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I just got my GQF 1502 a few days ago and I will be putting in my first batch of eggs this evening. I think I have everything ready to go. My humidity is around 55% and temp is holding steady 99.5. I do have a few questions for you incubator aficianados. 1. How often can I check in on my...

That's what I thought. The term the guy used was cascading the hatches. The other option would be to have a separate hatcher for them but I cant afford to buy one just yet.

I am looking at getting a Sportsman Incubator and have read where people cycle more eggs in the racks every week or so and move the hatching eggs to the bottom hatcher. I have also read that on day 18 you need to increase the humiodity level several %. Wouldn't this effect the other hatches...

I see pictures of peoples eggs when they are incubating them and they have writing on them. I was curious what people typically write on them. I know those who dont have an automatic turner will mark an X & O on either end to track the turning. I assume most people just write the breed or...

Privett used to have a nice one but I heard they went to a very scaled back price list and I'm not sure they have that anymore.

What are some of the traits of inbreeding?

I am addicted to catalogs. I love to browse through the pages and learn interesting facts about certain breeds and look at the pictures of the birds. It got me to thinking, what are your favorite poultry catalogs and why? I'll go first, mine has to be the classic Murray McMurray catalog...

I have raised chickens (Orps, RIR) in the past and I am going to be raising some Silkies soon. I got to thinking the other day about fertility and some basic genetics. If a white Silkie hen was mated with a blue Silkie rooster how long would his sperm reside in her cycle? If another white...