Incubator Temperature Problems ! ! (Reptipro)

[RedneckG1rl]

I am an animal addict ! Plus they are so cute when they are little !!

 

[loveourbirds]

I love the chicks. I love hatching. and for the most part I love the adult birds, but there are a couple of roosters that's days are numbered.

one of these days im going to have to keep another batch of chicks for myself.

 

[RedneckG1rl]

I am pretty sure I have a bunch of roosters out of the 16 that I got! I am debating on waiting to make sure and let them get a little older if I should just start trying to sell them now . I got some chicks due to hatch on the 21st and then some more on the 25th and then some the first week of July ! That is going to be a whole lot of chicks !

 

[loveourbirds]

you can never have to many chicks though! with the temp fluctuations you had, you should have more females than males but its not an exact science.

 

[RedneckG1rl]

Those are the chicks I bought a few weeks ago . I was wondering about the whole temperature theory and am wanting to actually try it out to see if there is any proof behind that! I would be happy if it just brought the ratio of hens to roosters up !

 

[loveourbirds]

ive played around with the temp thing a little. it does work buy only by killing the cockerel eggs. your hatch rates will drop but you will have a higher hen ratio on hatches. my methods weren't controlled enough to be considered real proof just so you know. ive also noticed when I add sorghum to the feed I get a few more hen chicks - again not controlled enough for scientific proof.

 

[RedneckG1rl]

That is something to look into though just to see ! I got some eggs going on lockdown today !!! Can't wait til Friday when they are supposed to hatch . I thought about putting them in an egg carton but I don't know if that would be a good idea because the last hatch I seen them moving around and getting in position and they would be able to roll around in the carton . Maybe if the eggs were smaller it would work out !

 

[loveourbirds]

the carton is great for incubating shipped eggs, but not so great when hatching. most eggs do better when hatched from their sides.

 

[RedneckG1rl]

So 10 eggs went on lockdown on Tuesday and we due to hatch on Friday ....Well, one hatched last night around 11 pm and now I have 2 more that have hatched and 2 that are making progress and should be out in a few hours ! Hubby also said he thinks he seen a few move around ....looks like this hatching is doing much better then the last and better percentage ! I decided to not use the bottom of the incubator and made a shelf to put the eggs on that weren't ready to hatch and that ones that were ready I put up top. The temp on top is 100 and right below it is around 99 !

 

[loveourbirds]

sounds like your starting to get it down. your gonna have a yard full of chicks before you know it.