Update on our hatch. We had 11 out of 12 eggs hatch and left them in the turner as you had suggested. One was born without eyes and I decided to euthanize it. So we ended up with 10. Thanks for your help
I've never seen one born without eyes but I have seen one born with a damaged leg at one point that is probably the hardest thing for people to have to do is euthanize a baby chick. but it sounds like your percentage did pretty well so I would definitely be proud of yourself Nolan. I am about ready to break out my incubators and start them up again as spring is here.
Hello. I enjoyed your video here. Question: why did you not remove the automatic egg turner and place the eggs on the screen? Is it because it is hard to remove, being the silver motor is so close? I ask this because I know how costly the unit is and the fear of breaking something. I have a few days left before I unplug my egg turner power cord. Thank you.
I have tried it both ways I don't take out the egg turner anymore I just unplug it just before they start to hatch but by doing that you have to make sure that you clean it after they hatch so you will have to take it out I have not had any trouble breaking that so it can be done but yes it is tight. But there is an important tip to remember the motor only goes in one corner it should fit snug if it's in the right corner it will be extremely tight if it is in the wrong corner you can tell because you will see a slight cut out for the motor in the proper corner. Thank you for watching and commenting Datchamp G. Keep in touch I will do some updated videos here next month when spring is here.
Yeah for that you'd kind of have to watch some of my other videos where I explain the reasons that I do that. But I will give you the short answer It's a little more work to clean up however having the eggs sitting in one upright position for 21 days and then all the sudden dropping it on its side I personally do not believe that is good for the hatch percentage rate. So I have done test both ways and have found that I have higher hatch rates when I leave them in the upright position. I wish there was some kind of item that I could put in there and keep them in the upright position that was easy to clean One subscriber gave me the idea about those little plastic egg holders that you put in the fridge and they keep the eggs all neatly in the door but I have not tried that yet because I have been unable to find them. Good luck with your incubator and your hatching please Don't forget to hit that subscribe button and keep in touch Ken I love to hear how people's experience panned out for them. Thank you so much for watching and commenting Ken Simpson.
Curious, what temp setting did you end up using on that unit for the first part of incubation? I'm thinking now mine has been a bit low for the first 11 days even at a setting of 100.5 Temps have NOT been the same throughout the incubator and have not been 99.5.......96 degrees in one corner. The fan works and the eggs are developing/moving and seem fine. I'm just unsure.
Yeah the incubator will fluctuate its temperature a little bit but overall I believe that baby chickens in the eggs are doing fine and very resilient. I'm curious how they turned out since I'm just now seeing this comment. Hopefully if you see my reply you'll let me know how they turned out. From my experience the worst thing that would happen is just all your eggs would not hatch. Thank you for watching and commenting please take a quick minute hit that subscribe button and keep in touch my friend. And let me know how they turned out.
@@TsquareTalk It's done very well. I'm actually using it right now to incubate 28 duck eggs. They are on day 3. This will be my 3rd hatch with this unit. I've had very good hatch rates, approx 80% I use this model to get them up to the last 3 days and then move them to a still air incubator with no turner to finish out hatching. My unit likes to be set at 101.5 - 102 and that gets them pretty close to 28 days to hatch.
If you run into a problem certain times of the year where you can't get your temperature up and the humidity to stay up then I will do that. It's not something I have to do all the time. I don't recommend messing with your temperature gauge to change the temperature. For most people that I've talked to once they start playing with the temperature it can have negative effects on the hatch rate. I simply walk by mine once or twice a day check the temp in the humidity if the humidity looks high and the temp looks high I'll pull the tape off some of the holes and let it adjust in some cases if the humidity is extremely high and I can't even see inside I will open up the incubator thus releasing some of the humidity in the air. And in some cases if the humidity is extremely low I may have to add more water or in some cases I have added a small tray of water in the incubator somewhere. The humidity is calculated and affected off of surface water. Therefore one tray of water full is some humidity to trays of water is more humidity and if I had to add an extra tray of water it would really up my humidity. It takes a little practice but it is a lot of fun if you enjoy it I love birds I love watching them hatch and I enjoy having them around the house. Thank you so much for watching and commenting please hit that subscribe button and keep in touch I may be breaking this out again in the upcoming weeks as spring is upon us.
