RCOM incubator

[danniboi1990]

anyone got an R-COM Mini Egg Incubator?? if so have you managed to hatch any females out... all 10 of mine are roos

i didnt hatch them all out at the same time. over the last few years

its getting annoying now

 

[satay]

I have a larger rcom. The sex of the chicken is determined by the rooster not the tempreature of the egg at incubation so i don't think it would matter what incubator you used the out come would have been the same.

 

[danniboi1990]

o right.. what rcom incubator have u got.. i like the look of the rcom 20 pro.. have u seen the rcom 20 pro with usb?

 

[quintinp]

I have the Rcom mini incubator it has hatched 2 out of 6 eggs, being that 3 were infertile and one was a quitter for some reason or another.

 

[danniboi1990]

o right. the same one as my display picture? are the 2 you successfully hatched out roos? hens?

 

[quintinp]

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The first i sold before I could find out, the second was a roo.

 

[satay]

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I have an rcom king suro

 

[saddina]

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Almost. A heat spike during the early days (first 3) of incubation kills off females at a higher rate than males. if you're o/10 are you only having a 50% hatch ratio? you could be spiking and killing your females.

http://ps.fass.org/cgi/content/full/86/12/2685

 

[danniboi1990]

o wow

i hope im not spiking them.. my most recent brood are in there now on day 5.. all seem to be developing ok.. fingers crossed for a female!! i think im just about dew a female lol!

 

[danniboi1990]

o and all that were fertile have successfully hatch apart from 1 welsummer chick

he or she died very close to the hatch date