?? when do u fire up ur Bator ??
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Those are certainly incubators looks like hes restoring them. I build mine, holds 90 chicken eggs in one and about 60 in the other Im not sure with those incubators but they probably hold 30 eggs / rack and the bottom 3 are for the eggs... 90/incubator 360 eggs total now thats pretty sweet! if i had 4 incubators like that I would set one full of eggs per week so I would be hatching chicks out of one incubator per week, I would have at least 4 brooders that each was double the size of the one before. and then the day before hatch day, move all the chicks up a brooder. Man that would be an incredible system, oh you have my wheels turning!
I would set eggs if I had any but all my birds are free loaders right now, about 40 hens. free loaders. but to be fair we just moved and they have went through a bunch of changes over the last 2 months.
I would set eggs if I had any but all my birds are free loaders right now, about 40 hens. free loaders. but to be fair we just moved and they have went through a bunch of changes over the last 2 months.
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Re: ?? when do u fire up ur Bator ??
I got six of those incubators hopefully I will have four by the time I am done with them. I am restoring them, 4 of them were sitting in a barn and the parts were rusty and a couple were falling apart. The other two I bought and lets just say don't always trust everyone on kijiji. But got all the parts for them now. Two will be hatchers the ones with four-five trays and the other two have three trays and turn for incubating eggs. They are 1202 GQF sportmans and I also have an older model hatcher that i think is an 800 series. They can hold about 360 eggs each.Poultryprincess wrote:
BTW "VissersPoultry" are those all incubators? Are you Making them or restoring them?
Are the four layers inside for eggs or keeping the chicks warm?
I wish I had room for that many chicks ~ maybe my next place (*o*)
Still debating if I should keep all four or just two.
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Re: ?? when do u fire up ur Bator ??
You should keep them all just in case. Then you have enough to simplify any incubation /hatching requirements for all species. Hope that helps LOL!
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Re: ?? when do u fire up ur Bator ??
i start in dec done by april early may usually 300 to 500 chicks out
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Re: ?? when do u fire up ur Bator ??
I have some in now, I put them in whenever the ones I want are laying, just small batches of a dozen or so, easier to look after a small group rather than a large group.
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OK I need a BIG favor from you Poultry People
DO NOT TELL ME YOU HAVE EGGS IN THE BATOR "RIGHT NOW"!!!!!
~ I'm NOT going to hatch right now!!!
~ the urge is getting stronger!!!
~ the will is getting weaker
~ for the sake of all that is holy - STOP!!!!!!!!!
( oh forget about it.....just torture me....it's in my head now )
DO NOT TELL ME YOU HAVE EGGS IN THE BATOR "RIGHT NOW"!!!!!
~ I'm NOT going to hatch right now!!!
~ the urge is getting stronger!!!
~ the will is getting weaker
~ for the sake of all that is holy - STOP!!!!!!!!!
( oh forget about it.....just torture me....it's in my head now )
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And my turkeys decided to begin mating again -oh no!
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Beltsville Small White turkeys.
Mutt chickens for eggs
RIP Stephen the BSW Tom and my coffee companion.
RIP Lucky the Very Brave Splash Wyandotte rooster.
RIP little Muppet the rescue cat.
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LOL PP!!!
I have a banty sitting on a handful of unknown mix banty eggs... see what happens!
I have a banty sitting on a handful of unknown mix banty eggs... see what happens!
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