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

[chicken farmer]

Warmer at the top and lower at the bottom so that the middle of the egg level is 99.5. You can place a thermometer at the level of the middle of the egg and if it is 99.5 you are good to incubate!

I just have the incubator and a thermometer and wait till its at 99.5 and I done added the water

 

[ronott1]

Fan kit? and thanks

You can get a fan kit to turn the incubator into a fan incubator. Some get better hatches that way.

http://www.amazon.com/Circulated-Ai...=1385926110&sr=8-1&keywords=incubator+fan+kit

 

[chicken farmer]

You can get a fan kit to turn the incubator into a fan incubator. Some get better hatches that way.

http://www.amazon.com/Circulated-Ai...=1385926110&sr=8-1&keywords=incubator+fan+kit

Thanks I might have to get it in the future but I'm gonna leave it right now and I will have to post the eggs in a little bit

 

[carriebain]

So far my trader joes eggs have not developed. I think this carton was infertile

 

[msladyhawke]

You should try some Americanas for winter layers. They even come in bantam too! My 3 Olive Eggers pullets (Maran x Am) are giving me 2 eggs a day 5 days out of the week. I got 3 eggs day before yesterday.

I have 2 olive egger chicks and 1 maran chick in the brooder from eggs i got from Barneyeggs. Hopefully they are pullets!

 

[SilkieSensation]

Here's my Still air incubator I bought from TSC last summer I just got it out again and getting the temperature to 99.5

Isn't is 102 for still air??

Warmer at the top and lower at the bottom so that the middle of the egg level is 99.5. You can place a thermometer at the level of the middle of the egg and if it is 99.5 you are good to incubate!

All of my bators are still air. I sit my thermometers on top of the eggs & keep temps there about 102. That puts temps at about 99 at the bottom of the eggs. That seems to work best for my bators.

 

[Myfourladies]

I have an enabler!! My mom just brought me a little giant incubator and turner!

My little 7 egg bator looks so small now. LOL Now to see if I can find more eggs.

 

[Aphrael]

I have an enabler!! My mom just brought me a little giant incubator and turner!

My little 7 egg bator looks so small now. LOL Now to see if I can find more eggs.

Congrats!

 

[mstricer]

I'm hatching Mille Fleur dUccles and hopefully Silkied feathered Ameruacana

I have a EE and it is crossed with a pheonix and a silkie. that is the reason why mine has a long tail. har har har.

These aren't mixed with a Silkie, they are pure Ameraucana's with a mutated gene causing them to have Silkied feathers

 

[chicken farmer]

All of my bators are still air. I sit my thermometers on top of the eggs & keep temps there about 102. That puts temps at about 99 at the bottom of the eggs. That seems to work best for my bators.

I will have to try that and see thanks