This is a Clutch of New Hampshire Buckeye mixes, Russian Orloff mixes, bantam Silkies,bantam Cochin, bantam top hat mixes, and bantam easter egger's. These are mostly replacement birds for my grandma's flock but if something sounds interesting we will probably have enough to sell a few and we can always set another clutch.
We hand turn our eggs instead of using an automatic turner. Hand turning takes extra dedication and vigilance,getting into the incubator all the time ( and our cats taking turns sleep over the vent holes) makes it harder to keep a correct humidity and temperature, however i have had near 100% hatch rates with hand turned so it can be done and done well. Eventually, we will be able to get a nice automatic turner that doesn't break eggs
and turns them correctly. Until then we will either be turning them by hand or hatching with broody hens. Our one partridge silkie is acting like she is going broody, hopefully we can put some eggs under her soon!
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| If we have a poor hatch rate I'm blaming the cats. |
We hand turn our eggs instead of using an automatic turner. Hand turning takes extra dedication and vigilance,getting into the incubator all the time ( and our cats taking turns sleep over the vent holes) makes it harder to keep a correct humidity and temperature, however i have had near 100% hatch rates with hand turned so it can be done and done well. Eventually, we will be able to get a nice automatic turner that doesn't break eggs and turns them correctly. Until then we will either be turning them by hand or hatching with broody hens. Our one partridge silkie is acting like she is going broody, hopefully we can put some eggs under her soon!
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