Okies in the BYC The Original

[okcarla]

I need a a GQF cabinet hatcher NOW I have more turkey poults hatching than I have room on the bottom of the incubator. I had to turn off the automatic turner & now I'm worried about the eggs that need to keep turning!

Oh well, I guess it won't hurt them too much for a day to not turn, I hope

 

[poultryand bees]

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Excellent advice - I will do that with what is in the incubator right now - although I am trying to not get it too full by resisting the urge to set chicken eggs - other than those I bought at POOPS and a few that Jaxon whined me into setting. I really want to focus on hatching guineas and turkeys for a few months.

 

[poultryand bees]

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Since I have a bad habit of leveling the egg trays to add more eggs and then forgetting to turn the automatic turner back on, I can attest that not being turned for a day or two isn't a big problem.

 

[okcarla]

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Oh wow, I didn't know that with the older sportsman's. I guess maybe I should go change the positions on my racks now. I'd hate to lose any of those eggs I've put in there. It's a for sure oldie and the first time I've used it. It has a strong fan in it and it seems to be keeping the temp steady though, but that's with the thermometer on the top shelf, next to the water tray. I've never put the thermometer down lower to see if the temp's the same.

 

[okcarla]

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Thanks Les, but I should turn off the turner though, right? I don't want them getting squashed!

 

[okcarla]

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Excellent advice - I will do that with what is in the incubator right now - although I am trying to not get it too full by resisting the urge to set chicken eggs - other than those I bought at POOPS and a few that Jaxon whined me into setting. I really want to focus on hatching guineas and turkeys for a few months.

Maribeth, you need to go to the next Jones auction and load up on hatching eggs for your incubator, like I did!

And here I resisted temptation and didn't buy any hatching eggs at the Cement auction, but came home with other people's eggs to put in my incubator. What is wrong with me!

 

[poultryand bees]

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Actually, I have come to the conclusion it is hard to find 6 thermometers that all register the same temperature even if they are sitting side by side at room temperature.

I tried a digital thermometer with a hydrometer - it worked pretty well until I dropped it on the concrete floor.

I don't know if it was "calibrated" correctly either however.

 

[Okla-doodle-doo]

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Sorry I'm trying to learn how to put pics on here! Just ignore me for a while.Lol

 

[poultryand bees]

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I couldn't resist the urge to click on the link - two gorgeous ducks with a caption of "pigeons" - probably time for me to get some sleep too.

 

[Cuban Longtails]

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I have a start on blue barred rocks.

I have a blue barred rock cockerel, some solid blue pullets, solid black pullets, and my regular barred rocks. I'll be hatching out next year, or possibly this fall if they're laying.