DwayneNLiz
Loving the herd life
This is an incubation/hatch/chick/chicken
help & Learning thread.
There is a lot of time to kill in between set & hatch that we fill with chatter.
Especially for those
pacing back & forth at hatch
Jump in anytime we love to help.
help & Learning thread.
There is a lot of time to kill in between set & hatch that we fill with chatter.
Especially for those
pacing back & forth at hatch
Jump in anytime we love to help.
Educational
Incubation & Hatching
Learn everything from
hatching to processing & so very much more through questions and chatting!
Hosts, BantyChooks and many many more!
A few of Sally's BYC Articles & Threads...
Hatching 101 CLICK HERE
~ Guide to ASSISTED Hatching CLICK HERE~
Incubating w/Friends Thread
NOTES section click HERE
Cabinet Coolerbator ~ Coolerbators
Pallet Coops ~ Saloon Coop ~ Pallet Duck House & Duck Care
Processing Support Group ~ PINTEREST ALL POULTRY
~ Our Serama House of Littles Click HERE ~ Mushy Chick Disease ~ Nasty Chicken Butt ~ Easy no Strain Fermented Feed ~ Easy 5gal Waterer
UPDATE: I have pulled extremely helpful NOTES, LINKS & Informational Post Links from the incubation thread for EVERYONE'S convenience and will continue to put them HERE: http://www.backyardchickens.com/a/incubating-w-friends-helpful-notes-links-informational-post-links
Incubation Notes, Images, Videos & Links
Including SHIPPED EGGS INCUBATION Techniques.
Expected Hatch Rate
Don’t count your chickens before they are hatched, or even after for that matter!
Shipped eggs have a MUCH lower hatch rate.
The percent hatchability in the commercial poultry industry ranges from 78-88%.
SHIPPED EGGS
Shipped Eggs = Change Of Plans! post #53845
REQUEST HOW YOU WANT YOUR eggs SHIPPED PEOPLE!!!!
HOW TO REQUEST AND SHIP EGGS Sally Sunshine Way...
HOWTOREQUESTANDSHIPEGGSSallySunshineWay.docx 940k .docx file
COLD? REQUESTING HEAT PACKS discussion post #32219
Heat packs for shipping animals/etc http://www.tsksupply.com/categories/Heat-Packs/
Percent Fertility is the percentage of fertile eggs of all eggs set.
% Fertility = # of fertile eggs
# of total eggs set
Percent Hatchability is the percentage of fertile eggs which actually hatched out as live young.
% Hatchability = # of eggs which hatch out
# of fertile eggs
http://pubs.ext.vt.edu/2902/2902-1090/2902-1090_pdf.pdf
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Incubating w/Friends Notes & Links
Because sometimes notes work Better than Brains!
Changes to Antibiotics Regulations Coming December 2016 most will need RX post #53348
By Dr. Mike Apley List of Affected Applications/MEDICINES CLICK HERE
Here is the thread link, come join us!
http://www.backyardchickens.com/t/1...ing-hosts-bantychooks-and-many-many-more/0_20
INCUBATORS
CHOOSING an INCUBATOR & SUGGESTIONS post #1901
Incubator Accessories & PARTS click HERE or item below...
