Incubators Anonymous

[LilyD]

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Lurk away. lol.

I told my husband two hatches ago that it was my last hatch. So much for that. He told me a bit ago that he understood though because we do need to hatch and buy new eggs to make sure we have enough diversity in our group. lol

Such a smart man

 

[LilyD]

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Sooo cute what breed is s/he. I so can't wait until mine are born (as I watch my son holding one of our brahma babies on the couch lol.)

 

[Impress]

A bantam cochin with a tiny bit of silkie in the woodpile, they are all SO tiny, I can hold all 5 in one hand easy!

 

[LilyD]

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Congrats! I don't have any wee little chickens but I can not deny they have huge ratings on the cuteness scale.

 

[Impress]

The crazy thing is, they have turned out to be excellent layers! They go broody quite often, but they handle all that themselves, but when they aren't broody it is tiny egg city! And their eggs are just so yum, they have the darkest yolks, I think maybe because they are closer to the ground and find the most yum nummy bugs to eat.

 

[Rexbandit]

Had one of my grey old English bantam pullets go broody today. I managed to raise a trio of them this year and both the little pullets have layed around 20 eggs a piece and now one has went broody so I put 6 eggs under her and will see if she's as good a mother as hers is.

 

[discoveregg]

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My Belgian D Uccle Mille Fleur and Golden Neck hens I recently purchased are supposed to do the same thing according to the breeder I bought them from. I need to get some nest boxes in their coop! And if they do lay, maybe they wont go broody and then I'll have to put the eggs in my bator

 

[discoveregg]

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I hear ya

It's so hard to resist the temptation to buy more eggs to incubate. This thread helps tho, at least we can share the joy of everyone else's incubating adventures...

IT'S JUST NOT FAIR~

 

[leghornlover@123]

Sorry to barge in but i have a quick question is this incubater good for hatching

 

[DMRippy]

leghornlover@123 :

Sorry to barge in but i have a quick question is this incubater good for hatching

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In theory yes. Do you have a thermostat to tell you what the temp is on the top of the eggs? You kinda need to know the humidity too. Most incubators have a lid and keep it closed. that bulb might be too much for that small of an area. We also like to look at our eggs, temps and humidity without opening the incubator.

I have seem people use heating pads to hatch eggs. they just put a blanket over the top and turn them several times a day.​