I agree about the bator being the differance, as when we started everyone told us about the bad hatch rates so we went in to this thinking we would be lucky with a 50% hatch.. with the sportsman 1502 we have had 95% (or better) with the Serama, course all have been our eggs other than the ones...
I have had GREAT hatch rates with Seramas and do the same as Frank (some were even his eggs ),, we have a sportsman 1502, the only thing differant I do is bring up my humidity to 70 when they go into the bottom "brooder"
we have been averaging 90 to 95% hatches.. but the bator does all of the...