5th Annual BYC New Year's Day 2014 Hatch-A-Long

[Pozees]

Well I need a good site to get a good thermometer from. When should I get my incubator set up and going? How many of the spaces under the turning rack should I fill with water? It is a still air incubator. I think if this goes ok and I get atleast ONE chick I am going to buy a different incubator and become addicted like the rest of you. I guess I have the time for all of this now, they dismissed me from nursing school today for being at a facility that I was not assigned to in full uniform, I had no clue that was a rule. Guess I have more time for chickens.

Oh good grief, I am so sorry! I mean, having more time for chickens is always a good thing, but wow, so harsh to be dismissed! You've had a year, haven't you? Come on, 2014!

 

[Nonyah Biz]

this year is my first year ever having chickens and this is my first time trying to hatch eggs so wish me luck and any help is more then welcome

 

[Pozees]

Ugh. Me and this incubator are gonna go round and round, I can tell

I should not be so nerve wracked BEFORE the hatching even starts!

I am really having trouble keeping this LG on point...it's a still air. I'm going to do a dry incubation. Any additional pointers on how to keep the temp steady? It's in the innermost room of my house, which stays at a pretty constant temp. No windows, no drafts.

One thing that sometimes helps is putting the bottom half back into its half of the box it came in, sort of as an insulating layer.

 

[Pozees]

this year is my first year ever having chickens and this is my first time trying to hatch eggs so wish me luck and any help is more then welcome

Good luck! Truthfully, even if you don't get a good hatch - or any hatch - following along here will help you a lot with the next one ... and trust me, there is always a next one

 

[chiqita]

We should know about that one, and what happened 

Well the main thing was the people who started the contest organizing all got sick. So no one had the original info. But there were just too many.

I put in 4 duck eggs from the local feed store today

I got my first muscovies egg today! And not ONE broody hen to sit on it. How did that happen to me????

 

[bantambury]

That is good news!

You will have very nice looking chicks. I hope the Silkie is the father. You might want to get a Genesis 1588 from Amazon if you have Prime. They ship fast!

ok great thanks!! I hope we can do the hatch...we are looking up bators and still considering if we will....

 

[ronott1]

ok great thanks!! I hope we can do the hatch...we are looking up bators and still considering if we will....

Feed stores often sell still air incubators. That is a good way to start and often work well with locally collected eggs.

 

[bantambury]

Feed stores often sell still air incubators. That is a good way to start and often work well with locally collected eggs.

I just looked at the genesis 1588 on amazon and different things came up.... also I saw these and wondered how well they worked:

~Circulated Air Turbo Fan Hova Bator Incubator http://www.strombergschickens.com/p...an-Hova-Bator-Incubator-2362/basic-incubators
~Mini Advance Incubator http://www.strombergschickens.com/product/Mini-Advance-Incubator/advanced-incubators

I also looked at the genesis.. http://www.amazon.com/GQF-1588-Gene...8&qid=1386205944&sr=8-1&keywords=Genesis+1588 only one left in stock!!!! what do I do?!?!?!?!

 

[Aphrael]

I put in 4 duck eggs from the local feed store today

Nice! What kind of ducks will they be?

 

[bantambury]

Feed stores often sell still air incubators. That is a good way to start and often work well with locally collected eggs.

have you used the genesis yourself??? if you have....what do you think?