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how in the world do you turn double stuffed eggs?
And how can they all hatch in that small bator and not suffocate.
Me thinks you need a cabinet bator and a hatcher to go with it
http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e149/zazousemoon206/farm/spring/060.jpg
http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e149/zazousemoon206/farm/spring/DSC00136.jpg
LOL I totally want a cabinet incubator, I just don't want to pay for one, lol. Maybe next year, too many expenses this year (fence, coop, brooders, pens etc).
The extra eggs in the double stuffed incubators get hand turned at least 3 times a day (bottom layer is turned by the auto egg turner, and I also try to rotate the entire load around in the incubator once a week)... it's a pain in the hind end, but it paid off for me, I'll be adding several new colors to my breeding flocks next year from keets hatched this year, where as a lot of those eggs would have been fed to my dogs or given away and eaten for consumption. The double stuff loads are staggered batches, around 30-35 eggs usually each batch, and I set them so that they each hatch about 4 days apart or so and when they are ready for lock down I just move them to a separate hatcher (I don't hatch in my incubators, it's too messy, so only one cheapo LG is used for my designated hatcher). As I pull out the eggs that are due for lock down I then replace whatever eggs I took out with a new batch of fresh eggs. I mark each batch with a different number or symbol and keep hatch notes on when they went in, when to candle, when they are due for lockdown etc and usually try to have the exact number of eggs that there's space for waiting on the counter at room temp so they can go right in. It's a lot of work, but it works, lol
Here's an example of a double stuffed incubator... except I usually have 5 more eggs resting on the end at the bottom of the pic... lol
how in the world do you turn double stuffed eggs?
And how can they all hatch in that small bator and not suffocate.
Me thinks you need a cabinet bator and a hatcher to go with it
http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e149/zazousemoon206/farm/spring/060.jpg
http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e149/zazousemoon206/farm/spring/DSC00136.jpg
LOL I totally want a cabinet incubator, I just don't want to pay for one, lol. Maybe next year, too many expenses this year (fence, coop, brooders, pens etc).
The extra eggs in the double stuffed incubators get hand turned at least 3 times a day (bottom layer is turned by the auto egg turner, and I also try to rotate the entire load around in the incubator once a week)... it's a pain in the hind end, but it paid off for me, I'll be adding several new colors to my breeding flocks next year from keets hatched this year, where as a lot of those eggs would have been fed to my dogs or given away and eaten for consumption. The double stuff loads are staggered batches, around 30-35 eggs usually each batch, and I set them so that they each hatch about 4 days apart or so and when they are ready for lock down I just move them to a separate hatcher (I don't hatch in my incubators, it's too messy, so only one cheapo LG is used for my designated hatcher). As I pull out the eggs that are due for lock down I then replace whatever eggs I took out with a new batch of fresh eggs. I mark each batch with a different number or symbol and keep hatch notes on when they went in, when to candle, when they are due for lockdown etc and usually try to have the exact number of eggs that there's space for waiting on the counter at room temp so they can go right in. It's a lot of work, but it works, lol
Here's an example of a double stuffed incubator... except I usually have 5 more eggs resting on the end at the bottom of the pic... lol
