Tis Time for a March 2020 Hatch-a-long!

[CluckNDoodle]

wait, I want to know this info

It's kind of depressing... @livhatcher was having an issue with chicks she ordered, I believe it was her that ordered from Greenfire Farms anyway so I wanted to make her aware of what I read.

Anyway, I came across this post on facebook in Good Egg, Bad Egg group and multiple people were responding with additional bad experiences.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/814539915329216/permalink/2826726950777159/
If you're not part of the group and you can't see it, these are the screenshots.

 

[julskinka]

My plastic bators drop to the teens when running them without water as well. I can't run them dry even though I'm on the humid East coast. That's why I keep bringing up the difference between the plastic and styrofoam incubators. I'm sure I'll eventually run into a plastic incubator that should run dry too but so far the styrofoam and plastic have been different worlds of hatching for me even with the ambient temp and humidity in the same room being identical.

I'm sorry I don't remember what you've said you use. A hovabator? What plastic incubator do you use? And it's the styrofoam that gives you better results?

 

[FortCluck]

Well it sounds like you found your sweet spot! Since your incubator allows enough of the room humidity to keep in just right. I say don't mess with a good thing. That's like incubator easy street if you rarely ever need to add water. lol

Yeah it makes my life a lot easier that's for sure. All I have to do is turn the eggs if I take out the turner and do a staggered hatch.

 

[julskinka]

It's kind of depressing... @livhatcher was having an issue with chicks she ordered, I believe it was her that ordered from Greenfire Farms anyway so I wanted to make her aware of what I read.

Anyway, I came across this post on facebook in Good Egg, Bad Egg group and multiple people were responding with additional bad experiences.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/814539915329216/permalink/2826726950777159/
If you're not part of the group and you can't see it, these are the screenshots.

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Oh no! That's terrible!

 

[FortCluck]

It's kind of depressing... @livhatcher was having an issue with chicks she ordered, I believe it was her that ordered from Greenfire Farms anyway so I wanted to make her aware of what I read.

Anyway, I came across this post on facebook in Good Egg, Bad Egg group and multiple people were responding with additional bad experiences.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/814539915329216/permalink/2826726950777159/
If you're not part of the group and you can't see it, these are the screenshots.

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Ok I'll stick to my own eggs... This is one of the reasons why

 

[CluckNDoodle]

I'm sorry I don't remember what you've said you use. A hovabator? What plastic incubator do you use? And it's the styrofoam that gives you better results?

I have 2 Nurture Right 360s, and IncuView, a Brinsea Mini II Advance (that I haven't used yet), a Hovabator 1602N, and I have had a Little Giant (old model with the hand dial), Farm Innovators 4250, and I have experience with the yellow top China-bator (but China-bator wasn't in my chicken room under the identical conditions, it was at a local friend's house).

I think that's all of them, lol, I know I have a problem. I definitely have a preference for the plastic incubators based on great hatching experiences, ease of use and cleaning.

 

[julskinka]

Ok I'll stick to my own eggs... This is one of the reasons why

Too right. Man, I wish I could just breed my own.

 

[CluckNDoodle]

Ok I'll stick to my own eggs... This is one of the reasons why

Yeah, this was really unsettling for me to read too. I buy all of my hatching eggs...I'm definitely sticking with people I know and feel comfortable with! Scary.

 

[BluebirdHomestead]

It's kind of depressing... @livhatcher was having an issue with chicks she ordered, I believe it was her that ordered from Greenfire Farms anyway so I wanted to make her aware of what I read.

Anyway, I came across this post on facebook in Good Egg, Bad Egg group and multiple people were responding with additional bad experiences.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/814539915329216/permalink/2826726950777159/
If you're not part of the group and you can't see it, these are the screenshots.

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I saw this too. Definitely unsettling.

 

[FortCluck]

Yeah, this was really unsettling for me to read too. I buy all of my hatching eggs...I'm definitely sticking with people I know and feel comfortable with! Scary.

And that's supposed to be a good egg supplier from what I've heard. A lot of people get their eggs from there and they're not cheap.