What Not to Do

[MadChickenMama]

I was looking at videos of a particular incubator and came across this one guy I feel is spreading a lot of bad imformation. I don't know...from everything I've read on here and on other sites what I saw this guy do and say just makes me cringe.

In one video he had eggs he'd collected from a neighbor friend and had drawn in them with marker to tell him when they eggs had been collected. I thought I read only pencil if you mark them.

Then he told people to wash the eggs in cold water so you can get poop and stuff off. I thought you get the cleanest eggs and don't wash because you want to keep the bloom on there.

In another video he showed a chick hatching and you could also see another chicken had cracked its egg open. All eggs were still in the turner. This video was done a month ago. The other video was several months ago and a few commentors on that one told him to remove the turner.

I'm going to do what I've read on many many sites which says to not wash and to remove the turner, but how bad is it what this guy has done? He's gotten decent hatch rates at around 50% but I can't help but think he could get more.

 

[featherhead007]

Thing is, I have only one incubator...

 

[EggSighted4Life]

50% is NOT a decent hatch rate... he could definitely get more.

I use marker to mark ALL of my hatching eggs. Sharpie. I get 75-100% hatch most the time.

Pencil rubs off, if under a hen... we all have reasons we do what we do.... but you are right to be using your common sense and avoiding someone else's stupidity. ALWAYS do what makes sense to YOU.

If you learn something new, switch it up.

Good luck and happy hatching!

 

[featherhead007]

!!!

 

[MadChickenMama]

Thing is, I have only one incubator...View attachment 1390826

Aaaww! I wish one of my sister's hens was broody. She has 6 and none of them have ever been broody.

 

[featherhead007]

My hen has a mind of her own! She wanted chicks, she got 7 of 9 hatched!

 

[MadChickenMama]

My hen has a mind of her own! She wanted chicks, she got 7 of 9 hatched!

My sister has an Ameraucana, too. She's the lowest in the pecking order Probably partly because she has a wonly beak.

 

[featherhead007]

My sister has an Ameraucana, too. She's the lowest in the pecking order Probably partly because she has a wonly beak.

They are also known to be very docile..Mine are!

 

[MadChickenMama]

They are also known to be very docile..Mine are!

Yup! My sister chose all her hens by which breed produces a decent amount of eggs and is pretty docile. She has 2 Isa Browns, 1 Buff Orpington, 2 California Whites, and 1 Ameraucana.

 

[featherhead007]

Here is the most docile rooster on the planet!