After my Incubator was stable and ready to go, I ordered eggs. I got a variety pack with 4 types. The Khaki Campbell Duck, a extremely efficient egg laying breed, with as many as 320 eggs a year, the Indian Runner Duck, a very unusual duck that can not fly but runs or walks...
As I waited for the eggs to arrive, another question dawned on me. ‘How long do I need to keep them in the brooder after they hatch?’ The answer is not a matter of overall time, but temperature. You start with the temperature near the temperature of the incubator (99.5 Degr...
As the fall and winter months begin to set in most people notice that their chickens don’t produce as many eggs as they do in the summer months. While there are many different possible causes, we will focus on only a couple important factors that h...
Today I first began my research on egg incubation. I decided to start with ducks. Two questions immediately came to mind, and this is where I started. The questions were: “What do I need to do?” and “What do I need to buy?” I started with the first question, ‘what to...
A few weeks ago I posted a list of common reasons why eggs sometimes don’t hatch. I reviewed things like humidity, weak eggs and infection. Here are four more things to consider. Rough handling – It is becoming more and more common to have fertile ...
The Little Giant and HovaBator automatic egg turners work the same way, that is they both use an extremely slow tur...
We all know it can be very frustrating when you invest time and money to incubate a batch of eggs and then get a very poor hatch rate. And so often you are left wondering what in the world went wrong. We have made it a habit of investigating each of our hatches to d...
We are proud to announce that the long awaited IncuView™ all-in-one egg incubator is finally available for purchase. In an effort to provide an incubator that comes with the technology of more...
Many of our customers ask us why it is important to stabilize their incubators for 24 hours before placing eggs in them. The main reason is to make sure that the incubator is functioning correctly. Even though the majority of the incubators we sell never have any issues; t...
Having an accurate thermometer is a key component to successful incubation. One of the challenges with thermometers is that it is difficult and most of the time expensive to find an extremely accurate thermometer. This is why when you are considering which thermometer to us...