I'm debating breaking out the incubators again and doing some videos on this I haven't done it for a while and I'm pretty much out of chickens now. Thank you for watching and commenting Marc Philibotte.
You want your humidity to be a little bit higher so it's easier for them to break out of the shell. If the humidity is low or too low once they put that first crack in the egg the air will move in and dry the inside up and lock them in almost like they've been shrunk wrapped. By keeping it humid and moist it's easier for them to break out. Thank you for watching and commenting. I hope you have a great weekend my friend
I one question of u can pls answer it thank you...I have the sameone as you but my humidity keeps going up and then back down what does it have to be on ? And when can I check the eggs ?
Unfortunately I can't remember the exact setting that they suggest to try to be at because I only do them once a year right now and this I will start doing them again next month but from my experience almost any humidity will still hatch eggs just not 100%. Good luck Daniel hit that subscribe button keep in touch I will do some refresher videos probably when spring comes. Thank you for watching and commenting.
Mine with set read around 50 but I upped it the last 3 days because you want the higher humidity in the end when they start to hatch that way they can break out without drying up inside, Thank you for watching and commenting.
According to the instruction manual yes that is correct however after using three farm innovators and hatching close to 50 batches I have found that having the eggs standing up the whole time and then laying them down on the last day is not good for the eggs and can cause a lower percentage rate. However from my experience I always unplug it this way the motor will have time to cool off and not burn baby chicks if they brush up against it and prevent the turner from rotating thus preventing a baby chick from getting its foot caught in the rails. It does require a little bit more cleaning time but I have found getting a higher percentage hatch rate is worth the cleaning. Check out some of my other videos on this topic and thank you so much for watching and commenting good luck Adam. Please take a quick minute to hit that subscribe button and keep in touch let me know how yours turn out.
So I actually did a video on this and short answer because when an egg sits in the upright position for so long it seems to almost have the chicken grow in a certain position. Once you take out the egg turner the egg now will sit on its side and in some circumstances it kills the chicken I have not figured out why this is but I have experimented on it many times. Best thing that I have thought about would be how awesome it would be to have some sort of a plastic washer friendly egg carton to put inside thus keeping the eggs standing in the upright position the last couple days. I know that the instruction manual says take it out but I have used this amazing product literally every bit of 30 times and now I have amazing results. Thank you so much for watching and commenting please be sure to hit that subscribe button and keep in touch. Oh one more note if you do copy me and leave it in there be sure to unplug it around day 20 you don't want it spinning and breaking a foot or burning a baby chick.
@@TsquareTalk I think you might be right. To be honest, this incubator didn’t work so well for me, it always killed about 8 chicks at the last stage. I bought twice and returned it both times. When I use another foam incubator last time, the hatching rate improved so much. I only had one chick that died at the last stage. The problem with this incubator is the temperatures at different places are uneven.
What if you used for the lock down phase, plastic egg carton with holes for air flow in replace of keeping egg turner in?? Is ur success rate based off of eggs remaining in upright position vs laying on side?
I have tried cardboard and the cardboard broke down I have said that I think it would be cool if someone designed a product made of dishwasher safe plastic to actually replace on day three to keep the eggs standing in that upright position. I've never seen a plastic one I've only seen styrofoam or cardboard I've never tried styrofoam yet but they Peck at a lot of things so I don't know if they would Peck at the styrofoam. plastic you would not damage so it would not be a problem and it would be easy to clean. I was thinking about designing something myself but never really got around to it. i think you're on to a big idea money maker Bekah. If you design one definitely send me one and I'll use it and let you know how it works. Thank you for watching and commenting Bekah. Please take a quick minute to hit that subscribe button and keep in touch. If I can answer any questions just let me know.
