Hatching now...

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I've been watching all the hatching threads, intent on waiting until St. Patricks day to put eggs in my homade bator, but I gathered all these nice eggs over the last 2 days and, well...

Couldn't resist!

 

[speckledhen]

Lee, are any of Scarlett's in there????

 

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YES!

I have purebred RIR's and BR's in there, and hazel and iris have some in there too, along with mixes of blue andalusion, SSH, and white and light brown leghorn.

 

[speckledhen]

Yippee! Scarlett's gonna be a mommy! Those will be some beautiful, dark RIR babies.

 

[mhoward92]

Hope all goes well on hatching them -- CONGRATS!!

 

[coffeemama]

Can I ask how you are turning them? Beautiful eggs

 

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I'm using a secret high tech method...ok, I'll share.

I'm putting a short 2 x 4 under one end, then swapping it under the other end when its time to turn.

Crude, but effective.

 

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[scgamecock]

How did you make your incubator?Is that some sort of cooler?

 

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Yes, its a 48 qt cooler.
It has a single bulb for heat controlled by a water heater thermostat and has a seperate hard wired computer fan for constant air circulation.

People tend to think I'm fibbing when I tell them I get consistant temps with a water heater thermostat, but heres a pic at 99.4*