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was out cleaning the poo boards this morning. The chickens know that if I come out there, there's a chance I have treats! so they all came inside to see what the 'human' was doing. The leghorns and aussies decided they'd come take a closer look. Of course by the time I got the camera on them, they'd been distracted by something outside, LOL

 
I have my new babies out side in the grow out pen enjoying the fresh air, boy they sure were knocked out last night, I go into lock down today, and hatch is sat and I'll be away for most of the day, going to fla to pick up my roos sure wish they'd figure out how to clone me so I could be in two places at once.


I'm really getting excited about the 2nd can't wait to meet you all
 
GAMarans said:
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It's Robo's fault, isn't it?
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Cknldy said:
Robo and gam- are your hatch rates still pretty good without doing lockdowns? I know it was pages back but I've been thinking about that. Do you really not up the humidity at any time due to so many staggered sets? I notice that with my broodies they seem to know when rain will come 3weeks away for a hatch! But also with broodies they don't stay on the chicks all day to keep 95° and 'lower it' each week when brooding the chicks
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It has been 60s and 70s here and momma rarely has her chicks under her at all during the day. As u can tell I don't put much stock in the keeping a perfect thermometer brooder temp either. I have done quite a few staggered hatches but with each lockdown I think it affects the next set more and more so by the 3rd or 4th set hatch rates get affected. Just wondering how yall do it and if hatch rates stay pretty good. Thanks
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I think one of the reasons that I do so well without lockdowns is because I run a cabinet incubator that recovers numbers so incredibly fast. Much better than the styrofoam incubators. But you are right ... mother [insert bird species here] does not keep checking the temperature and humidity to exact numbers and be sure to turn eggs exactly 180 degrees each time and so on and so forth.

The only time that I run into trouble is when I have a lot of waterfowl in the incubator with land based bird eggs. If I only have a few, I can spritz them to bump their moisture without drowning my chicks. But when I have a lot of them, the moisture does get a bit much for the chicken eggs.

As a general rule, I try to keep track of what is close to hatching and put those eggs in the hatching tray but other than that ... for the most part ... I just keep hatching and adding and hatching and adding.

Even when I run styrofoam incubators I am bad about not locking down ... and I help chicks that may need it. I've done it enough times that I have learned so much about it and feel very, very comfortable with it now.


The only down side to how I do things ... cleaning the incubator is tricky.
 

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