- Egg Turners (16)
- Strombergs Egg Turners HERE
- Fan Kits (6)
- Egg Candlers (3)
- Egg Incubator Thermostats (11)
- Humidity Control (3)
- Thermometers & Hygrometers (9)
- Replacement Parts (35)
- DIY Incubator Parts & Kits (45)
- IncuKits (7)
- Advance Incubator Humidity Pumps
- Egg & Incubation Disinfectant
- CIRCULATED AIR FAN KIT FOR LITTLE GIANT 9200 click HERE
- Circulated Air Fan Kit for the Little Giant 9300 Incubator click HERE
- IncuKit™ XL for Cabinet Incubators All-in-one thermostat, heater, fan control unit click HERE
- GQF Cabinet incubators MANUAL, DIAGRAMS and parts. pdf Click HERE
- Strombergs Incubator Parts Click HERE
ADD a LEGO to your dial of cheap styrofoam incubator to make minor adjustments! post #38133
Wrapping an incubator for steadier temperatures post #25454
R Com 20 MAX Egg Turning Song video of turning post #25776
Hov-A-Bator guide & which direction turns heat up and down! post #42178
Incubator Warehouse heat won't go up post #46629
Adding Fans and Thermostats
THE IMPORTANCE OF FANS and HOW TO ADD ONE to your STYRO! post #58100
6" 240 cfm DUCT FAN for cabinets all sizes click HERE
THERMOSTATS/TEMP CONTROLLERS: *Also see Incubator Accessories and Parts Above
- Temperature Controller Thermostat Control Switch Unit 1 Relay Output with Sensor CLICK HERE
- STC-1000 Digital Temp.Controller w/Sensor AC110V Install/Wiring Diagrams post #63789
- How a wafer Thermostat Works Click HERE & HERE
- Hot water heater Thermostats, Must get drilled Watch Video HERE & See CoolerBATOR
- Aluminum PTC Heating Element Thermostat Heater Plates Click HERE & Ceramic Thermostatics Click HERE
- Incubator incubator heat elements Click HERE
- Replacing LG thermostat & wafer stuff post #13845
- Replacing a wafer with digital and keeping a wafer as backup post #22856
BYC MEMBERS' Homemade Incubators CLICK HERE
CABINET COOLER INCUBATOR
CoolerBATOR
RUSH LANE~ MUST SEE B4 DIY https://www.youtube.com/user/RushLanePoultry
Links to 'bator building! post #4423
WINE / Fridge COOLER DIY:
- https://seventreesfarm.wordpress.com/2013/12/16/new-incubator-more-trial-more-error-more-fun/
- chaos' Wineobator post #95461
http://www.backyardchickens.com/a/wine-cooler-incubator-winner-of-the-2009-diy-incubator-contest
- http://www.backyardchickens.com/t/1052404/time-to-build-another-incubator#post_16200994
- http://www.backyardchickens.com/a/chrystalgails-chicken-incubator
- Silverhair Mini fridge homemade Incubator post #29128 post #24731
- TheGonzo's Incubator post #4423
- Joey's bator CLICK HERE
- Cabinet Cooler Incubator Click CABINET/COOLERBATOR
- Hatcher pans examples for cabinets post #27306
- Fires cabinet post #34279
- Creating a Sportsman type Incubator http://www.backyardchickens.com/a/da-bator
- canadachickens' Bator Build post #64264
- Cooler Incubator HOW TO Click CoolerBATOR
- Benny's BATOR BUILD post #64262
- Build your own Incubator with the STC-1000 CLICK HERE
- Simple double box incubator "put together" click HERE
- Attimus' wooden bator build post #67953
- fresnofarmer post #32058 post #32065 post #40845 post #42282
- chicknlove's cooler bator build! post #39395
- CliftonFarmer's cooler bator build begins post #32561 post #33354
- Coolerbator country lovin post #45089 post #45859
- Bubbles' BinBator Parts links post #57698 use at least 60 CFM in cooler for fan
- mrleeroy's coolerbator build! post #58093
- Alilsassy's ice chest bator post #22795
- LocalYokel coolerbator mid fan post #24900
- The Bordeaux-Bator Ozexpat's build post #1495
- Liz's bator build post #1
- Frying pan incubator? http://www.fowlvisions.com/homemade-egg-incubator/
HOW Many VENT HOLES do I NEED? post #24735
DIY WAFER thermostat with ASSEMBLY Click HERE
Alternate heat source instead of lightbulbs post #24280
Wiring diagrams for incubator post #5
post #28906