I watched three of your videos and you mentioned 70 humidity. Is that the first 17 days? Or all the time? Also you don’t remove the turner and what about the motor? Still in or off?
At first I did remove the egg turner however I found that laying the eggs on their side after they've been in an upright position for 21 days seem to have a slightly negative effect on hatch percentages therefore when I start seeing signs of cracking or on the 20th day I will actually unplug the egg turner therefore preventing a foot from getting stuck in the egg turner and getting broken and also allowing the motor to cool down that way no baby chick will brush up against it and get burned. As for the 70 humidity I don't entirely worry about the humidity numbers as long as you keep some water in the compartments on the bottom you want your humidity to be fairly higher but not too high. Mother nature has a lot of room for Eris which means it's not always going to be perfect think of nature they don't always get the perfect weather and sometimes the mother hen has to get off the eggs and so briefs of cooler temperature or lower or higher humidity will work out you're probably not going to have 100% turnout in fact I'd have 41 eggs the best I've ever gotten was 40 I've never hit 41 and I have tried probably 30 to 40 times now. If you get 50% 20 or 22 you did okay. Please be sure and hit that subscribe button and keep in touch let me know if you have any questions and I would love to see a comment with how your experience turned out. If it doesn't go the way you hope the first time it's okay try again and learn from your mistakes. Thank you for watching and commenting P N
Hello I just want to ask you a question about an incubator 4250 and I put 40 eggs in it and now it's a 21st and I can't and I don't know what I did wrong cuz it's not hatching
None of them hatched my first question would be where did you get your eggs if none hatched that is extremely rare and I would wonder if wherever you got your eggs if they had a rooster if they don't have a rooster and none of them will hatch it is a small tip that not a lot of people know. a lot of people out there think any egg is hatchable but that's not true you have to have both the mail and the female if you want to hatch them but if you just want to eat eggs you only need females. Some people will only have females because all they want to do is sell eggs. If you have any questions be sure to comment even if it is on a different type of video more recent I am live online almost every night of the week except for the weekends this week might be a little crazy because of power outages
I'm trying to save my money to get one of them incubators darn it. I have a little cheap when I got off of Amazon and it didn't work out I got eggs in it right now but I'm pretty sure they're all dead. The start with the automatic Turner didn't work from the start so I had to constantly open and close yet to turn the eggs. I couldn't keep the humidity regulated and it's just been a heartbreaking disaster. I'm at day15 and I left the eggs in there just in case but I'm expecting him to start exploding anytime now but I'm still hopeful but doubtful. I do see some eggs in there with good veining but I'm not seeing any movement. Anyway buying one of them type of incubators really soon.
You can't really set the humidity you have to kind of work with it based on your climate and the little pegs on top if you want less humidity then take out more pegs if you want more humidity basically plug up the holes on top to get your right humidity. But it has been my experience that almost any humidity will hatch chicks obviously more chicks when you get the right setting but even if you can't get it perfect you will still get baby chicks. Keep in touch let me know how you do Acampos Deadliest. Thank you for watching and commenting
It is a super awesome product. If you get one I think you will love it and will be extremely satisfied with your purchase. Thank you for watching and commenting Mr Cluckens. Please don't forget to hit that subscribe button and keep in touch with any questions you may have.
Because of the time of the year and the area that I'm in I was not able to do that because I needed to keep my humidity higher so they could get out of the eggs easier and not dry up in the shells. Thank you for watching and commenting NeverKnowShow.
You should only have to water at about the halfway point. Thank you for watching and commenting Julio. Definitely hit that subscribe button and keep in touch I will do some updated videos next month in the spring.
