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Don`t know if this counts but I put 8 mixed breed eggs under a broody silkie yesterday. She`s a good incubator. All were fathered by a golden laced polish and none are hers. Should be interesting if they all survive.
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WOW can she cover 8? I was thinking of getting a few silkies just to have around as broodies if nothing else but I figured they could only cover 3 or 4 regular eggs.Don`t know if this counts but I put 8 mixed breed eggs under a broody silkie yesterday. She`s a good incubator. All were fathered by a golden laced polish and none are hers. Should be interesting if they all survive.
When I used lgs I had the cheapo digital thermos from Wally world and they were great. I ended up having some great hatches with them and they were both accurate for both humidity (I checked before starting every hatch) and temp. They were both Accurite brand. I bought a "good" one once and it was terrible I was one degree low on the temp and humidity was all over the place. It works still for a brooder thermo.The indoor outdoor thermo is digital, as is the cooking thermometer (not really an oven thermo, I used it for the oven to make yogurt at a low temp). It has an alarm on it to let you know when you have reached temp. I have lain it on the rack with the eggs, trying to keep wires from interfering with turner movement and it is now reading 100.6, so, gonna bump thermostat down a tad and stick with it. Thanks!
98 is not bad... always remm low is better then high.. I prefer to candled after 5 days.