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Wishing4Wings said:
Liz, your chicks are beautiful!

Hoping to hatch (for the first time) some chicks from our little Serama flock. Was planning on using a broody bantam Cochin or Silkie, but they are young and may not be dedicated when the time comes. Are Serama eggs difficult to incubate? What type of incubator do you use or recommend? Would a broody be better? Any input is more than welcome!



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I love the little ones!

-Kathy
 
casportpony said:
I'm going to do something that's a first for me... Had this little rooster, game cross, 'bout five years old. Well, found him yesterday, dead, apparently killed by another rooster given the blood all over his head. Usually I would just bury him, but he was still warm so I decided to process him and I'll be cooking him instead.
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Anyone have any recipes for a small (1kg) rooster?

-Kathy
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Skin him and make a we little pot of chicken and dumplings!

Say it is for the Leprechauns....
 
Ok...don't get mad at me...but I have an overly simplistic question. And I'm asking due to lack of education, not malice or insensitivity.

Why are the nice expensive incubators so difficult to get a good hatch from? Why are they so much better than the basic styrofoam incubator (with turner of course)? Are they only superior for hatching the breeds that are not your basic dual purpose chicken?

I'm only asking because that's what I used for hatching my BR/Moran crosses, and it went well. However, next month I will set my first batch of Jersey Giants and bantam Lavender Ameracauna's. I intend to use the basic incubator unless you all tell me otherwise. Our 4H poultry leader has offered to set them in his large top of the line incubator, but that takes away some of the magic of seeing them hatch at home (my house).
 
WendyJeepchick said:
Ok...don't get mad at me...but I have an overly simplistic question. And I'm asking due to lack of education, not malice or insensitivity.

Why are the nice expensive incubators so difficult to get a good hatch from? Why are they so much better than the basic styrofoam incubator (with turner of course)? Are they only superior for hatching the breeds that are not your basic dual purpose chicken?

I'm only asking because that's what I used for hatching my BR/Moran crosses, and it went well. However, next month I will set my first batch of Jersey Giants and bantam Lavender Ameracauna's. I intend to use the basic incubator unless you all tell me otherwise. Our 4H poultry leader has offered to set them in his large top of the line incubator, but that takes away some of the magic of seeing them hatch at home (my house).
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They hold precise tempratures and humidity better. And there is more airflow so there is more potential o2. The more precise and stable the less energy the chick spends on not dying and the more it can spend on hatching.

Shipping really does a number on the membranes Embryo and air cell in the egg and makes it hard to attach and grow the right way.

Can you split the eggs? Or are they close enough to you you could do lockdown at your house taking your warm incubator to his house and transfering eggs?
 

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