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This way you can monitor the settings and know that you are placing the eggs into the perfect environment.Īnother vital aspect in the process is temperature, get this wrong and hatch rates will quickly drop to zero. It’s a good idea to set it all up, fill the water channels as per the instructions and then plug it in and run it for 24 hrs before you put the eggs in, or at least overnight. Once you do get your incubator be sure to set it up exactly as per the instructions as most models have been tested and perfected over many years and so following the manufacturer’s guidelines will see you getting the very best from your machine.Īlso set up your incubator in a room that doesn’t have fluctuating temperatures and out of direct sunlight. If your budget doesn’t allow a good quality incubator and you must buy one of these cheap Chinese ones then be careful where you set it up as untested and uncertified electrical products can be a fire hazard, so I’d be putting it out in the shed. There are a lot of poor quality incubators on the market which aren’t certified for use in Australia. Get this part right and numbers 4 & 5 should be much easier to master. DON’T PUT THEM IN THE FRIDGE!!Ĭollect the eggs for 1 week then set all the eggs in the incubator on the same day. If you’re collecting your own eggs then each day store them in a cool spot out of direct sunlight ie your pantry in an egg carton with the pointy end down. Every day thereafter will slow down your hatch. I recommend eggs should be no older than 7-10 days before being put into the incubator. Never blame a poor hatch from posted eggs on your incubation techniques as you’re behind the eight ball from the start. They will be knocked around, left in the sun, and lord knows how old they are. Remember once the egg is laid there is nothing you can do to improve it.Įggs sent in the post are bound to give you low hatch rates. The conditions the birds are kept in will give you an idea if the breeding stock are well looked after.Īlso ask the breeder if his chooks are up to date with worming as this all has an impact on the eggs. Make sure you get your fertile eggs from a reliable breeder who has good bloodlines and feeds their birds a healthy diet. It is ridiculous to think that eggs from poorly bred chickens fed food scraps will produce eggs you will get good results from. Quality, health & diet of breeding stockĪll of the points above will have a huge affect on the quality of the eggs you are incubating. The good news is you will learn every time you incubate a batch of eggs and it won’t take too long that when things don’t go as planned you will more than likely understand why.ġ.
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Get them all right and you should be hatching in the 90% range but get any of them wrong and you could be disappointed come hatch day.
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I get asked all the time, what sort of hatch rates will I get using this incubator? My answer is always the same as there are so many factors that will affect your hatch rate that getting a good quality incubator is only one piece of the puzzle.īelow I will go through a few vital points that you need to consider in order to get the best results possible.