ELeVan ~ Honaker Farm Journal

[Sunny & the 5 egg layers]

The chickens are a little upset with me. It's -4* with windchill here and I kept them in the coop.

My girls were upset with my this morning because they wanted to free range in the yard. It is pretty cold here considering what we are used to this winter. I finally gave in. They love their outdoor time. But when it comes to snow? There isn't one treat on this earth that would get those chickens out of their coop! Chickens... You can't live with 'em and you can't live without 'em!

 

[elevan]

Thank you Sunny. How many batches have you hatched out in that incubator?

 

[Sunny & the 5 egg layers]

Thank you Sunny. How many batches have you hatched out in that incubator?

I am actually getting my first eggs this week. It can hold about 40 eggs. I am going to hatch eggs for other people. But this first hatch will just be a test to make sure everything works properly. I hope to do several batches of chicks a year.

 

[autumnprairie]

Thank you Sunny. How many batches have you hatched out in that incubator?

I am actually getting my first eggs this week. It can hold about 40 eggs. I am going to hatch eggs for other people. But this first hatch will just be a test to make sure everything works properly. I hope to do several batches of chicks a year.

I am interested in how it does keep us posted thanks for showing it.

 

[ThreeBoysChicks]

If I were you, I would get the Hovabator 1588 with an auto turner. It is really good for the price. It will turn 42 chicken eggs. You an also get Duck egg turners and Qual egg turners. I bought one and it works great. I built my own, and it works ok, but I never got more than a 60% hatch. Withe Genesis, I have gotten 100% hatches.

My homemade bator is made based off of Miss Prissy plans on BYC.

 

[Stacykins]

I have a Brinsea Eco 20 with the auto turner, and I ADORE it! I have a digital thermometer and hygrometer in there to keep an eye on everything. It is pretty darn idiot proof, even without all the snazzy displays and dials. I've had wonderful hatch rates in it, even for shipped eggs. Yesterday I hatched 10 duck eggs out of 12 set (all made it to lockdown, one pipped through a blood vessel and bleed to death, another shifted after externally pipping and blocked the pip hole, suffocated). 2/3 olive eggers hatched too, the one that didn't hatch was malpositioned and couldn't pip when I did an 'eggtopsy'.

I find it so easy to maintain the proper humidity in the incubator. And that is a vital part of incubation!

 

[autumnprairie]

I have a Brinsea Eco 20 with the auto turner, and I ADORE it! I have a digital thermometer and hygrometer in there to keep an eye on everything. It is pretty darn idiot proof, even without all the snazzy displays and dials. I've had wonderful hatch rates in it, even for shipped eggs. Yesterday I hatched 10 duck eggs out of 12 set (all made it to lockdown, one pipped through a blood vessel and bleed to death, another shifted after externally pipping and blocked the pip hole, suffocated). 2/3 olive eggers hatched too, the one that didn't hatch was malpositioned and couldn't pip when I did an 'eggtopsy'.

I find it so easy to maintain the proper humidity in the incubator. And that is a vital part of incubation!

this is the one I am looking at
http://www.ebay.com/itm/140701776786?ssPageName=STRK:MEBIDX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1426.l2649
what do you think?

 

[redtailgal]

Believe it or not, my first bator was a shoebox covered in a moist towel set next to the woodstove, I propped/leaned it on a 2x4 to turn my eggs. I had a 50% success rate.

Oddly enough, about 4 summers ago, I did the same thing with lizard eggs, but I sat them in a sunny window instead of by the stove and had a 100% success rate.

 

[77Herford]

http://www.mcmurrayhatchery.com/high_hatch_incubator.html
I use to have one of these but sold it recently. I just don't hatch that many out anymore.

 

[country farm girl]

hey sunny, how much was the thermometer and hygrometer at petco???