Thanks Honora. What a great mother this hen has turned out to be. She hatched 12 out of fifteen and adopted 4 chicks. No temprature and humidity anxiety. 21 days ago I put he in a secure room with ample food and water and didnt check until day 20. All the work she did by her own. She is very...
Ok thanks for the reply. I added only three chicks and she had one of her own.
Please tell me should I turn the light off. I kept out on so that she can see the chicks. In dark she can get confused and stressed. But that's my thought and it's my first time doing such a venture. I lack...
A very urgent question. One of my hens was sitting on eggs. I also had some eggs in the incubator, dates matching with the hen. The bator chicks hatched yday whereas the mamas eggs have just started hatching. As soon as the first of her eggs hatched, I transferred the bator chicks to her in the...
Very useful information indeed. You are right about the bulbs. The power is too high. Also when i open for turning, it remains constantly on. The eggs under the tray get cooked. Absolutely right. That's what I call good insight.
It also proves by the fact that a few eggs that hatched were...
On saturday I was trying to catch a rooster for culling as he had a very very horrible and loud crow. It tried to get inside the coop where the hens lay eggs. Its a 5'x 8' room with a door on the front side where the hens go in and come out. I closed the door before he could get in. That door is...
After everyones valuable insight, i have decided to make the following changes.
1- make the fan direct so that it runs continiously.
2 - Install a digital controller.
3 - Replace 100 watt bulbs with 50 watt to avoid the sudden burst of heat.
4 - order two 36 egg auto egg trays which will fit...
Thanks for your views regarding the subject matter. I think you are very right about the fan issue. I drilled small wholes on side of all three incubators at egg level to cross check the temprature using a clinical thermometer by inserting its bulb inside the incubator. The clinician...
83% hatch is a good percentage. I did not even get near that. I think its lack of turning that affected my hatch. I did not turn on day 2 for whole 24 hours. That could have affected it. You have a nice setup. Seems to be atleast 60 egg capacity. 80% means 50 chicks which is good.
No the chicks that hatched, hatched right on time. But other eggs did not even budge. I candled them before discarding. All eggs seems to have developed but have died at various stages. Most of them were totally dark from inside likr they should be. But failed to hatch.
25 out of 78. A few chicks were not healthy. Two of them have died. The rest were very weak and I had to hand feed them. Seems stable now.
I got 100 chicks from the other two incubators which have capacity of 56 each. All are healthy.
Last year also it gave same results with many chicks...