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Starting new flock due to a raccoon raid. They found a seam in my hardware cloth and ripped the wire open. Lost 30 hens and a couple of roosters. Nothing but legs and feathers left. It’s spring so raccoons are out and hungry.

I have hatched chickens and Guinea fowl only. I wanted to try ducks but hubby doesn't want them to mess up our cattle ponds. As for the top vent I keep it open until lock down and then I close it. I bought a duel humidity and temp gauge that I use as a back up to monitor and adjust my water to...

Look up at the underneath side of cover. The rod sticking down needs to be settled inside the open groove of the turning tray. As the rod slowly moves it rocks the eggs back and forth gently but very slowly just slide the tray under it so it's lined up to fit..

Had good hatches. Have to do it inside the house though. Temps outside in barn are in upper 90's so the incubator gets too hot. Ive got 2 sets of chickens hatched about three weeks apart. Socializing the first set with the grown hens inside the coup. We have a seperate area inclosed in hardware...

I may try that next time. Have one in there now, soon as he is disposed of I will rebait and see what else is trying to get my girls. The two I caught were the culprits that killed my Rooster, and two hens, four chicks and a few eggs eaten. I don't relocate, they will just find there way back to...

I set a live trap with sardines, I call it the last meal you will ever get. Then when the ugly thing is caught my hubby takes it to the bone yard and shoots it. I have had so much trouble with varmints killing and eating my chickens. Ive caught two possums this year so far. Six last year and six...

Im pretty sure it resets automaticly when you unplug it

I know its working because the metal prong that is inserted into the turning tray is turning and I can see the tray slowly move back and forth. Its not a big movement just enough to tilt the eggs a little back and forth. I am going to start setting eggs in a few days. Was just waiting for warmer...

I have a thermometer that measures inside and outside temps. The one with the long wired probe. Anyway, I set that in the incubator to keep tabs on the temps and found that the 38.2 temp was too hot. The temps would reach 101 and 102. I adjusted the temps by this extra thermometer instead of the...

I tried hobbling but the little fart gets out of it easily. I put them on an old towel and the splayed leg is getting much better.

So glad I joined BYC I learn so much. I just hatched a little guinea chick and it has a splayed leg. Now I know how to treat it. Ah the joys of hatching.

Sorry not me.

I too have this incubator. I added water daily into the first hole at the bottom front and when I put it in lock down I added water into both holes and closed the vent. I used another temp gauge in F to keep tabs on temp. You can use a hygrometer to watch humidity,I didn't . My first hatch of...

Hatching is addictive. I have 8 more days till my Guinnea's hatch. I started with 12 eggs from a friend. Candled then and all but 2 were fertile so am hoping for a good hatch. My chicks from previous hatch are doing well. They are in the coop with the older ones. I just started letting them out...

I am about to incubate some guinnae eggs so was very interested in this thread. We live on 100 plus acres and have tons of grass hoppers. My chickens do ok by catching them but do not free range very far. They like to stay around the coop. We don't have much problems with snakes but I've seen...

Glad one made it. Mine are looking good. Have them in garage. It's hot enough that they don't even need a heat lamp. When I had it on they were panting.

Did you hatch any?

Im glad I did not read this before I hatched, I would have worried even more. I placed 15 mixed large breed eggs into my incubator 21 days ago and on day 19 had my first 2 hatch. then day 20 , ten more hatched and last night the last one hatched. 2 eggs were not fertile. I kept a close eye on...

Keith92, thanks for the advice, I found a lady that sold eggs for hatching about 100 miles from me. she packed them well and gave me three extra in case of breakage and such. So 21 days ago 15 eggs went into the incubator and today 13 hatched. One was infertile and the other I cracked...

Maybe it was only down for a little while, like when a mother hens leaves the nest to eat. I know they say not to open the incubator but I moved chicks as they dried and removed the egg shells, the older chicks would fumble all around the empty shells and knock the other eggs around so much. I...