California - Northern

[chiqita]

Don't wash your eggs in just water?  I added a touch of oxine to the water and that was my only 100% hatch to date.  Do you think that had any effect?

Was your pre-incubated egg a shipped egg?

There is a right way and a a wrong way to wash eggs. If you are washing them you have to get off all the bacteria as well as the bloom. And dont do it a week prior. Do it just before you put them in.

 

[Audio51]

Ive realised something.. i blame you guys for being enablers lol (actually i blame tge serama thread lol) i now have like 20-30 chickens and when i first started it was "okay this is all im getting" and omce my siljies start brooding i plan on finding people on here with hatching eggs xD

Then our work is done here......

I feel like I'm announcing a new pot farm to a bunch of Coloradans. (Is that an appropriate comparison?)

Perhaps this one is better.

I feel like I'm announcing the arrival of a new trailer park in Tornado Alley.

Monday will mark the arrival of our new (drumroll) completely refurbished wooden cabinet incubator.

It is from Lanae Cash in Willits. She is driving it to Santa Rosa to a cousin of mine who is coming to Modesto on Monday.

So excited. This was a carefully planned for purchase and I was delighted that one so nicely refurbished came up for sale. I'm selling a bunch of chickens to pay for it.

Wow! I can't imagine having one that big. You must post pictures as soon as you get it set up!

 

[chrissyr]

I feel like I'm announcing a new pot farm to a bunch of Coloradans. (Is that an appropriate comparison?)  

Perhaps this one is better.

I feel like I'm announcing the arrival of a new trailer park in Tornado Alley.

Monday will mark the arrival of our new (drumroll) completely refurbished wooden cabinet incubator.  

It is from Lanae Cash in Willits.  She is driving it to Santa Rosa to a cousin of mine who is coming to Modesto on Monday.

e So excited.  This was a carefully planned for purchase and I was delighted that one so nicely refurbished came up for sale.  I'm selling a bunch of chickens to pay for it.  

congrats on your new incubator! That is awesome!

 

[debs_flock]

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And yes, I also give them a spray of Oxine water afterwards if I need to wash an egg.

 

[sewandgrow]

Have any of you ever used Freecycle.org? I got 2 XL crates (one with a side and a front door) AND a grooming tabled for free on the Paradise one. I was a very happy camper!

I have used it to give away stuff....I collect sewing machines & sometimes need to get rid of un needed sewing machine cabinets or tables. Problem solved.....

 

[PetRock]

Thank you Yeah I will see if I can find another one :/

My farm friend has Bourbon Red turkey poults for sale. They have lots of them!

http://sfbay.craigslist.org/eby/grd/4450246160.html

Are you going to Karen's party next Sunday? I could bring some with me if anyone wants a turkey poult or 2 or more!

 

[SpringPeeper]

(reads about all the incubator purchases and starts backing away slowly, hoping to avoid the hatching fever)



But congrats to those with new incubators!

 

[PetRock]

I am incubating eggs for the first time. I haven't attempted this before because all the conflicting info on this site and others just makes my head spin! I have a need to do things correctly and when information is not black & white, it stresses me out. I bought a used Genesis last year and never had the nerve to try it.

I bought an RCom, for 2 reasons. 1. - because my hatching room is in a barn and does not have climate control. 2. - because it looked to be the most automatic incubator. So I wouldn't have to adjust things on it.

The machine just sat in the box for over a week, then my husband (who knows absolutely nothing about hatching) took it out, set it on automatic, put a bunch of (unwashed) hatching eggs inside and turned it on. He said broody hens don't agonize over details to hatch their eggs. That was late afternoon, April 22.

Temp has been 99.5, humidity has been 45-46%. IDK how often it's been turning. I've seen it turn a few times. I candled on day 6. No development in half the eggs, from 2 hens. Normal looking development in the other half, from 2 other hens.

I'm not sure when to adjust humidity and turn off the turner. Today is day 18. Most hatching info says to adjust humidity for the last 3 days. The RCom instructions say to change humidity and turn off the turner on the end of day 19 - which would be the last 2 days. ???

The RCom users manual actually says both day 19 and the last 3 days, even though it also says 21 days to hatch.

Here's their video. Hatching section is on minute 7.

It also recommends hatching humidity to be 65% which is different from what Ron said.

@ronott1 @lawatt @Hangtown Farms

How exciting, Kim!!!! You've come over to the dark side with the rest of us hatch-aholics!!!

 

[caychris]

(reads about all the incubator purchases and starts backing away slowly, hoping to avoid the hatching fever)



But congrats to those with new incubators!

Ive got a mild case Im having someone else hatch for me.

 

[PetRock]

Just a quick reminder to those of you in the East Bay area, Concord Feed is having its annual 20% off everything sale today! We were there shortly after they opened and the line was long. I was able to pick up several bags of King Freedom layer pellets for $18.39/bag and Freedom starter for $19.59/bag. Of course, I found a few other things to add to my purchase such as a roll of 6 ft tall deer and rabbit fencing for runs at the farm. I had to call my DIL to come rescue me with her minivan. I couldn't figure out a way to safely load a 6 ft roll of fencing in my Mazda!