I keep hearing about the need to manage the humidity level inside my incubator. Why is that important? We hear this quite often and it’s actually a great question. In nature, the mother bird does a really good job keeping the conditio...
The second group moved to the brooder a couple days after the first. For a moment they were pecked at a bit, and huddled in the corner. However, after a few minutes they became braver and slowly came out and, by mimicing the older ducks, they learned to eat and drink. After...
I moved my chicks to the brooder in two separate groups, instead of as one unit. This was because of how spread out the hatches were. I wondered why t...
At last my eggs neared the hatching day, which is day 28 after incubation starts. I had the humidity up and the temperature down, and I was ready to take them off the Read more
Today I set up my brooder, and prepared the eggs to hatch. The brooder kit I got is quite ingenious. Two rolls of plastic can be unrolled and taped together to make the walls. ...
I candled my eggs again today, exactly sixteen days after I started the incubation process. The results were great. Of the twenty-two eggs I had recieve...
As my eggs have incubated over the past couple of weeks, a few questions have arisen. First, as I previously mentioned, the temperature spiked after I placed the eggs in the Read more
Today we are testing samples of a brand new thermostat that we hope to start sellin...
