The 8th Annual BYC Easter Hatch-a-long!!!!

[I Love Layers]

That will be fine.  Collecting up to a week will work fine.  Store them on the counter in an egg carton, wide end up.  Prop one corner and then change to the other corner a few times a day. 

Do you think changing the corner twice a day would work? I am only home for about 4 hours a day before i wake up and go to bed

 

[Yorkshire Coop]

:yiipchick Welcome to all our new members of the Easter Hatch a Long! :yiipchick

 

[timon]

Hi everyone. After trying a cheap incubator I found it was way too hot for the chicken eggs. Does anyone have experience with this incubator?
It's a Brinsea mini advanced.

 

[Yorkshire Coop]

Do you think changing the corner twice a day would work? I am only home for about 4 hours a day before i wake up and go to bed

An odd number of times per day would be best. This way they are not sat in the same position over night when least turning accurs. Rather like if you are hand turning during incubation.

Hi everyone. After trying a cheap incubator I found it was way too hot for the chicken eggs. Does anyone have experience with this incubator?
It's a Brinsea mini advanced.

That's a shame on the first incubator

I have the Brinsea octagon advance but it's the same control panel as the mini advance. Brinsea are known for being reliable, good at holding temp/humidity.

 

[generaldsherman]

I have heard it may increase fertility if you store the eggs in a cool place such as the basement. Do you think that is true?

I have heard to store them at 50-60 degrees, so maybe?

 

[Happy Chooks]

Yeah I think I'm going to join in and hatch some ducklings (I mean, I was going to hatch 'em anyway, I might as well join in the Hatch-a-long.)

What? No chicken eggs?

If you can't beat us, join us!

Quote: Not sure, I don't have a basement. I can tell you I have awful results from the fridge in times I've been desperate and grabbed some out of the fridge. I usually store mine on my kitchen counter, which is in the low to mid 60's usually.

Quote: Change it when you get home, and again before you go to bed. The idea is that they spend the longest time (night time) on the opposite side each night. There are times that we all forget too, so I don't know how important it is.

Hi everyone. After trying a cheap incubator I found it was way too hot for the chicken eggs. Does anyone have experience with this incubator?
It's a Brinsea mini advanced.

I have a larger Brinsea and love it. I know a lot of people have used those incubators in the past Easter hatches.

 

[The Duck Ladie]

What breed? Do you keep them in with your chickens, or separately? (I know you can't keep males with chickens) What kind of swimming do you need to provide them?

*sing-songy* You are asking questions!

 

[Happy Chooks]

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[The Duck Ladie]

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[Sueg4332]

Quote:
the Dickie bator holds 324 chicken eggs. I swore I'd keep the numbers down this year. I hatch from Febuary until November last year.
It will probably get fired up but have to keep the numbers down.....I safe this time just now putting pens of the pure breds back together.