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    Any ways to get a rooster to stop crowing?

    They don’t bother me the wife has other ideas. The neighbors haven’t thrown a fit yet. When you have 4 or more it’s starts to be one always had to be last to respond.
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    Any ways to get a rooster to stop crowing?

    Hose clamp is the best rooster muffler.
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    Brinsea Ovation 28 EX - Evaporation Block Alternative

    My Ovation 56 eco is fairly easy most of the year. My house has 55% humidity. I’ve filled both water trays. But humidity is 29% normally I use just one tray and partial close the baffle. Im having to add container to get it to 45. I’ve recently been using my hatcher as the incubator a Gqf 1588...
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    How's long does it take a new rooster to breed a flock?

    If he’s doing his business in a week hatch away. An active rooster is all you need. Waiting for them to be a year old is nonsense.
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    Another broody chicken question

    Get her butt off hard ground or the nest. She doesn’t have to be in a cage but needs air flow to her backside. Try making a wire bottom for the nest box make sure its up a little for air flow. This works great for my marans. When its hot outside they go broody nonstop.
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    Little Giant 9300 New Design with Digital Controls

    If you have a 9300 with old style thermostat sensor on a plastic sheet. Call customer support and get the new style sensor that hangs from the ceiling. It’s in a black mesh disc about the size of a silver dollar. The problem is when chicks start hatching they crawl all over everything and if...
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    Can we keep 2 cockerels/roosters?

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    Humidity issues

    I like running 35 to 40 average then bump it at end. This gives me my best hatches. Depending on the breed 100 % hatches. Marans 85% and I'm happy.
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    Diagnosing Incubation Issues

    Brinsea has a great article on humidity issues very informative. I had some bad hatches at first being a novice. It sounds like you’re humidity was too high many fully formed chicks dead in the shells. Your hen eggs need to lose 12% of weight first 18 days 14 % will do but shoot for the 12. You...
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    Brinsea Ovation 28 EX or 56 EX?

    You can always add additional containers of water if needed for more humidity just if using at hatch time make sure they have screened covers or chicks will drown. My Ovation 56 holds temp to 1(10th of a degree according to onboard display. And according to my Gqf probe thermometer its dead on...
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    Hovabator 1588 too hot

    Cheap electronics that’s why I’d go old school wafer style thermostat. 10 minutes to install. Hopefully the your new unit does the job. Good luck.
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    Fertile eggs on ebay

    Ive heard of post office xray practices and who knows if buyers knew what they’re doing. If you get bad feedback all you can do is comment to it. I hatched two batches of eBay eggs a few years back. First batch was 10 outta 12. Second was 3 outta 14 but eggs looked old and dirty. I sent...
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    Hovabator 1588 too hot

    GQF phone number 912-236-0651
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    Hovabator 1588 too hot

    You have the manual? I’m not familiar with the toggle switch design. And you can put any thermostat you wish that will fit in the space. I had a cheap EBay digital thermostat I put in a 1602 hova Bator. After I stole the wafer unit for a cabinet hatcher I built. Like I said before I like...
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    Hovabator 1588 too hot

    If you can google a phone number for them. I would call anyway.
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