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    New cabinet incubator

    i’m hoping so I had a couple of those Chinese units that did pretty well. The ones that have been coming out lately have a lot of defects. I think a lot of the issue is in the temperature regulation and I don’t think the humidity measurement is accurate.
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    New cabinet incubator

    I just received part of my incubator order. 1502 sportsman. It looks like this thing will actually hold 288 chicken eggs or 1488 quail eggs. I’ve got a roo to every 3-5 hens and I’m not worried about fertility issues. All separate areas. Could I really see these 80-95% hatch rates people...
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    Strategy's for selling chicks and young birds

    I experimented a few years back with selling chicks and hens to offset feed costs. The goal being to hit a breakeven point where I don't really make or spend money. I found that selling baby chicks produces the best profit margin with less risk. I have very little costs in a chick, they sell...
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    Nurtureright 360

    How do these units hold up? I have used the little giant styrofoam ones and a few from random vendors on amazon. With these I've had decent 1st hatch rates. 50-75% typically. But the second and third hatch rates are hit or miss. After that it goes downhill and I see rates of 10-20%. I believe...
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