@@eselucky21 I just feel one of the squares some incubators have one square if that's the case you fill it some incubators have two squares if that's the case just fill one all the way you will have to add more water in about a week. Thank you for watching please hit that subscribe button and let me know if you have any more questions I can't wait to hear your results.
I start feeding and watering minr after 1 day. I have another batch in there right now if you stay in touch I'll try to do some videos talking about it for you and the process. Thank you for watching and commenting. They are super fun and I strongly recommend everybody getting into it especially right now. Thank you for watching and commenting Helen.
I explains why I did that in another video. I think continuing to turn the eggs right up until the last day and keeping them in the same position that they grew in helps to increase more of a hatch percentage. But every year I continue to try to improve my hatch percentage. Thank you for watching and commenting.
@@TsquareTalk so is it possible for the eggs to hatch even while the egg turner is still on .im new to the incubation and im learning more every day could u let me know ? Great video By the way👍👍👍
What state are you in? I just ask that because if you're near me I can give you some but I usually look on sites like craigslist or Uncle Henry's most of the time people will know if they have a rooster their eggs are fertile. As a last resort I would probly try an online dealer. Thank you for watching and commenting Crafting with Nathalie.
Yes you can hatch chickens ducks well a lot of different things the only thing that will change is the day setting on how many days till hatch. Thank you for watching and commenting. keep in touch my friend.
I have the same incubator and haven’t had success at all. My brother bought it at tsc and he thinks the temp readout is off. I’m getting ready to try here in a few days. Any suggestions?
Yes I have one suggestion I think could help you have you ever tried leaving the Turner in and just unplugging it's on the last day when you start to see them cracking. I believe your results would drastically increase let me know what happens stay in touch.
Yes I know the directions say to do that however if following the directions to the letter you don't get us high of a hatch rate. But that could also be due to the climate here vs. Climate in other areas. As for the egg turner I have had chickens die in the last day or two of of incubation fully developed chicks pass away in the egg right at the very end. This problem has gone away since I started leaving the Turner in and just unplugged it. Thank you for watching and commenting.
I have my best results by leaving the Turner in and just unplugging it once the egg starts crack open. It is a little extra cleaning but a lot of extra baby chicks in my opinion. Because the baby chicks develop in the same position that they will open.
@@TsquareTalk ive recently started using egg cartons and just cutting the top off and put my eggs in them and ive been having great hatch rate since ive started using the egg cartons
@@robersonmatt I have thought about trying that but I have not yet I was looking for like a plastic egg container dishwasher safe something that I won't have to throw away afterwards. But that is awesome that you said that because when other people agree that keeping the eggs in the same upright position makes a difference it feels like it validates my research a little bit more. Because I have tested the theory out of putting them on their sides and pulling out the egg Turner. Also keeping them in the upright position on the egg Turner and every time I lose a larger percentage if I lay them down without the Turner. Thank you for watching and commenting. Definitely hit that subscribe button And stand touch I love to hear other people's opinions.
Some people will say that including the directions however as stated in prior videos we have demonstrated the hatch successful rate is increased if you do not tip the egg on its side in the last couple days drastically changing the position of the baby chick. Unsure why this happens however we have proven higher success rates every time if egg stays in the upright position. Proven time and time again using 2 incubators at the same time one with this method 1 with the put the egg on the side method and lay it down. But it is a common comment thank you for watching and commenting Jean. Please hit the subscribe button and we hope to see you on some or other great videos.
In some cases I have heard of that happening but not in every case it depends how much water and humidity is in there. Keep in mind it is extremely hot and humid in there for those baby chicks especially if any hatch a day or two early. Thank you for watching and commenting John.
LoL 🤣😆 I like that I might use that in an upcoming video. I plan on breaking them out again soon because spring is here. Definitely hit that subscribe button and keep in touch. Thank you for watching and commenting Quicki.
