For all of you that are new to the hobey of incubation let me congradulate you,for you have just joined a group of thousands of chicken fans and bird lovers.
If you aren't new to incubating i have only one thing to say.......WHAT ARE YOU DOING ON MY PAGE IF YOU ALREADY KNOW HOW!
First if you are...
I had a little giant 9200 incubator with automatic turning...it didn't wok. So i switched it out with another tested model.....it was a dud too.
Till i paid out the dow for a rcom pro 2o and now i have more chickens than i know what to do with! It is an awesome peace of machinery, it works with...
I used a red heat lamp in my chicken yard for the longest time to let my hens Se to get food
and not for warmth. I also used it during the winter on 12 hour days to give them 14 hrs of light for laying
I bought a little giant still air incubator and automatic turner, the incubator seemed like a good buy till tragedy struck..... all my baby chicks died in different stages of development then too top it off one started pipping then died in it's shell! I WAS FURIOUS !!!!!! i called mgm to report...
My dad once had his pet bantam hen missing for a month! he was upset she was his favorite then about 21 days later she crawled out from under the hen house with 12 babies!