I've been pulling tips from this website for over a year. I finally joined so I could thank everyone for recommending the Brinsea. I won't go over that again, I posted in the incubator section. I just wanted to introduce myself and let you guys know what I have.
My wife and I started with 4 chicks on a lark 7 years ago. They just looked so cute. Buff Orpingtons. I enjoyed raising them way more than I thought, so I added more every year, but no roosters. Eventually I had 22 laying hens. Orpintons, barred rocks, speckled Sussex, black sex links, and Americaunas. I had to build a bigger coop, and thats when my infatuation with the different breeds started. My wife wanted the old coop so she could raise silkies of her own. Fast forward to now, and I have six coops and pens. The laying hens, white silkies, white crested black Polish, cuckoo marans, Mille Fleur d'uccles, and my staging pen where I keep the juveniles. This is my first year with full breeder flocks, and I wanted to incubate, so I started with a cheap still air styrofoam. I work long hours, and didn't have time to babysit the incubator like I should. The results were disastrous. Low hatch rate, crooked toes, splayed legs, etc... That was when I started looking into more advanced incubators, and here I am
My wife and I started with 4 chicks on a lark 7 years ago. They just looked so cute. Buff Orpingtons. I enjoyed raising them way more than I thought, so I added more every year, but no roosters. Eventually I had 22 laying hens. Orpintons, barred rocks, speckled Sussex, black sex links, and Americaunas. I had to build a bigger coop, and thats when my infatuation with the different breeds started. My wife wanted the old coop so she could raise silkies of her own. Fast forward to now, and I have six coops and pens. The laying hens, white silkies, white crested black Polish, cuckoo marans, Mille Fleur d'uccles, and my staging pen where I keep the juveniles. This is my first year with full breeder flocks, and I wanted to incubate, so I started with a cheap still air styrofoam. I work long hours, and didn't have time to babysit the incubator like I should. The results were disastrous. Low hatch rate, crooked toes, splayed legs, etc... That was when I started looking into more advanced incubators, and here I am
