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New at hatching eggs and would like as much info as possible thanks bill
I would like to know if ther is a way to check humidity in an incubator without using fertilized eggs for a schol science project. Are there any other experiments with incubators. Thanks from mark
Many incubators come with both a thermometer and hygrometer (which measures humidity). Before adding eggs, it is recommended to start the incubator a day or several days ahead of adding eggs, to stabilize both temperature and humidity. Both readings are crucial for a successful hatch--not much latitude with either reading. Different incubators have only slightly different temperature requirements. Humidity is pretty much the same for all incubation of eggs, with variations at the near-end of hatch time. There is a nice little book called: A Guide to Better Hatching..Janet Stromberg, author. It is available from most hatchery catalogs--and has great pictures of eggs developing--lots of data about "hatching eggs", which require care and selection different from "eating eggs" (although they both can be the latter) and problems with hatches--a good resource booklet. If you go to the Links Directory of the COOP, you will find hatcheries listed that have catalogs free, and some you can order on line. Some great school projects relate to poultry--to better understand this world we live on! Good luck, CJR
I have several fertile goose eggs I want to hatch. Can you tell me the incubation temperature and incubation period?
We have been raising chickens for almost five years. We don't know much about them, but we buy chicks every spring and raise them under a light in a box until they have feathers, then put them in the coop with their laying box and collect their eggs daily once they start laying. This year, instead of butchering them, we are thinking about setting them free in our pasture with two calves and two sheep. (The pasture is fenced with chicken wire and is down in the ground about 6 inches.) We have raccoon and opossum that venture around the property in the dark, but have never gotten into the pasture (as far as we know). If we leave them alone -- except to feed and water them, would we eventually see chicks strutting around the pasture?
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Im a new user of this board and have a question about the sporstman type incubators. I have a Dickey that I just purchased new and am a little concerned about changing humidity so much. I put eggs in every week and hatch every week. For about 4 days a week my humidity is a bout 70% and eggs dont need to incubate under those extremes but do need them to hatch. Will this hurt other eggs with future hatch dates. I wish ther was just a constant like temps. that it could be set. Is there a secret here that I dont know about. I also am considering usng my old foam bator for a hatcher, but it wont hold 96 eggs(each shelfs capaciy).