The Moonshiner's Leghorns

[The Moonshiner]

Bantam Leghorns probably have the best bantam crow.

 

[Amer]

Bantam Leghorns probably have the best bantam crow.

I don't recall what those sound like
Now I'm gonna have to go to a show hall and rank them. Funny video idea? XD

 

[KF0002]

This was asked in my ask anything thread.
I have no idea and have never thought about something like this.
Anyone have thoughts, opinions?

I line my two Genesis incubators I use as hatchers with paper towels for easier clean up. Works great.

 

[IdyllwildAcres]

I line my two Genesis incubators I use as hatchers with paper towels for easier clean up. Works great.

So if the paper towels cover the bottom does it affect humidity? My Maticoopx has the water on the bottom with a rack over it where I will put the eggs when I take them out of the turning racks. If the bottom is covered with paper I worry it will change humidity. But then, even if the paper towels/coffee filters absorb water they are still in the same controlled environment... I am going to put two eggs each in 5 coffee filters at lockdown and if humidity is low I can always quickly remove them, the incubator recovers heat and humidity pretty fast I guess.

 

[The Moonshiner]

So if the paper towels cover the bottom does it affect humidity? My Maticoopx has the water on the bottom with a rack over it where I will put the eggs when I take them out of the turning racks. If the bottom is covered with paper I worry it will change humidity. But then, even if the paper towels/coffee filters absorb water they are still in the same controlled environment... I am going to put two eggs each in 5 coffee filters at lockdown and if humidity is low I can always quickly remove them, the incubator recovers heat and humidity pretty fast I guess.

I'm very interested in how it works out.
Keeping the mess down would be a real advantage to me.

 

[KF0002]

So if the paper towels cover the bottom does it affect humidity? My Maticoopx has the water on the bottom with a rack over it where I will put the eggs when I take them out of the turning racks. If the bottom is covered with paper I worry it will change humidity. But then, even if the paper towels/coffee filters absorb water they are still in the same controlled environment... I am going to put two eggs each in 5 coffee filters at lockdown and if humidity is low I can always quickly remove them, the incubator recovers heat and humidity pretty fast I guess.

I use a bowl of water in the hatchers and a sponge. I do not utilize the humidity pans. So no the paper towels have zero interference on humidity.

 

[KF0002]

So if the paper towels cover the bottom does it affect humidity? My Maticoopx has the water on the bottom with a rack over it where I will put the eggs when I take them out of the turning racks. If the bottom is covered with paper I worry it will change humidity. But then, even if the paper towels/coffee filters absorb water they are still in the same controlled environment... I am going to put two eggs each in 5 coffee filters at lockdown and if humidity is low I can always quickly remove them, the incubator recovers heat and humidity pretty fast I guess.

If you utilize the humidity pan under the grate, humidity will be reduced because the surface area of water is reduced by the paper towels and the water can’t evaporate as easily. The evaporation is what causes an increase in humidity. So if you are using the factory humidity pans, the paper towel method wouldn’t work. I use a cool whip bowl of water and a sponge sticking out of it to get the perfect humidity for hatching. We use Cool Whip bowls for everything.

 

[IdyllwildAcres]

I'm very interested in how it works out.

Well I am going to try it and watch the humidity display on the incubator if it is not getting high enough I will adjust accordingly. Maticoopx countdown timer says 8 days left, so 5 until lockdown

 

[KF0002]

We had some casualties today. So far we have lost 4 of the juvenile birds we just turned loose. They somehow managed to get into the lot where the turkeys and extra roosters were so we are assuming the turkeys killed them. Two were Red x Brown Leghorn cockerels and 2 were Games. Also lost one of the older Olive Egger hens. She died of natural causes. She looks like she just died in her sleep the way she was laying. Poor old girl. So sad day for chickening.

Plus to beat it all, take a look at our weather for the next week. If the juveniles we turned loose survive all this rain without piling and trying to sleep out in the rain, it will be a miracle. I had thought about catching them all back up but you have to fight feather picking or them being in the rain. So what is the better of two evils? My husband says may only the strong survive, and what makes it, makes it. It’s a good thing I’ve had a good year hatching.

 

[KF0002]

Well I am going to try it and watch the humidity display on the incubator if it is not getting high enough I will adjust accordingly. Maticoopx countdown timer says 8 days left, so 5 until lockdown

Let us know how it goes.