Update on our hatch. We had 11 out of 12 eggs hatch and left them in the turner as you had suggested. One was born without eyes and I decided to euthanize it. So we ended up with 10. Thanks for your help
I've never seen one born without eyes but I have seen one born with a damaged leg at one point that is probably the hardest thing for people to have to do is euthanize a baby chick. but it sounds like your percentage did pretty well so I would definitely be proud of yourself Nolan. I am about ready to break out my incubators and start them up again as spring is here.
U forgot.to.take.turner out
Hello. I enjoyed your video here. Question: why did you not remove the automatic egg turner and place the eggs on the screen? Is it because it is hard to remove, being the silver motor is so close? I ask this because I know how costly the unit is and the fear of breaking something. I have a few days left before I unplug my egg turner power cord. Thank you.
I have tried it both ways I don't take out the egg turner anymore I just unplug it just before they start to hatch but by doing that you have to make sure that you clean it after they hatch so you will have to take it out I have not had any trouble breaking that so it can be done but yes it is tight. But there is an important tip to remember the motor only goes in one corner it should fit snug if it's in the right corner it will be extremely tight if it is in the wrong corner you can tell because you will see a slight cut out for the motor in the proper corner. Thank you for watching and commenting Datchamp G. Keep in touch I will do some updated videos here next month when spring is here.
What a neat thing to have new life happening for you bud. WOOHOO !
Yes it's so much fun. I will re house most of them and get some silver coins in trade for them.
Why are they still in the tuner…..??
Yeah for that you'd kind of have to watch some of my other videos where I explain the reasons that I do that. But I will give you the short answer It's a little more work to clean up however having the eggs sitting in one upright position for 21 days and then all the sudden dropping it on its side I personally do not believe that is good for the hatch percentage rate. So I have done test both ways and have found that I have higher hatch rates when I leave them in the upright position. I wish there was some kind of item that I could put in there and keep them in the upright position that was easy to clean One subscriber gave me the idea about those little plastic egg holders that you put in the fridge and they keep the eggs all neatly in the door but I have not tried that yet because I have been unable to find them. Good luck with your incubator and your hatching please Don't forget to hit that subscribe button and keep in touch Ken I love to hear how people's experience panned out for them. Thank you so much for watching and commenting Ken Simpson.
Curious, what temp setting did you end up using on that unit for the first part of incubation? I'm thinking now mine has been a bit low for the first 11 days even at a setting of 100.5 Temps have NOT been the same throughout the incubator and have not been 99.5.......96 degrees in one corner. The fan works and the eggs are developing/moving and seem fine. I'm just unsure.
Yeah the incubator will fluctuate its temperature a little bit but overall I believe that baby chickens in the eggs are doing fine and very resilient. I'm curious how they turned out since I'm just now seeing this comment. Hopefully if you see my reply you'll let me know how they turned out. From my experience the worst thing that would happen is just all your eggs would not hatch. Thank you for watching and commenting please take a quick minute hit that subscribe button and keep in touch my friend. And let me know how they turned out.
@@TsquareTalk It's done very well. I'm actually using it right now to incubate 28 duck eggs. They are on day 3. This will be my 3rd hatch with this unit. I've had very good hatch rates, approx 80% I use this model to get them up to the last 3 days and then move them to a still air incubator with no turner to finish out hatching. My unit likes to be set at 101.5 - 102 and that gets them pretty close to 28 days to hatch.
Why and when did you add tape to the air holes ?
If you run into a problem certain times of the year where you can't get your temperature up and the humidity to stay up then I will do that. It's not something I have to do all the time. I don't recommend messing with your temperature gauge to change the temperature. For most people that I've talked to once they start playing with the temperature it can have negative effects on the hatch rate. I simply walk by mine once or twice a day check the temp in the humidity if the humidity looks high and the temp looks high I'll pull the tape off some of the holes and let it adjust in some cases if the humidity is extremely high and I can't even see inside I will open up the incubator thus releasing some of the humidity in the air. And in some cases if the humidity is extremely low I may have to add more water or in some cases I have added a small tray of water in the incubator somewhere. The humidity is calculated and affected off of surface water. Therefore one tray of water full is some humidity to trays of water is more humidity and if I had to add an extra tray of water it would really up my humidity. It takes a little practice but it is a lot of fun if you enjoy it I love birds I love watching them hatch and I enjoy having them around the house. Thank you so much for watching and commenting please hit that subscribe button and keep in touch I may be breaking this out again in the upcoming weeks as spring is upon us.
