I want to give it a try.
Date: Sun, 20 Jun 2004 15:32:18 +0100
I want to try incubating some hen/duck eggs.
I've got the incubator, and a source of fresh hen/duck eggs.
I've checked out some web sites which all recommend that the eggs get turned
regularly and for a period of days. What the sites don't tell me is how I
put the eggs in the incubator.
Do I lay them all on their sides, or do I place them in egg trays as if they
were normal eggs? Also which egg do I have uppermost, is it the pinted end
or is it the larger rounded end.
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... I'm struggling with the humidity, ... I have a large water-holder that takes up most of the space in the bottom of the incubator, and I've added two spnges, but am still not getting a humidity over 40. ... There is a layer of batting between the water and the eggs and I removed that to see if it made a difference, but the improvement was about 2points, and not enough to justify the difficulty in controlling the rolling of the eggs. ... The only way I know to check your hygrometer is using a wet bulb thermometer and comparing the temp differences between the dry and the wet thermo. ...
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... I'm struggling with the humidity, ... I have a large water-holder that takes up most of the space in the bottom of the incubator, and I've added two spnges, but am still not getting a humidity over 40. ... There is a layer of batting between the water and the eggs and I removed that to see if it made a difference, but the improvement was about 2points, and not enough to justify the difficulty in controlling the rolling of the eggs. ... Then I put a couple pieces of batten or something under the edges and then if the eggs roll they can't roll off the tray. ...
(sci.agriculture.poultry) - Re: Incubation
... I'm struggling with the humidity, ... I have a large water-holder that takes up most of the space in the bottom of the incubator, and I've added two spnges, but am still not getting a humidity over 40. ... There is a layer of batting between the water and the eggs and I removed that to see if it made a difference, but the improvement was about 2points, and not enough to justify the difficulty in controlling the rolling of the eggs. ... Then I put a couple pieces of batten or something under the edges and then if the eggs roll they can't roll off the tray. ...
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