Maybe some questions are better off asked in PM's rather than the open forum. Of course look at all the fun you've given everyone; at your expense of course.
I think it's a fascinating idea. Since I have limited coops, I can not keep all the roosters I would like. But would like to have the option of breeding certain hens to another breed I don't keep.
It happens with some posts--it is probably something to do with the device used to post.
Let me get my Breaking Bad costume, liquid Nitrogen and etc. ready...could be quite a business....And I can;t keep any roosters at all, so this sounds like an interesting topic for me too....
I have done several staggered hatches with my Genesis. At lock down for the first set of eggs, I leave the turner in the incubator but remove several of the egg racks. I place the oldest eggs large end up in trimmed paper egg cartons inside of a clear plastic produce container that has a lid and ventilation holes in it. I've used plastic tomato and grape containers from Costco. The container sits in the space where the egg racks were and in between the two side arms. The oldest eggs hatch in the container which makes clean up easier and the turner stays on for the younger eggs. The higher humidity for a few extra days has not caused any apparent problems with the second group of eggs.Are you hatching and incubating in the same incubator? If so, wait until you hear chirping or you see the first pip to raise humidity.
Remove the turner during hatch and then return it after the hatch. The extra humidity for a couple of days will not hurt them. You do not need to raise the screen.
You're ready to go Ron! We're all interested now. But could you imagine calling up a breeder and ask about this? I'm sure we'll get quite a few hang ups for a while. Oh and can you imagine the "Crazy 24 hour Chicken Auction for chicken sperm". oh my!
Eggs hatch better at a slightly lower temperature. The rails pop out so it should be east to remove them.
Hey...when I was a Vet Tech, we used to get people in for this sort of thing with their dogs. We always drew straws to see which Tech had to do the "collection".
