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

[KYTinpusher]

I have a homemade cabinet bator. My thermostat is the STC-1000 which I highly recommend.

That is what I used in my coolerbator that I made last week. It has been working wonderfully so far.

 

[LocalYokel]

I would set more if I could get some breeds I want. Most of the chicks I hatch, aside from those I'm growing out before selling, are spoken for. My friend has been sick, so I haven't gotten the chance to ask her boyfriend to collect eggs for me or even tell me what he has. I don't think I'll be getting any eggs from him, but that's not gonna kill me.

I might have to sneak a few Andalusian/Chantecler I'll be setting into the brooder. I want to know how those turn out.

I love Andalusian chickens.

 

[LocalYokel]

I have a homemade cabinet bator. My thermostat is the STC-1000 which I highly recommend.

How many does it hold?

 

[Eps32]

what kind of incubator does every one use?  I have a Brinsea Octogon eco.

Iv just had such good success with the hova bator that I keep using them.

 

[Chickenluver106]

Oh good because I just ordered one with egg turner too

 

[Wickedchicken6]

Quote: I MUST be a chicken!!! I love flashy, sparkling things.

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Don't worry once I get these orust chicken eggs. I'll be hatching them and putting up pics for days!!!

They're beautiful!!!

I know...I was surprised too!!

I love this video..thank you for sharing. Wonder how many people they have to go out and collect eggs later.

They'd need huge barrels!!

 

[Wickedchicken6]

My incubator's a styro coolerbator and the next one (should I get it finished in time) will be a sterilite-abator.

 

[Eps32]

Well if all goes to plan. I'll be hatching Orust chicken eggs along with some barnyard mix for the hatch along. Bid for the Orust eggs are at 110 I'm high bidder. Twenty hours left so will check on them tomorrow. But I will get them. Unless the bid just goes crazy.

 

[cree57i]

5 roos out of 7 chicks ?! Not good, but they are cute !

Sounds like my hatches! Queen of the roosters.

Entirely too much testosterone around here!

 

[cree57i]

what kind of incubator does every one use? I have a Brinsea Octogon eco.

My mainstays are 2 Brinsea Octogon 20 Advanced and a backup eco 20 for when I get over zealous. I'm scared of what might happen with a cabinet incubator. @KYTinpusher I would get myself in big trouble with a cooler like you are working on. I have little to no self control about peeps.

@StarMeKritten What a beautiful little incubator! So it holds 5 dozen, that's 60 eggs. If 90% hatch that would be 54 chicks every 21 days. If you only hatched once a month, you could have 648 chicks/year!!!!

and that's why I can't have a cabinet. It looks very, very tempting though.