Aquarium Cheap light to see in Bators post #68412
Thermostat post #26329
Coolerbator wiring help & how a wafer thermo works http://www.backyardchickens.com/t/1...ds-w-host-sally-sunshine/127740#post_17310062 & http://www.backyardchickens.com/t/1...ds-w-host-sally-sunshine/127910#post_17311580
DIY Turners & Egg Trays & Hatching Baskets Mics
Awesome Turner IDEA PLEXI GLASS!! post #80006
How to put a turner back together post #63577
Benny's Awesome MANUAL horizontal EGG TURNER post #64262
DIY turner upright cooler post #13722
Easy manual egg carton pvs turners click HERE and another in HERE
http://www.backyardchickens.com/t/9302/semi-automatic-egg-turner
http://www.backyardchickens.com/a/bens-hens-diy-incubator
http://www.backyardchickens.com/t/9302/semi-automatic-egg-turner/10#post_67770
http://www.backyardchickens.com/t/968827/my-diy-automatic-egg-turner
Homemade automatic or manual HORIZONTAL egg turner CLICK HERE
Horizontal DIY Turner post #64675
DIY Quail Turner post #64682
Sally's manual cabinet turner with trays post #32186
Manual PVC turner for incubator HERE
Hatching baskets Egg Trays and sizes/depths post #64634
DIY Egg Tray Hatching Baskets out of Hardware Cloth post #64620
CHEAP EGG TRAYS click here and HERE
Egg trays, also look at Cutler Supply and Hawkhead Hatchery Equipment
GFQ Turner Supplemental Maintenance Manual with detailed images PDF CLICK HERE
Rotisserie motor considered using with a timer chkncanoe CLICK HERE
Rotisserie Motor - NEW MODEL 6RPM Click HERE
Replacement Egg Turner Motor for Little Giant, HovaBator, and Farm Innovators Click HERE
Cleaning Incubator and Equipment
FUMIGATION OF HATCHING EGGS AND EQUIPMENT post #48689
CLEAN INCUBATOR BEFORE AND AFTER USE post #48689
COLLECTING, WASHING & EGG STORAGE
Washing, Cuticle, Sweating eggs post #63837
How to Tell the Age of a Chicken post #8494
Digital Egg Scale - Accurate Humidity Measurement and Egg Sizing HERE
ZONES OF COLD INJURY fro EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT post #36213
PULLET EGGS To set or Not? post #40234
DOUBLE YOLKERS NOT suggested but they can hatch with assistance post #46649
BIRTH DEFECTS CONVERSATION AND INFO ON WORMERS!! post #25078
Abstract DIPPING EGGS IN VITAMIN C post #33828
Pre-Incubation Warming of Chicken Eggs post #65812
Hydrogen peroxide as an alternative hatching egg disinfectant post #23299
Egg Quality:
- the BEST read on the Factors Affecting Egg Internal Quality and Egg Shell Quality in Laying Hens
https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/jpsa/41/3/41_3_161/_pdf Full Text PDF [802K]
- Egg defects and CORRECTIVE steps, detailed information Click HERE
- Optimum Egg Quality from your Flock: click HERE
- EGG Quality Click HERE
- IS IT FERTILE? Many images see post #43324
- Campingshaw's double yolker with only one yolk fertile post #133264
- Egg with two fertile blastoderms??? post #138102
- Managing Fertility click HERE
- Several Reasons Why Your Hens May Stop Laying Eggs click HERE
- Winter Blues w/the Roos, why are my eggs infertile ugh starting post #1986
- Reproductive Physiology of the Hen post #40628
- HOW long does a ROO SPERM REMAIN IN HEN post #40628
- Polyspermy is typical in birds. Several sperm enter the germinal disc region post #40644
- Trimming vents for higher fertility post #154187
- Double fertilization spots? post #5991
Hatch Rates...
PURCHASING EGGS
HOW TO REQUEST AND SHIP EGGS Sally Sunshine Way
post #63575 cree post #6321
REQUEST HOW YOU WANT YOUR eggs SHIPPED PEOPLE!!!! post #4964
Kristins horribly shipped eggs and hatch post #57321
DO you have to be NPIP certified to ship hatching eggs? States/Agencies Info see post #33884
Great IDEAS to find eggs CHEAP! post #775
Julian date on trader Joe eggs understanding it! http://www.fs.fed.us/fire/partners/fepp/julian-calendar.pdf post #5098
BYC Links for EGGS........
