![]() Most new incubators have accurate temperature controls, often with digital displays. Having an accurate thermometer is very important. In a fan forced incubator it should be 37.5 degrees measured anywhere in the incubator. In a still air incubator, 38.5 degrees measured at the top of the eggs is perfect. The temperature of an incubator changes constantly but the temperature inside the egg will be an average of the temperature swing in the incubator. Remember that is internal temperature of the egg, not the incubator. ![]() If eggs reach an internal temperature of 105 degrees they will be ruined. It is too easy to ruin good eggs by not having your incubator adjusted properly. You should run your incubator for at least 24 hours prior to iron out any problems. Having your incubator checked and running correctly before incubating commences is important. When storing eggs for hatching you should always store them pointy end down. This way the eggs can reach ambient temperature. KeithAnother update: New research seems to point to the idea that stressed hens will hatch out more females than males.When you collect or have eggs posted out it is important to let your eggs settle for 24 hours, ideally next to your incubator. Needless to say, out of 18 eggs, 8 hatched and it turns out all 8 are ROOSTERS. ![]() I did have issues with humidity at first but in about 2 days it got better but never actually stayed in the sweet spot. The temps in the incubator were about 3-5 degrees cooler than they were supposed to be, (I forget off hand the temp). I put them into my incubator and away we went. I kept them in my basement for 3 days (longer might make a difference). I collected 18 eggs about a day or 2 old, picked the roundest ones I could find. I didn't get the results I was expecting. I emailed you once before to find out how all hen hatching went for you, and you couldn't remember. Has anyone else tried this method? If so, I would love to hear your results! ![]() I'll be interested to see what my male/female ratio ends up being out of the eight chicks I hatched.Īlthough all eight that I set did hatch, so unless they were all female eggs, I'm thinking either they weren't stored for long enough at a low enough temperature or the incubator temperature needs to be lowered for the entire incubation period. I also did lower the incubator temperature a bit for the first few days of the incubation period. Since I ordered my hatching eggs while the temperatures were still cold here in Maine, I wouldn't be surprised if they got down to around 40 degrees at some point during their journey. ![]() I really find this kind of information fascinating. And think of it this way, if you do have a rooster in your flock and eat your chickens' eggs, you're likely eating both hens- and roosters-to-be every day. It's clearly far more humane to just not even let the eggs hatch than hatch out unwanted roosters. So you'll likely have a lower overall hatch rate, but what you do hatch should be a higher percentage of females.Regardless of your views on when life starts and all that, it's a sad fact that most roosters don't meet a good end in life.Įven those people who keep roosters in their flock don't keep an even number of roosters and hens, not even close, so poor roosters are pretty much doomed from the start. ![]()
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