Wow, that's awesome! Did you go to Clemson? Or apply for the packet? This may be a dumb question...but can they buy their own birds? I have a feeling that if DS did the raise a pullet program he wouldn't be able to let her go. He cried for hours when the first of our weak chicks died.Of course maybe it would be better to just let DD do it.
I use a Hovabator Genesis 1588 w/o hygrometer, but purchased one from Petsmart in the reptile section. I think I would have hatched 6/8, with one DIS and one shrink wrapped at the zip stage, if I hadn't helped the shrink wrapped one. But it was my first hatch so I obviously have lots to learn, just like the kiddos!
I didn't do anything except call the 4H office and they volunteered everything to me. I'm on their email list now, so I find out when new stuff starts. I think with the poultry project that think they get to keep a couple pullets. I wish I had your luck with the incubator. Now that I have a hygrometer, I am seeing that I need to add water every day to keep it in the 40% humidity range, for some reason it dries out really fast. All of my first hatch were DIS.