- http://www.backyardchickens.com/t/7...egg-auction-and-bin-thread/4280#post_16161710
- http://www.backyardchickens.com/t/754060/the-new-crazy-24hr-auction-thread/10720#post_16151948
- http://www.backyardchickens.com/f/36/chicken-hatching-eggs
HATCHING EGGS FOR SALE/TRADE BYC http://www.backyardchickens.com/f/36/chicken-hatching-eggs
Breeders/Hatcheries
Serama Council Breeders Directory post #48135
Papas Poultry in CA Highly recommended http://papaspoultry.com post #32276 post #33904
Jerry's Seramas LLC CLICK HERE
Sally Sunshine Poultry click HERE
TJChickens CLICK HERE
Dick Hortsman http://www.horstmanspoultry.com/
Gatewoods nPoultry MS MG clean AL http://www.gateswoodchickens.com/
Bill P. From the Missouri AG Dept. Works with NPIP etc. Recommend Hoover Hatchery and Murray
both of which are in IA and are Mycoplasma free and test monthly.
Leggs Peafowl Farm http://agriculture.mo.gov/animals/pdf/poultry_yearbook.pdf
Missouri Breeders/Hatcheries http://agriculture.mo.gov/animals/pdf/poultry_yearbook.pdf
Ideal Poultry is not MG clean Please take time to read this: post #32413
How Cackle Hatchery raises their birds
NPIP Certification INFO CLICK HERE
SHIPPED EGGS
Shipped Eggs = Change Of Plans! post #53845
REQUEST HOW YOU WANT YOUR eggs SHIPPED PEOPLE!!!!
HOW TO REQUEST AND SHIP EGGS Sally Sunshine Way...
post #32219
Heat packs for shipping animals/etc http://www.tsksupply.com/categories/Heat-Packs/
Rules for shipping eggs/chicks by state post #143211
INCUBATION
A MUST READ***** BASICS!!! INCUBATION QUESTIONS w/answers post #15921
Hatching Eggs 101 CLICK HERE
Shipped Eggs = Change Of Plans! post #53845
Important FIRST TIMER Incubation TIPS! post #66830
***DUCK INCUBATION, QUAIL, GOOSE, PEAFOWL, GUINEA &
TURKEY Refer to individual sections below
INCUBATION TIME CHARTS FOR ALL FOWL SPECIES CLICK HERE
Weighing Eggs, why and HOW TO! post #70097
INFO on The influence of high altitude on the hatching of chicken eggs post #37908
Egg Incubation Countdown/up Timer 21+ day digital TIMER, no more calendars!! click HERE
Figure out your hatch times Hatch / Egg Turning Chart CLICK HERE
TOTAL INCUBATION TIME HOURS short hatch window is not the only factor to consider post #39238
LINKS TO POST RESULTS ROUND OVAL = FEMALE MALE EGGS post #7595
HOW to figure out FINAL HATCH RATE % post #4601
ANTS IN THE BATOR start post #1884 post #2031
Classroom Incubating Links for Slides Projects Programs Worksheets ETC post #67049
Incubation Seminar/Dr. K Bramwell Univ of Arkansas
Incubating SERAMA EGGS post #145226
What day did my chick die? post #5649
The effects of setting eggs small end up post #5496
Separating chicks in bator post #12145
EMBRYO GROWTH & HATCH VIDEOS
Chicks Hatching videos post #67478
Embryonic Development, Day by Day click HERE
Video See Through eggshell to watch embryo development CLICK HERE
The Genius of Birds - Embryonic development CLICKHERE
DOUBLE YOLKERS NOT suggested but they can hatch with assistance videos post #46649
A crowing 1 DAY old chick: via Happy chooks post #49705
So much for loose AC in Hatching eggs you have to co to this page....
http://designtaxi.com/news/386512/Watch-Japanese-Students-Have-Found-A-Way-To-Hatch-An-Egg-Without-Its-Shell/
http://www.sciencealert.com/watch-a-chick-develop-and-hatch-outside-of-the-egg
https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/jpsa/51/3/51_0130043/_pdf
INCUBATION RECORDS, SOFTWARE/APPS, weight charts
Egg Details 19k .xls file
Incubating Chart 22k .xls file
unprotectedfieldscanbeeditedwithCAUTIONforfunctions.xls 306k .xls file
Hatch / Egg Turning Chart click HERE: Hatch Chart Schedule
Setting Chicken Eggs by the Moon's Sign farmers Almanac see HERE
Hatchabatch AP Keeping track of your hatch! see here
Printable Month Calendar This app can be used to generate a planning calendar for a selected month and year. Click HERE
Casportspony weight charts see post #117296
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