I live in NC, outside Charlotte, my boys and myself keep barred rocks, EE, RR, white jap's for broodies, formerly OEGB, but they were a bit ill mannered. We keep two boxers, two cats, and four goats. We keep about thirty adult birds at a time between a coop and a tractor and our free rangers. Our only losses since starting last spring have been to the neighbors dog, now chained securely as I supplied the chain, and a redtail on thanksgiving day took my white jap pheonix tailed roo. All else natural causes, or meals. We love our chickens, which are food to us, and pets, and will add pics soon. I fix and repair and reuse all I can, will start a new coup, cedar tree and pallet construction this spring. I raise a large garden which I share with my chickens, the local deer and squirrels, I am working on a fence, natural woven tree limb/ trunk fence for the garden as weather permits, so I can reap my rewards.
I am building my incubator from a medical grade, 2" walled styrofoam cooler, 2'*3'*2', heatsink, fan, wh t stat, twin lights in case of bulb failure. Eggs will be on a hardware cloth tray in cartons that have been trimmed. My question is about turning my eggs. Will a 2"*4" on 2" end moved from end to end of three foot long cooler be enough "turning" of the eggs, done twice daily, when I leave for work, and when I return. I would like to only open bator for candling and will be adding water through a tube.
about three days worth here
I am building my incubator from a medical grade, 2" walled styrofoam cooler, 2'*3'*2', heatsink, fan, wh t stat, twin lights in case of bulb failure. Eggs will be on a hardware cloth tray in cartons that have been trimmed. My question is about turning my eggs. Will a 2"*4" on 2" end moved from end to end of three foot long cooler be enough "turning" of the eggs, done twice daily, when I leave for work, and when I return. I would like to only open bator for candling and will be adding water through a tube.
about three days worth here
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