EDUCATIONAL INCUBATION & HATCHING CHAT THREAD, w/ Sally Sunshine Shipped Eggs

[AnneInTheBurbs]

Good morning, everything sounds great so far. AC look great for shipped eggs. I’m assuming that the incubator is a styrofoam type which is good as well. It’s what I hatch in.

If it is styrofoam I fight the humidity thing like you do. The house heater here removes any moisture as well and that’s very little in our area. I’ve cut the two small strips of styrofoam out of the bottom of mine to give more surface area. Adding water with the straw is made much easier this way also. Something I relearned on the NYHAL was to add a sponge for more evaporation. I put a new kitchen sponge in sponge sized Tupperware container small enough that it doesn’t hit the heating element. Set that by the straw hole and fill water into the container and the bottom of incubator at the same time. You will have no trouble keeping the humidity up with the sponge. Mine shot right up.
I also hatch in a cardboard egg carton with the bottoms cut off, to hold eggs upright. Less mess and chicks aren’t using the others as bowling pins.

Thank you, yes. It is the styrofoam kind. It is the GFQ Genesis, recommended to me by someone who does a lot of hatching, I love it so far.

Thank you for the advice. I have used a sponge in the past and the straw idea is a great way to do it better. I will post pics of (hopefully) the chicks!

 

[Pensmaster]

View attachment 1261103 I'm trying to fill the void..View attachment 1261105

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View attachment 1261113 First, I hope everyone is A.0.K.

Now first a show & tell for @Pensmaster ,
DH gave tenderloin/ham/ribs/sausage to his Brewery pal-zey, now the phone is ringing every 3 days. PLUS..
Bags and bags of un spent grains.. View attachment 1261117
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What a treat... Clean out your freezer, fill your barn day.


Last but not least.. This is a balance of unprotected birds from last season. Once they get so big we unlist them. They have too much money and time invested in them to even break even. BUT..
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Payday.. the batch is starting to lay. They will be integrated into the big house very soon.
MUTTS.. and a couple heritages.
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A top of the evening to all! I'll be back.

Last time I was in the brewery my friend and I had a chat about that very same thing. Seems the brewery was trying to get a deal, not free but a price break, from the pig farmer for the thousand of pounds of free feed he gets from them. They were going to use the meat at the restaurant there. No deal from the pig farmer. They were not happy to say the least. I think he lost a notch or two on the list.
Here’s my guys munching on spent grain and duck weed. Hatched 9-29-17. No eggs from them yet but getting close.

Malted grain will be full of sugar. Pigs should love that.
I’m now starting to get eggs again as well.

 

[Pensmaster]

Thank you, yes. It is the styrofoam kind. It is the GFQ Genesis, recommended to me by someone who does a lot of hatching, I love it so far.

Thank you for the advice. I have used a sponge in the past and the straw idea is a great way to do it better. I will post pics of (hopefully) the chicks!

 

[dan26552]

Last time I was in the brewery my friend and I had a chat about that very same thing. Seems the brewery was trying to get a deal, not free but a price break, from the pig farmer for the thousand of pounds of free feed he gets from them. They were going to use the meat at the restaurant there. No deal from the pig farmer. They were not happy to say the least. I think he lost a notch or two on the list.
Here’s my guys munching on spent grain and duck weed. Hatched 9-29-17. No eggs from them yet but getting close.
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Malted grain will be full of sugar. Pigs should love that.
I’m now starting to get eggs again as well.

What breed are those? They’re gorgeous.

 

[aliciaplus3]

I love a mixed flock

all of the ones I have hatched are unique looking but seem to be great layers and beautiful egg colors too

 

[Pensmaster]

What breed are those? They’re gorgeous.

Thanks they are Altsteirers, jury is still out on them. Very pretty and very alert which is why I started with them. However, very flighty.

 

[Pensmaster]

I love a mixed flock View attachment 1261419 View attachment 1261420 View attachment 1261421 all of the ones I have hatched are unique looking but seem to be great layers and beautiful egg colors too

Most of my flock is mixed. They are much more calm than the Altsteirers.

 

[BullChick]

After two weeks, a LH finally escaped the brooder. It seemed in shock that it was alone.

 

[Akrnaf2]

Human or avian friends?

Humans

 

[Lazy Farmer]

Behind the scenes.
When you hear most of my

My butt is parked in the pole barn in this old nasty farm chair. I reupholstered it because my unfaithful free birds like to poo on my chair. No shortage of feed bags and hay tie cord. I might just need a new chair.