Ok here is my Question. Ive been Hatching eggs this spring and found a source of eggs that had what appear to be Buff Orp. Here is my pic of my first 4. and my next four hatch. Yes I am aware that there are two Barred Rocks as well. The B/R came from another source. But notice how light color...
We have just had our first bad hatch. We had 19 eggs in lock down on this past sat. nothing started till this Mon. . Fist chick out died instantly.
Second chick out alive . third chick piped blue tiny bubbles and died with in an hour. 4th chick died after zipping around the egg and almost...
Ok first Hatch went so smooth I felt like an old pro.. This second hatch everything was going smooth till day 19 and day 20th(today). I am notice something I did'nt see last hatch . There is a ring on the small end of alot off the eggs. about where they where in the turner. There...
here she is my hen-want-to-be
the trays with fake egg sensor
the trays again from walmart
lights and fan one
water heater sensor mounted behind a channel. Which I ended up drilling out. also another fan blowing across it as well.
The see through top for lock down
one of 2 water trays...
Ok I am in the middle of my first incubator build. I ve noticed that I get a Temp. swing of about 9 degree is this normal ? (using hot water temp sensor)
the temp through out my box is with in .4 degree. confirm with my prof. temp probe. ( I am a hvac tec by trade).
I have a couple question.
1) Gather eggs from fellow backyarder's , how long is an fertile egg good for before it need to be discarded? (how long will they keep?)
2.) can fertile eggs be stored in fridge before being incubating?
Thanks