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Custom Incubators
Max:
John,
Thanks for the info. It will be very helpful when I start building mine. I love doing this kind of stuff! Well, I have about four months to plan and save. I will probably start on it sometime this summer after hatching season is over. Looking forward to your updates!
John:
--- Quote ---It will be very helpful when I start building mine.
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I took lots of photos along the way and can email some or post more here to show more detail as requested.
John:
My first hatch of the year is over. I ended up with 170+ chicks, so more than 50% of the eggs hatched. Since I don't candle and remove the infertile eggs, it was the first hatch of the season, the eggs were collected in early January, a slight power outage and other stuff...it was a very good hatch. Here is a photo of some LF black and silver Ameraucanas and buff Chanteclers.
Mike Gilbert:
Congrats John. That's a nice looking batch of chicks, and the new incubators must have worked well. I took off my third hatch today, and got 54 chicks out of 88 eggs originally set. Ten were immediate culls, which a local guy takes for free. Well, we did get a free snowplowing of our driveways, so maybe not quite free. Not too bad for this weather, and considering the timer went out on my GQF Model 1202 so I'm tilting the eggs with the manual switch. Too much trouble to take it apart to replace the timer, so I picked up a newer Dickey incubator off Craigslist, similar to the GQF Model 1502. It had been used only one season to hatch pheasants, and I got it for $450, which I consider a fair price. My 1202 is 15 years old, and it is available to anyone who needs one at a very reasonable price. I'm still using it, but can switch over to the other 'bator most any time.
Birdcrazy:
John, As the old saying goes, you can't count your chickens before they are hatched. But by your picture you can sure count them now! Great job on the incubators and hatchers and your first hatch, even with all of the obstacles you mentioned.
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