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[perchie.girl]

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Oooh Oooh .... hopping from one foot to the other..... I have one of those.....

deb

 

[hennible]

Thank you deb... Maybe I need some guineas

 

[ronott1]

Oooh Oooh .... hopping from one foot to the other..... I have one of those.....

deb

There are a few tips, the first one being to invest in a real incubator thermometer--not one from walmart--and make sure the temperature is correct. The Brinsea spot check is very good.

Toss the vent plug.

Work on getting humidity to 30% during incubation and 65% to 70% during hatching(day 18 to hatch--we call it lockdown on BYC).

Using the above, you should get good hatches. Working on air cell development, using a two hour cool down cycle from day 10 to 18 and hand turning for the first couple of weeks can get a bit better hatch rates but also leads to:

 

[hennible]

... And quails, and pheasants maybe some peafowl and geese too... Oh and more ducks... Oh and turkey's
Bwaa ha ha ha ~laughs hysterically~
.... And more bantams

 

[ronott1]

... And quails, and pheasants maybe some peafowl and geese too... Oh and more ducks... Oh and turkey's
Bwaa ha ha ha ~laughs hysterically~
.... And more bantams

 

[hennible]

That equation is missing an incubator and one crazy chicken person.

 

[Bunnylady]

I did notice that a lot of the silhouettes aren't chickens.

 

[hennible]

Because chickens are a gate way bird...

 

[ronott1]

I did notice that a lot of the silhouettes aren't chickens.

Because chickens are a gate way bird...

Yes, that is the point of the chart!

Emus and then goats and such would be next.

 

[Bunnylady]

It might also explain why the equation has two hens; if that's what you are starting with, you'd be ordering eggs to put under a broody, at the very least.

And for me, the goats came first . . . .