hand turn

  1. Lazy Farmer

    HAPPY HATCH DAY EVERYONE!

    Right on time, exactly at 8 a.m.. Placed the eggs in the Little Giant Incubator 21 days ago at 8a.m.. Far out! Time to play the lottery. 51 eggs all hand turned average 4 times a day. Candled at day 15 and had 37 positive fertile eggs. We put hot tap water soaked washcloths rolled up in all 4...
    • Lazy Farmer
    • Thread
    • brooders-brooder-lamps-chick-boxes chicks just hatched hand turn hatch rate humidity incubating eggs little-giant-still-air-incubator-9200
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: Incubating & Hatching Eggs
  2. Lazy Farmer

    Earlier Hatch Day @ 19 & 20

    Last night was day 19 and two early birds popped our. Today day 20, three more broke out. Seven more peepers and lots of chipping action. Doing this over a decade and this is our first early batch.IMG_20170611_161751 by Farmer Connie posted Jun 11, 2017 at 4:37 PM This little dude decided to...
  3. Lazy Farmer

    Boxing back up our auto turners for awhile..

    We have raised our incubation hatch rate by manually turning the eggs v.s. the auto turner... go figure. Chickens galore this late batch. I figure simulating more of what a broody hen reposition of the embryo in the egg rather than a gradual tilt. More time consumption of course but higher...
Back
Top Bottom