Incubators Anonymous

[MarineCorpFarmr]

Heck no lmao. Ohio state. I'm a southern transplant

 

[stevetone]

I live in FL so when they are feathered enough to withstand 60 degree temps I just put them outside in my grow-out tractors, lol.

lol. Do they even need feathers at 60 degrees?

 

[DMRippy]

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I am going to toss some that are 8 weeks old outside and I am worried because it is going to get to 29 Sunday.

 

[Overoberyl]

lol. Do they even need feathers at 60 degrees?

Haha not really, they are mostly still fuzzy with just some wing feathers. I just put my three week old group outside, I made a mistake my others weren't that young they were also about 3 weeks. I also keep a close eye on how they do and I have the grow out tractors situated not far from the house and I usually check on them at some point during the night to make sure they are ok. So far so good!

 

[TNBEARCHICK]

love it it looks cool, I bought an incubator for now and plan on making one later.

Temporary cable system to turn the beta test eggs...and i took beta testing a little far....

 

[MarineCorpFarmr]

I upgraded the pulleys last night and added one in the back to guide the cable, and added a second shelf to the turning contraption

 

[TNBEARCHICK]

let us know how it goes

 

[MarineCorpFarmr]

Got 11 in lockdown down 26 i think due to lockdown tomorrow. The new pulley layout has made turning 10x easier. More tweaks to be made soon

 

[DMRippy]

Looks like I will HAVE to have a BIG hatch..... My Blue Copper Marans Roo died yesterday suddenly.

I am collecting every egg and I am going to hatch everything I get for a few days... up to about 3 doz MAX. I really didn't want to have to hatch that big this time of year.....

BTW When do you move your young guineas out with the big ones?

 

[MarineCorpFarmr]

I move them out to the bantam/growout pen and run (has heat) at about 3-4 weeks when they are feathered out, Let them in the adult side of the pen when they are about half grown. First couple days they act stupid and try to get back in the banty run. but they get the hang of it pretty quick. I have no choice I'll be hatching all winter so I will have heat lamps of some sort out there for all the youngins