We have 17 laying hens and a rooster. 27, 8 week old chicks, 3 mixed bantams, about 6 weeks old, and 6 silkies that are just 2 weeks old and eggs to go in the incubator.
for anyone that read my post on my freaking out over the incubator it didn't end well. all 42 eggs lost. most had developed to around day 14 where they stopped. found the problem too. thermometer had slipped on it's place card when I candled the eggs and although I thought I was keeping the temp at 102 it was really at 96 . lesson learned and on to the next batch. I was a little devastated. this would have been my 9th hatch and I've always had decent results. I guess this is why they say don't count your chickens before they hatch. luckily my wife's uncle who they were for understood, and I had told him there was no guarantee on how many would hatch so he is good to wait a couple more weeks.
for anyone that read my post on my freaking out over the incubator it didn't end well. all 42 eggs lost. most had developed to around day 14 where they stopped. found the problem too. thermometer had slipped on it's place card when I candled the eggs and although I thought I was keeping the temp at 102 it was really at 96 . lesson learned and on to the next batch. I was a little devastated. this would have been my 9th hatch and I've always had decent results. I guess this is why they say don't count your chickens before they hatch. luckily my wife's uncle who they were for understood, and I had told him there was no guarantee on how many would hatch so he is good to wait a couple more weeks.