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  1. dheltzel

    The 6th Annual BYC Easter Hatch-a-long!

    I never mention it to my customers, I understand their concern, but it they have a hand warmer, I remind them to open the box in the car as soon as it is warm. We regard chicks as small needing to be kept at 95 degrees, but in fact they are quite capable if withstanding a lot of cold for some...
  2. dheltzel

    The 6th Annual BYC Easter Hatch-a-long!

    Skip the hand warmers, the chicks generate enough body heat and those things actually consume oxygen and could suffocate the chicks. Put them into a small enough box (something about 10 inches square would be ideal for 15) and they will be fine in the car. If it's super cold (sub-zero), have the...
  3. dheltzel

    The 6th Annual BYC Easter Hatch-a-long!

    I incubate and hatch everything according to Kevin Porter's "turkey hatching tips". You can find it here: http://www.porterturkeys.com/egghatchingtips.htm Basically, I use a separate hatcher (a large cooler I equipped with a digital thermostat) and try to get the RH to 80% or higher for the...
  4. dheltzel

    The 6th Annual BYC Easter Hatch-a-long!

    These are my hatch results, bottom line - 97 chicks hatched! Turkeys, 4 set 0 hatched Guineas, 6 set, 3 hatched Rhodebars, 6 set 5 hatched Welsummers, 51 set, 29 hatched Black Sexlinks, 33 set, 23 hatched Black Copper Marans, 20 set, 19 hatched BBS Ameraucanas, 21 set, 14 hatched Olive Eggers...
  5. dheltzel

    The 6th Annual BYC Easter Hatch-a-long!

    I will be hatching: Midget White turkeys guineas CCL's Welsummers BCM's (Marans) BBS Ameracaunas Rhodebars Olive Eggers Black sex links
  6. dheltzel

    The 6th Annual BYC Easter Hatch-a-long!

    I mostly use Accurite digital thermometer/hydrometers. I get them from Walmart (http://www.walmart.com/ip/16888914) for about $10. It's always a good idea to calibrate them against a known good thermometer (human fever thermometers are good).
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