Hatching Chicks! Incubating basics.
Incubating eggs is a great way to add value to your flock and increase self sufficiency. It’s not as difficult as you may think and is an awesome experience for children. Come along as we show you how easy it is. Don’t overthink it and follow these simple steps to a successful hatching of chicks. #incubator #babychickens #keepitsimple
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Get a tumi 60ml syringe. You have a lure lock syringe. Tip designed to connect to IV tubing/ports. The tumi tip is longer so reaches into incubator further.
Thank you for this! I’m doing a hatch Friday in this incubator!!
@RockyCreekHomestead
Жыл бұрын
Awesome, hope you have good success.
Great video ;) Bruce is a beast lol
@RockyCreekHomestead
Жыл бұрын
He definitely getting the job done 😆.
I happened to get a Easter Egger rooster among my backyard chickens special last year. So this year I got the cheapest incubator I could get that had rollers. Did very small batch at first. I got 1 that hatched out of 4 egg. (2 weren’t fertilize). Second batch did much better with 3 out of 7. So far they are all French Copper Moran/Easter Egger cross. Thanks for the info regarding the humidity. That’s probably my biggest mistake along with leaving the roller in until they hatched 🐣. I’m real curious what they will look like as adults and the eggshell color
@RockyCreekHomestead
Жыл бұрын
It’s a fun experiment to see how they turn out. Easter eggers / FCM should make some great combinations. Probably get some olives out of that.
Where do you put the water in with lid on
@RockyCreekHomestead
2 ай бұрын
There’s a rubber plug on each side near the bottom, you remove it and can squirt it through it. It can be a little bit of a pain as some of the water does leak out sometimes if I over fill. I generally keep it on a towel for this reason just in case
I'm thinking about getting an incubator like that from Tractor Farm Supply. Is that plastic or Styrofoam just out of curiosity as I've seen some knockoffs that aren't plastic
@RockyCreekHomestead
4 ай бұрын
It’s styrofoam with a thin plastic outer layer. The one I have is www.tractorsupply.com/tsc/product/farm-innovators-pro-series-circulated-air-incubator-with-automatic-egg-turner . The price is much higher than it used to be. At the time it was the cheapest larger one available and think it was only around $100. There’s a lot of others that have come out since then.
@FluffyButtFarms
4 ай бұрын
@@RockyCreekHomestead thank you that's what I was hoping is that it had a plastic shell over the styrofoam that's what I figured. Thanks 🐓