Awesome video thanku for ur info very informative
I'm debating breaking out the incubators again and doing some videos on this I haven't done it for a while and I'm pretty much out of chickens now. Thank you for watching and commenting Marc Philibotte.
open the breathing holes so the humidity gets right
You want your humidity to be a little bit higher so it's easier for them to break out of the shell. If the humidity is low or too low once they put that first crack in the egg the air will move in and dry the inside up and lock them in almost like they've been shrunk wrapped. By keeping it humid and moist it's easier for them to break out.
Thank you for watching and commenting. I hope you have a great weekend my friend
@@TsquareTalk but you said in the video that the humidity was way too high but never opened the vents that are supposed to control that.
I one question of u can pls answer it thank you...I have the sameone as you but my humidity keeps going up and then back down what does it have to be on ? And when can I check the eggs ?
Unfortunately I can't remember the exact setting that they suggest to try to be at because I only do them once a year right now and this I will start doing them again next month but from my experience almost any humidity will still hatch eggs just not 100%. Good luck Daniel hit that subscribe button keep in touch I will do some refresher videos probably when spring comes. Thank you for watching and commenting.
If it's chicken eggs around 50 to 60 % and if it's duck all the way from high 50's to mid 70's
Very cool 👍
What was your humidity level during incubation?
Mine with set read around 50 but I upped it the last 3 days because you want the higher humidity in the end when they start to hatch that way they can break out without drying up inside, Thank you for watching and commenting.
I think your supposed to remove egg turner when its time for lock down
According to the instruction manual yes that is correct however after using three farm innovators and hatching close to 50 batches I have found that having the eggs standing up the whole time and then laying them down on the last day is not good for the eggs and can cause a lower percentage rate. However from my experience I always unplug it this way the motor will have time to cool off and not burn baby chicks if they brush up against it and prevent the turner from rotating thus preventing a baby chick from getting its foot caught in the rails. It does require a little bit more cleaning time but I have found getting a higher percentage hatch rate is worth the cleaning. Check out some of my other videos on this topic and thank you so much for watching and commenting good luck Adam. Please take a quick minute to hit that subscribe button and keep in touch let me know how yours turn out.
Not supposed remove eggs turned??
Curious, why didn’t you remove the egg turner and move to the tray?
So I actually did a video on this and short answer because when an egg sits in the upright position for so long it seems to almost have the chicken grow in a certain position. Once you take out the egg turner the egg now will sit on its side and in some circumstances it kills the chicken I have not figured out why this is but I have experimented on it many times. Best thing that I have thought about would be how awesome it would be to have some sort of a plastic washer friendly egg carton to put inside thus keeping the eggs standing in the upright position the last couple days. I know that the instruction manual says take it out but I have used this amazing product literally every bit of 30 times and now I have amazing results. Thank you so much for watching and commenting please be sure to hit that subscribe button and keep in touch. Oh one more note if you do copy me and leave it in there be sure to unplug it around day 20 you don't want it spinning and breaking a foot or burning a baby chick.
@@TsquareTalk I think you might be right. To be honest, this incubator didn’t work so well for me, it always killed about 8 chicks at the last stage. I bought twice and returned it both times. When I use another foam incubator last time, the hatching rate improved so much. I only had one chick that died at the last stage. The problem with this incubator is the temperatures at different places are uneven.
