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they are probably referring to section...each tray holds 2 sections of plastic or paper egg trays.
Each 'section holds 30 eggs, X 2 sections per tray X 3 trays.........chicken math at it's best.
The gQf cabinet holds less duck or geese eggs, but way mo' quail or pheasant eggs.
Do the math, it holds ALOTTA EGGS and works great although your humidity is too high for incubation, take the sponge OUT. Use no sponge until lockdown.
I use JUST the water tray, NO SPONGE. The sponge is used at lockdown.
Now if you were incubating waterfowl you use a sponge at first set to raise the humidity to 45-55% and 2 sponges at lockdown.
OK ?
Hopefully yours works the same as mine....but maybe not.
So if you have a sponge in the water tray , take it out & see what happens.
Mine hums along at 37% with no spomge, perfect.
With 1 sponge it zooms to 55%, with 2 sponges it zzooooooms way up to 75%.
The sponges block the wind from the fan & creat turmoil and suck up more humidity.
OK ?
Hope this helps...
 
New to chickens! I am in University Place which is between Tacoma and Lakewood.
I would LOVE to see pics of others coops in this area. In design phase and looking to get 2 or 3 chickens as soon as I can build a coop and run!
 
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And if you go up to the top of this page, click on Coop designs, and surf all the lovely designs there.
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they are probably referring to section...each tray holds 2 sections of plastic or paper egg trays.
Each 'section holds 30 eggs, X 2 sections per tray X 3 trays.........chicken math at it's best.
The gQf cabinet holds less duck or geese eggs, but way mo' quail or pheasant eggs.
Do the math, it holds ALOTTA EGGS and works great although your humidity is too high for incubation, take the sponge OUT. Use no sponge until lockdown.
I use JUST the water tray, NO SPONGE. The sponge is used at lockdown.
Now if you were incubating waterfowl you use a sponge at first set to raise the humidity to 45-55% and 2 sponges at lockdown.
OK ?
Hopefully yours works the same as mine....but maybe not.
So if you have a sponge in the water tray , take it out & see what happens.
Mine hums along at 37% with no spomge, perfect.
With 1 sponge it zooms to 55%, with 2 sponges it zzooooooms way up to 75%.
The sponges block the wind from the fan & creat turmoil and suck up more humidity.
OK ?
Hope this helps...

thank you.... but there is no sponge in the water tray, just water. otherwise i will be putting them in a few minutes.
well right now i am only setting a tray of 30 for my test batch. andif things are going well after week 2 then i will order some eggs from illia and the rare penedansca and emporadnasca hatching eggs. stilll working on finding who has Icelandic eggs to sell.
 
we called the guy, and his phone cannot accept anymore messages..so we called "wife' ............you think the man would respect her enough to tell us if she has a name.......
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OK, bye bye & nye nye!!!
 
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