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

[jwlpoultry]

I am well. Hoping to find some hatching eggs soon as I have condensed down my flock numbers a lot.

what breeds do you have now?

Chickens I have 10 Rhodebars, and 6-7 Dollie/sizzle/Cochins. And 8 mix breeds
I have 9 turkeys in blue slate, red slate, pencilled palm, narrangsett and bronze.
And 8 geese 6 Chinese 1 white 5 brown and 2 Toulouse.

 

[chicken hawk 33]

IMHO, your main goal is accuracy.
If that's the case, then the same ones I've recommended many times.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/...osts-bantychooks-and-more/28630#post_17993167

but how does a spot check work if u need to have the temp checked constantly on the eggs

 

[DwayneNLiz]

but how does a spot check work if u need to have the temp checked constantly on the eggs

you do not need to check it constantly

 

[chicken hawk 33]

Sounds like a plan.

how many eggs u got so far

 

[DwayneNLiz]

Chickens I have 10 Rhodebars, and 6-7 Dollie/sizzle/Cochins. And 8 mix breeds
I have 9 turkeys in blue slate, red slate, pencilled palm, narrangsett and bronze.
And 8 geese 6 Chinese 1 white 5 brown and 2 Toulouse.

wow, you really have cut back!

 

[chicken hawk 33]

you do not need to check it constantly

well how do u know what the temp is in it constantly

 

[ChickenCanoe]

I am very interested in the Native American, I prefer to call them Indians, history since I was a boy, all the beautiful books of Fenimore Cooper karl may, Jack London, all the comix of Tex willer, al the westerns I LOVE IT! I see alot of films at You tube about old technology and cooking ect.

I love learning about all native cultures and technology too. I don't know as much about those that were in the Northeast as I do about those farther west and in the Southeast. I probably know more about the Mesoamericans and some of the Central American tribes than I do about those in what is now the US and Canada.

but how does a spot check work if u need to have the temp checked constantly on the eggs

Not sure I understand the question. It works just like any other thermometer except it has a probe so the digital unit with the readout is outside the incubator and the probe is inside with the eggs.

 

[meltel]

well how do u know what the temp is in it constantly

unless you stand over it 24 hours a day for 21 days, you will never know what temp it is constantly.

 

[DwayneNLiz]

well how do u know what the temp is in it constantly

i dont know, i trust my wafer, i am not home so there is nothing i could do if it wasnt exactly 99.5

 

[ChickenCanoe]

well how do u know what the temp is in it constantly

You put the probe through one of the holes, lay it on the eggs, turn it on and read it.

It stays on until you turn it off.

If the temp is below 90F or above 104F, it will just read L or H for low or high.