Here is a nice incubator if anyone is interested, these are hard to find. I got one or I would buy it myself.
http://tricities.craigslist.org/grd/4342505145.html
I have 5 Cream Legbars Roosters I will sell, hatched 7-19-13. They are from Greenfire stock and will make fine roosters. The eggs were hatched by my RIR. Sorry, no shippng.
Question. Just to be curious, I recently acquired a dozen eggs that came from hens that came from Greenfire Farms. The lady bought the baby chicks direct from Greenfire. Ok, I hatched 6 of the 12, 5 hens and a rooster. Very beautiful birds I must say. They are now 3 weeks old and doing...
This obsession doesnt end. Heres what I have.
Easter Eggers
Olive Eggers
White Rock
Australorp
Black Copper Marans
Rhode Island Red
Welsummer
Blue Laced Red Wyandotte
White Leghorn
Brown Leghorn
Dominque
Speckled Sussex
Golden Comet
I think around 90 total.
Plus 13 ducks and 3 geese and 5...
Dont give up, I had 52 eggs in bator once and only hatched 5. Getting better since I read the dry incubatin method here on BYC. I had a hatch come off saturday, 70%. Not bad, cracked open the unhatched eggs, only had 3 chicks that didnt make it, the rest didnt develop. So, hand in there.
I cant offer much help either but I do have a scenario. I just bred a black copper maran rooster to my white rock hens, this morning looks like the hatch has started, guess what, some of the chicks are blue. I will get a picture up in a little while to show you.
I have
Cosmo
Clark Kellogg
Rufus
Gus
Newt
Josie
El Vira (sp)
Elaine
Sandra
Kate
*Last But Not Least*--ThomasMallaryTomboAlleyCatTigerRoscoe and He knows his name. LOL
Lets see.
Fresh eggs from my flock, rooster to hen ration 1 per 7.
Thermometer is mercury from work, I work in a lab, the thermometer has been calibrated.
Eggs turned every 8 hours.
Still air incubator.
My brother did the same method, same incubator, cheaper thermometer, and hatched 25 out of...