Incubators Anonymous

[Wasson6Pack]

My father and I would really like to buy one of these turkeys. Does anybody know where we could buy one?

https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&rct...FvYA4FkhG-pFc6-3CAoWaMww&ust=1421095521563235

My phone won't let me go to the link, but it looks like your looking for Narragansett turkeys. They aren't easy to find, but worth it, they are beautiful. I think Portersturkeys.com may have them. Sandhill preservation usually has them and someone on here has them as I got eggs last year to hatch. Watch closer to April/May and they will start laying.

 

[ladycat]

Also, I didn't just join. I've been on BYC for 7 months and due to a mistake got put on as a new egg. That message is for everyone also just in case you were thinking I don't know anything about chickens. Thanks

The chicks are adorable. Of course ALL chicks are adorable!

I have Seramas pipping right now. I'm being impatient!

 

[ccr chickens]

Hovabator starts this weekend!

 

[JD4570]

Hey everyone! Did anyone see the pics I posted of what my Hova-Bator produced for me. I feel like I'm being skipped. I would think someone would comment on how cute the chicks were or be amazed that any incubator puts out 80 percent of the eggs that were set. I think the big thing is the eggs just from what I have seen out of 3 hatches. A lot of my eggs had to be discarded for various reasons. I would have had 11 out of 12 if I had waited a little longer. I thought because I had saved one chick who couldn't get out because of a dried membrane that I could do it with another. It had pipped but wasn't going anywhere and when I got it out it was premature so I learned from that mistake. I was lucky because the one was ready and is thriving. Anyway, I thought you would all be surprised at what a good turnout that was but not one comment. Obviously I'm on the wrong thread. I watched several comments on incubators and not one comment other then bad on the hovabator. Thanks for all the interest.

Sswanee, I've gotten excellent results out of my Hova too.....it just takes a bit more attention to detail since it's a still air. My forced air LG works quite well for chicks but I prefer to use the Hova or the still air LGs on ducklings.

 

[JD4570]

Also, I didn't just join. I've been on BYC for 7 months and due to a mistake got put on as a new egg. That message is for everyone also just in case you were thinking I don't know anything about chickens. Thanks

By the way, I lurked for almost 2 years before I joined.....albeit I've been raising chickens for 34 years, but only have been incubating for 4 years......and I'm finding I have more to learn. Far more.

 

[ChickyChickens]

My bator eggs are hatching!!!

 

[Faraday40]

Congrats!

Does anyone use both broody hens & incubators? That's my daughter's project this year. She wants to compare the two methods. Besides egg capacity & hatch rate, any other data she could record? I'm thinking of a way to document the amount of care required for new chicks vs. simply feeding the mom.

 

[scflock]

Congrats!

Does anyone use both broody hens & incubators? That's my daughter's project this year. She wants to compare the two methods. Besides egg capacity & hatch rate, any other data she could record? I'm thinking of a way to document the amount of care required for new chicks vs. simply feeding the mom.

I have Silkies and a Brinsea. Better hatch rate with the incubator, but I have never had a hen hatched chick with played legs or crooked toes. The mom takes all the guesswork out of it, but there are 3 reasons I incubate. I can control when they hatch, I can hatch more at one time, and it's harder to tame a chick with a broody mom

 

[Faraday40]

I have Silkies and a Brinsea. Better hatch rate with the incubator, but I have never had a hen hatched chick with played legs or crooked toes. The mom takes all the guesswork out of it, but there are 3 reasons I incubate. I can control when they hatch, I can hatch more at one time, and it's harder to tame a chick with a broody mom

That's what we noticed last year with our accidental broody. Instead of fighting over who can run to us first, the broody hen's chicks actually ran away from our hands. The mama never pecked at us, but the chicks didn't want to be handled, so we just left them alone. (I've heard horrible stories about mama hamsters & didn't want any chance of such trauma from our hen.)

 

[scflock]

That's what we noticed last year with our accidental broody. Instead of fighting over who can run to us first, the broody hen's chicks actually ran away from our hands. The mama never pecked at us, but the chicks didn't want to be handled, so we just left them alone. (I've heard horrible stories about mama hamsters & didn't want any chance of such trauma from our hen.)

There's nothing more cute than watching a mama with her chicks, but she will definitely teach them to be cautious. The one thing I'm not sure about, that I would be curious to know, is exactly how closely does the mama hatch her chicks to 21 days, and how long does her hatch really take? My incubator may hatch from day 19 to day 22. My broody just shows up one morning with her chicks