Great hatch rate of 94%!!!

[browning6]

I built an incubator out of an old mini-fridge and it works great. I put 39 eggs in the other day from my hens and on day 18 removed the 4 that weren't fertile. of the remaining 35, 33 hatched and 31 of those survived ( i had a couple with bad legs that could never stand and died a couple days later) But i am thrilled that the incubator works so well i followed the cooler-bator instructions modifying very little. If anyone wants photos let me know and i will get some.



the first 23 of the 33 that hathced. Cross bred chicks are so fun to hatch. they are so diverse in coloring and patterns.

 

[mattsinger]

Great news...congrats. Post a couple pics of it. I have been thinking of doing something similar with the fridge my daughter will be bringing home from school.

 

[ChickenCanoe]

Woo Hoo. Good for you.
I built a huge one last year but hatch rates have been a bit disappointing. A lot of shipped eggs, some stale eggs and winter fertility issues. Rates are getting better every time though.

 

[browning6]

Great news...congrats. Post a couple pics of it. I have been thinking of doing something similar with the fridge my daughter will be bringing home from school.

i will get you some good pics tonight. and post them in the next couple of days.