Hatch guide.

[cadams]

very good read answered some questions I had .
http://gallus.tamu.edu/library/extpublications/b6092.pdf

 

[GoldenSparrow]

Thanks!

 

[bigoledude]

It was a good read indeed.

You may also want to check out this guys stuff. He has had his material published in several countries now. And, he is one of us BYCers. this link takes you to his page and once there, you can be linked to several of his fabulous other articles.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/pete55s-page

Between your Texas material and Pete's material, a person could be very much on their way to successful incubating!

Pete has a very good tutorial on how and when to intervene. Many here discourage intervention. I have used Pete's techniques with great results. It has saved the lives of some expensive and healthy birds. I have no problems with putting-down a poor bird. But, I very rarely have to do so. The overwhelming majority of the birds we've assisted have become healthy and strong.

Side Note* We evacuated from here as hurricane Katrina approached our coastline. We couldn't find a place to stay until we reached Texas. We stayed in a campground, with cabins, at the southern-most tip of the Toledo Bend reservoir. We soon got word that our house had 4 feet of water in the ATTIC! We will never forget the wonderful Texans in that town! Me, my wife and 4 sons now pull for Texas teams, Texas politicians, and Texas spelling bee contestants! LOL You Texans are some great folks!!

Ray

 

[cadams]

Thank you Ray! Had several friends from slidell and the big easy come stay during that time alot of good folks over there.