What if you used for the lock down phase, plastic egg carton with holes for air flow in replace of keeping egg turner in?? Is ur success rate based off of eggs remaining in upright position vs laying on side?
I have tried cardboard and the cardboard broke down I have said that I think it would be cool if someone designed a product made of dishwasher safe plastic to actually replace on day three to keep the eggs standing in that upright position. I've never seen a plastic one I've only seen styrofoam or cardboard I've never tried styrofoam yet but they Peck at a lot of things so I don't know if they would Peck at the styrofoam. plastic you would not damage so it would not be a problem and it would be easy to clean. I was thinking about designing something myself but never really got around to it. i think you're on to a big idea money maker Bekah. If you design one definitely send me one and I'll use it and let you know how it works. Thank you for watching and commenting Bekah. Please take a quick minute to hit that subscribe button and keep in touch. If I can answer any questions just let me know.
@@TsquareTalk Walmart's Marketside eggs have plastic box.
@@TsquareTalk would it work if I used an old wooden reptile enclosure that has a warm light and controllable humidity that has ventilation?
I watched three of your videos and you mentioned 70 humidity. Is that the first 17 days? Or all the time?
Also you don’t remove the turner and what about the motor? Still in or off?
At first I did remove the egg turner however I found that laying the eggs on their side after they've been in an upright position for 21 days seem to have a slightly negative effect on hatch percentages therefore when I start seeing signs of cracking or on the 20th day I will actually unplug the egg turner therefore preventing a foot from getting stuck in the egg turner and getting broken and also allowing the motor to cool down that way no baby chick will brush up against it and get burned. As for the 70 humidity I don't entirely worry about the humidity numbers as long as you keep some water in the compartments on the bottom you want your humidity to be fairly higher but not too high. Mother nature has a lot of room for Eris which means it's not always going to be perfect think of nature they don't always get the perfect weather and sometimes the mother hen has to get off the eggs and so briefs of cooler temperature or lower or higher humidity will work out you're probably not going to have 100% turnout in fact I'd have 41 eggs the best I've ever gotten was 40 I've never hit 41 and I have tried probably 30 to 40 times now. If you get 50% 20 or 22 you did okay. Please be sure and hit that subscribe button and keep in touch let me know if you have any questions and I would love to see a comment with how your experience turned out. If it doesn't go the way you hope the first time it's okay try again and learn from your mistakes. Thank you for watching and commenting P N
Pretty cool video, thanks for sharing
Thank you for watching and commenting. The coolest chick videos start up tomorrow. As they are now coming out and in to there new temporary home.
Hello I just want to ask you a question about an incubator 4250 and I put 40 eggs in it and now it's a 21st and I can't and I don't know what I did wrong cuz it's not hatching
None of them hatched my first question would be where did you get your eggs if none hatched that is extremely rare and I would wonder if wherever you got your eggs if they had a rooster if they don't have a rooster and none of them will hatch it is a small tip that not a lot of people know. a lot of people out there think any egg is hatchable but that's not true you have to have both the mail and the female if you want to hatch them but if you just want to eat eggs you only need females. Some people will only have females because all they want to do is sell eggs. If you have any questions be sure to comment even if it is on a different type of video more recent I am live online almost every night of the week except for the weekends this week might be a little crazy because of power outages
I'm trying to save my money to get one of them incubators darn it. I have a little cheap when I got off of Amazon and it didn't work out I got eggs in it right now but I'm pretty sure they're all dead. The start with the automatic Turner didn't work from the start so I had to constantly open and close yet to turn the eggs. I couldn't keep the humidity regulated and it's just been a heartbreaking disaster. I'm at day15 and I left the eggs in there just in case but I'm expecting him to start exploding anytime now but I'm still hopeful but doubtful. I do see some eggs in there with good veining but I'm not seeing any movement. Anyway buying one of them type of incubators really soon.
How do you set your humidity?
