Incubators Anonymous

[DMRippy]

Quote: I was getting 6 eggs a day if I was lucky.... today I got 27 out back and 15 in the shop and another 8 out front. Time to put up my new ad on the BST section. I set 150 eggs and I sold several doz..... I would SO be in big trouble if I had not sold some. My roo guy came and took about 60 roos under 2.5 months old. I told him we were soon going to have to do this every two weeks. I just can't feed all those roos.

 

[Runawaylobster]

I was getting 6 eggs a day if I was lucky.... today I got 27 out back and 15 in the shop and another 8 out front. Time to put up my new ad on the BST section. I set 150 eggs and I sold several doz..... I would SO be in big trouble if I had not sold some. My roo guy came and took about 60 roos under 2.5 months old. I told him we were soon going to have to do this every two weeks. I just can't feed all those roos.

wow... 60 roos is alot to feed.. especially when they get into what i call the raptor phase and eat everything in sight....

I don't have much luck selling hatching eggs but i seem to do OK with selling chicks.. but i have never gone this far before..

 

[DMRippy]

Quote: Chicks are arriving at the feed stores next week so I need to start selling chick. I have not done that in a few months LOL.

Some eggs are easier to sell than others and this weather is freaking everyone out on shipping eggs.... spring is coming so be patient.

 

[ozexpat]

I have 54 duck eggs in a hova bator 1588 and 34 chicken eggs in a still air incubator, I also have an egg turner for the 1588 and would like to use it so I don't have to turn so many eggs. But the egg turner only holds 41 eggs so I would have to put the extras in the still air Incubator. Should I put the extra duck eggs in the still air incubator or would that mess them up since it is 2 degrees warmer than the 1588?

its not really 2 degrees warmer. its just 2 degrees warmer at the top of the eggs - as there is no circulation and hot air rises, the bottom of the eggs will be cooler.

it should be fine to put them in there

 

[choptank330]

One more question, do I remove the red plug after day 10 ? Or when they start to hatch ?

 

[rnt2005]

One more question, do I remove the red plug after day 10 ? Or when they start to hatch ?

day 10.

 

[choptank330]

Thank you !

 

[rnt2005]

Thank you !

Your welcome. I just finished my first hatch. Definitely no expert here, lol. It was a great yet stressful experience for me. With all the info out there I still had questions. .. here is the link I found most useful.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/hatching-eggs-101

 

[ki4got]

One more question, do I remove the red plug after day 10 ? Or when they start to hatch ?

I took mine out when I got the incubators and never put them back.

 

[choptank330]

Even with them out your humidity was still above the teens in the first 18 days