. You might want to look at the 370 egg model, I believe...
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    Advice on Araucana

    Hi, I have only one Araucana (not sure of its sex yet). I also have some Black Copper Marans, Ameraucana, Easter Eggers and Rhode Island Red. While the best would be to get more Araucana, what would I get if I crossed with either of the other breeds I have? I assume crossing with Easter Egger...
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    Hello from South Africa!

    Hi I’m new! I am in South Africa, and recently started down the slippery slope of keeping backyard chickens.. I now have a few Black Copper Marans, Araucana (only one), Ameraucana, Rhode Island Red, Potch Koekemoer, some Easter Eggers and a few duckling we hatched a week ago.. I’m in the process...
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