The 7th Annual BYC Easter Hatch-A-Long!

[jwlpoultry]

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I have to use this!!!!

 

[generaldsherman]

Gross! On a side note, my silly bantam just gave up sitting on her NYE babies, about 4 weeks old now and mostly feathered (the teeny crest of the top of my CC legbar is SO adorable). She just started laying again yesterday and she's ALREADY trying to brood another batch.

 

[chattery41]

My plates are coming tomorrow, so mind if I ask a question? My brooders have a 12" wall around the bottom, I can see how high to put the plates...did you worry about that or just set them at a certain height?

I set them close to what I THOUGHT was the chicks back height and waited awhile and had to lower it a bit but u can lower it easy. Just have to pull a tab on each corner and u can do that from the top by just curling ur fingers under and pulling. I love this thing but i didn't want to spend $30 for a top so i just put a tote lid on top and i can take it off and knock the poo off or rinse it for free !. lol I have 25 chicks brooding right now but i got the biggest one so i should be covered for whatever i hatch.
Good luck with yours

 

[KYTinpusher]

Quote: I use Glad Press n' Seal on the top of mine. It is cheap and easy to replace. By the time it starts peeling off, I know it is time to move the chicks to the grow-out pen. You can also use removable self-stick shelf liner. It is more expensive, but is more durable.

 

[mlm Mike]

I would like to join!!

Welcome to the Easter Hatch A Long!

 

[jwlpoultry]

I like your avatar @mlmddh

 

[NTBugtraq]

Oh dear, I was kind of worried about that...

I mean, I know you CAN see into the incubator through the big glass door, but I am sure it would be harder to keep a close eye on pipped eggs than through the top of a styrobater. Are you using the trays with hatching covers? In my Ova-Easy 190, it has 3 turning trays, and then space for 1 hatching tray on the bottom, and I am planning on doing a staggered hatch with 1 tray hatching each week. I am debating on whether to use the hatching tray cover because of the difficulty in seeing the eggs, and since the hatching eggs would be on the bottom shelf, I wasn't worried about them falling off. I know in big hatcheries they just wait until most of the chicks have hatched to remove them, but that is SO hard to do!!!!

Well, we kinda gotta get used to it. On the one hand I want to believe the thing is so well tuned that I shouldn't have to look that often...but on the other hand, its hard to really believe that. I hope I will be able to say in the next 24 hours.

 

[chattery41]

You want a .. sign?

A chicken siggggnnnnnn

 

[chattery41]

I use Glad Press n' Seal on the top of mine. It is cheap and easy to replace. By the time it starts peeling off, I know it is time to move the chicks to the grow-out pen. You can also use removable self-stick shelf liner. It is more expensive, but is more durable.

OH ! NICE! I have some of that ! Thank u so much !

 

[mlm Mike]

My NYD babies are loving their Premier 1 brooder plate !

Nice, I'm glad the chicks are enjoying it!

Quote: OK, I'll wait for the photos.

For the RIR and a quiet "Bubba" out of the batch!

Quote: Brilliant!