Many times. If they are a 1st time broody, I will keep them in my incubator until the last few days, then slip them under them at night. I let them sit on fake eggs until then. Chickens can't count, so they don't know how long they have been sitting.
Wonderful. Do you have a more exact number? We need to log the number for a contest. Thank you.
I have an older model little giant with the fan kit installed.
I am in love with my Brinsea Advanced 20 with humidity pump. It has been rock solid.
I am using a Little Giant Styrofoam incubator for this hatchalong. My preferred incubator is a broody hen. I don't incubate enough eggs to have anything too costly.
I have a Brinsea octagon advance 20, and a homemade coolerbator. I love them both! Both keep temperature well (Brinsea -/+ 0.1 degree, Coolerbator -/+ 0.3 degrees) The coolerbator is much easier to keep at humidity during lockdown. The Brinsea needs a little more attention to get good lockdown humidity. I use a lot of sponges under the incubating tray for lockdown in it, and have to make more adjustments because I don't have the humidity pump. The Brinsea distributes heat a bit better - there is a corner cold spot in my coolerbator, so I put my large thermometer/hygrometer setup there and am aware that it will read a little low there. By putting it in the cold spot I can't put eggs there, so everyone stays at the same temperature. It took me several modifications to get the coolerbator to where it needed to be, but I hatch a ton of quail, which are pretty forgiving with respect to temperature fluctuations, so I could work on it until it was really stable and still get hatches. Now it's a beast. So I have both the Cadillac and the Yugo in the world of incubators both work well. I'll probably build another incubator this summer (I want to try my hand at an autoturning cabinet next...), because if I'm not going to break the bank, I would rather save money and build something that I know will behave once I get it tweaked to a point where I'm happy with it.
Money was an issue for me so after reading a lot on here, I went with the Hova-bator 1588. It is working like a dream. I had to many eggs and didn't want to stack them so I borrowed a LG and I HATE it. The temps are all over and I have to baby sit it. I almost got a LG but I'm so glad I didn't. I was going to get the cheaper Hova-bator, however the reviews about the 1588 are glowing compared to the others. If you got the money, sounds like a sportsman is the way to go.
Good, I'll remember that when my husband realizes they are turkeys and not chickens.thanks giving dinner!
