Acres Poultry hatching thread with aliciaplus3!

[aliciaplus3]

It has been my experience that Legbar eggs do not handle shipping well especially when the receiving end is at high altitude.

It's good to know that
Sad but refreshing

 

[aliciaplus3]

some of the turkey eggs we moved into lockdown last night looked like they were internally piped!
My DD's were running the candling light so I got a sideways peek. the eggs are due 2-9 and 2-10 so I shouldn't be too excited yet but still

 

[Ted_Harrell]

Got Barnevelders in lockdown right now, fingers crossed for a good hatch...

 

[aliciaplus3]

Got Barnevelders in lockdown right now, fingers crossed for a good hatch...

oooh I thought for a while I wanted those... I had trouble finding a reliable source, ended up with marans instead. best of luck with your babies. How many eggs in lockdown?

 

[Ted_Harrell]

6 in my trusty Nutrutre right 360 and 2 in my Chinese bator(trying it out)

 

[aliciaplus3]

6 in my trusty Nutrutre right 360 and 2 in my Chinese bator(trying it out)

I like my NR360, I had a cheap Chinese knockoff that I took apart and used the brains to turn one of the turners I put in the cabinet incubator I have. I think it is documented back at the begging of this thread??? it got so bad about heat spikes and temp drops I gave up on using it as an incubator. but the brain can count 2 hours and turn on the egg turner so it works for that. I have been tossing around the idea of another NR360 or an incuview. My DH thinks I have too many incubators as it is.???? we will see how things look after this next hatch. he may be right, as in I can hatch more babies than I have room to grow out??
right thats why I was rigging part of the shop up to have grow out pens.

 

[BlueBaby]

oooh I thought for a while I wanted those... I had trouble finding a reliable source, ended up with marans instead. best of luck with your babies. How many eggs in lockdown?

I have 3 Barnevelder pullet's here that I'm waiting on for them to start laying egg's. Then as soon as those egg's get big enough, I want to hatch egg's from them crossed with my NN rooster Roger. One of them snuck out the coop door a while back, but she stayed near the pen and proceeded to help herself to the weed's. I was able to get her back. I do not free-range mine, as I do not want to loose them to predator's.

 

[Ted_Harrell]

Yeah I have 3 now myself, The Nuture Right, The Chinese 56 Egg that I keep in its shipping Styrofoam and a farm innovators that I will try when My new eggs arrive next week..

 

[aliciaplus3]

I have 3 Barnevelder pullet's here that I'm waiting on for them to start laying egg's. Then as soon as those egg's get big enough, I want to hatch egg's from them crossed with my NN rooster Roger. One of them snuck out the coop door a while back, but she stayed near the pen and proceeded to help herself to the weed's. I was able to get her back. I do not free-range mine, as I do not want to loose them to predator's.

none of my flock is allowed to free range for the same reason. we have SO many flying and 4 legged predators that my flock would be zero in no time. I keep working with my necked necks... blue foot is still in with the Nn hens so every now and then I add another egg from that pen to the incubator.
Oh and I have been getting eggs from my Nn that lays blue/green eggs! a few of those have found their way into the incubator.

 

[Ted_Harrell]

You raise the NNs for meat, eggs, or both?