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What companies deliver feed in Georgia? Tired of paying for bags I don't need~! Best price i can get per ton (16% laying mash) in bags is $360.. how much do you guys pay?

I'd love to come by and see your farm some time, shoot me a PM with directions! My incubator has about a 1000 brown egg capacity if your cabinet incubator is full.

I am also trying to start out from a customer's point of view rather a businessman's view. Please also reply with your grievances from other hatcheries! Some policies I will be instituting and challenges I'd face: Minimum orders - minimum orders are to ensure that the babies have enough heat...

I will only de-beak birds apon request - most of my breeds won't ever be in the situation to need it tho 8) I've already gotten some orders for local pet stores! Thanks for all the responses! I just got back from a 16 hour drive to PA to pickup my incubator. Wednesday construction of my new...

Quote: So does mine. they sell out every one they get for double the hatchery price. Sometimes you'll see the hatchery name on the box!

Quote: I have nearly 150, I started out with red but its a bit to hot for them in the stack brooders. I went to white and they started pecking and fighting. When I went back to red they slept better and stopped fighting so much.

I am starting a small hatchery in Carrollton, Ga(30 minutes west of Atlanta), hope to have 8-10 breeds with 1000 birds by the end of 09. Right now i have 143 rhode island reds which will begin laying in may. (approx 80 available a day, 117 hens) I'm picking up my 1000+ egg petersime 4th...

Quote: This is a bit more than 20 bucks but it has a remote probe. I have one 8) Building a bator with it after i finish the new coop and fix my fence line.

Quote: Using 2 smaller bulbs would be more for precaution unless you spaced them out somewhat. 2 bulbs on either side would distribute heat more evenly, and if 1 were to fail, you have a backup.

Quote: Depends on what you expect as a hatch rate. If you don't mind a 50% hatch rate you're fine. Every degree of difference can delay hatch times by 5.9 hours and potentially kill an embryo. If you can keep it between 98.5 and 100.5 thats pretty darn close. I'd nudge the temp down...

Do you have air holes in your hatcher? You stop turning them the 18th day right?

Quote: The more papers I read on proper incubation humidity the more numbers i get... They are generally 65% or higher though I haven't read any as low as yours. I'm not familiar with the dry method, but with smaller eggs these breeds have less moisture to survive the incubation period. If...

Quote: They need to be turned in storage and in incubation. Are you turning them? If the embryo is not turned every few hours it can stick to teh side of the egg and die. The embryo naturally "floats" to the top so you must constantly turn them. When turning them, turn them opposite...

Quote: congratulations, good luck!

No I haven't, just university papers of hatch rates, proper hen/rooster ratio per breed, average fertility %, normal loss, approx daily feed per animal etc. Why did I miss something? I am new to this 8) I was an engineering consultant for the power industry so its just my nature to find the...

Got a bit off subject, but anyway has anyone else modified a GQF automatic turner to be used in a large application, or fabricated an automatic turning system for less?

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Quote: I have found the range to be about 5 to 8 degrees when I first put the thermo in. Then I realized that the closer I moved it to the light the more stable it got. I have it directly next to the light now. The bulb heats it up to cut out quickly, and with the light off the temp falls to...

Henry'schickens : Those of you that hatch out your own chicks do you vaccinate yourself or do you not worry about it? Meaning the Marek's disease and the Coccidiosis. Never hatched out eggs but might try for the fun of it. Now, if I can just find a sticky telling me what the chance of producing...

Quote: Water heater thermostats are made to have a wide range of temps to be more energy efficient. I would recommend either a wafer thermostat ($10)or a repti temp 500R, they are about 27 dollars with shipping I think. Have read they are usually + - 1 degree f. If you're selling a few...