🍃August Hatch-a-Long🍃

[Sadness Child]

I think that I will just buy one, does anybody have suggestions on what I should do

 

[FortCluck]

Thank you it was very helpful

And if you are buying an incubator, I would suggest forced air. They are easier to hatch with and to get stable.

 

[Sadness Child]

Would you suggest getting multiple smaller ones or one big one, I am sure you know, but I am trying to make profit, I plan on hatching one big batch each month then selling them and start the incubation process the beginning of the new moth and by the time I have sold the first batch I should have a new batch of day old chicks to sell. At least that is what I think since I am in NM.

 

[FortCluck]

I think that I will just buy one, does anybody have suggestions on what I should do

This is where you will get a millions answers. I bought 2 Farm Innovator 4250's. I have 90%+ hatch rates. Some people do not like the brand, but I really love it. It is a styrofoam incubator so it retains the heat better. Hard plastic incubators have a harder time keeping stable unless you buy an expensive brand like Brinsea (the are probably one of the best hard plastic incubators).

You will get a ton of answers and you will be able to choose which you want to go with.

I will say to stay away from the cheaper incubators that are China made just because they tend to kill embryos instead of grow them because they spike in temps without any warning.

 

[FortCluck]

Would you suggest getting multiple smaller ones or one big one

I would suggest getting one that is large if you plan on incubating a lot of eggs. I try to fill up the incubator when I start a hatch because it keeps the temperature/humidity more stable than if you put about 10 eggs in a 42 egg incubator. You want to fill them as much as possible so that it is even throughout.

 

[Sadness Child]

I would suggest getting one that is large if you plan on incubating a lot of eggs. I try to fill up the incubator when I start a hatch because it keeps the temperature/humidity more stable than if you put about 10 eggs in a 42 egg incubator. You want to fill them as much as possible so that it is even throughout.

This is what I figured I was going to save 50 eggs and hatch them, and if I am lucky 40 would hatch and 5 would have fixable problems and maybe 4 will die after hatching

 

[FortCluck]

This is what I figured I was going to save 50 eggs and hatch them, and if I am lucky 40 would hatch and 5 would have fixable problems and maybe 4 will die after hatching

So you would need an incubator that fits 50 eggs, if 50 is your starting number.

 

[Sadness Child]

So you would need an incubator that fits 50 eggs, if 50 is your starting number.

Yes I will/Yes it is

 

[FortCluck]

Yes I will/Yes it is

So you just need to find an incubator that fits that amount. My Farm Innovator 4250 fits 42 eggs.

 

[ShrekDawg]

I have to do it or else I will feel like a procrastinator