You can't really set the humidity you have to kind of work with it based on your climate and the little pegs on top if you want less humidity then take out more pegs if you want more humidity basically plug up the holes on top to get your right humidity. But it has been my experience that almost any humidity will hatch chicks obviously more chicks when you get the right setting but even if you can't get it perfect you will still get baby chicks. Keep in touch let me know how you do Acampos Deadliest. Thank you for watching and commenting
Hit that subscribe button I may be hatching out some again in the upcoming months and I will definitely do videos for refreshers for people.
I can’t wait to get mine
It is a super awesome product. If you get one I think you will love it and will be extremely satisfied with your purchase. Thank you for watching and commenting Mr Cluckens. Please don't forget to hit that subscribe button and keep in touch with any questions you may have.
You should open the two red plugs upon hatching for more ventilation so they can breathe!
Because of the time of the year and the area that I'm in I was not able to do that because I needed to keep my humidity higher so they could get out of the eggs easier and not dry up in the shells. Thank you for watching and commenting NeverKnowShow.
And how accurate has the hygrometer been?
How often do you water?
You should only have to water at about the halfway point. Thank you for watching and commenting Julio. Definitely hit that subscribe button and keep in touch I will do some updated videos next month in the spring.
@@TsquareTalk how much water to you add at first 1 cup 1/2 cup. I’m getting ready to to put the eggs in the incubator
@@eselucky21 I just feel one of the squares some incubators have one square if that's the case you fill it some incubators have two squares if that's the case just fill one all the way you will have to add more water in about a week. Thank you for watching please hit that subscribe button and let me know if you have any more questions I can't wait to hear your results.
Do you have to feed them right away
I start feeding and watering minr after 1 day. I have another batch in there right now if you stay in touch I'll try to do some videos talking about it for you and the process. Thank you for watching and commenting. They are super fun and I strongly recommend everybody getting into it especially right now. Thank you for watching and commenting Helen.
@@TsquareTalk Yes that would help thank you so much
Why is the turner still in?
I explains why I did that in another video. I think continuing to turn the eggs right up until the last day and keeping them in the same position that they grew in helps to increase more of a hatch percentage. But every year I continue to try to improve my hatch percentage. Thank you for watching and commenting.
@@TsquareTalk so is it possible for the eggs to hatch even while the egg turner is still on .im new to the incubation and im learning more every day could u let me know ? Great video By the way👍👍👍
where do I find fertilize eggs for sale.
What state are you in? I just ask that because if you're near me I can give you some but I usually look on sites like craigslist or Uncle Henry's most of the time people will know if they have a rooster their eggs are fertile. As a last resort I would probly try an online dealer. Thank you for watching and commenting Crafting with Nathalie.
Can I hatch ducks in this incubator
Yes you can hatch chickens ducks well a lot of different things the only thing that will change is the day setting on how many days till hatch. Thank you for watching and commenting. keep in touch my friend.
I have the same incubator and haven’t had success at all. My brother bought it at tsc and he thinks the temp readout is off. I’m getting ready to try here in a few days. Any suggestions?
Yes I have one suggestion I think could help you have you ever tried leaving the Turner in and just unplugging it's on the last day when you start to see them cracking. I believe your results would drastically increase let me know what happens stay in touch.
Thanks! I’m definitely going to try that. Should be putting eggs in on Tuesday. I’ll keep you posted
You should take out your 2 red plugs. And remove your egg Turner
Yes I know the directions say to do that however if following the directions to the letter you don't get us high of a hatch rate. But that could also be due to the climate here vs. Climate in other areas. As for the egg turner I have had chickens die in the last day or two of of incubation fully developed chicks pass away in the egg right at the very end. This problem has gone away since I started leaving the Turner in and just unplugged it. Thank you for watching and commenting.
Suppose to take your turner out at 18
I have my best results by leaving the Turner in and just unplugging it once the egg starts crack open. It is a little extra cleaning but a lot of extra baby chicks in my opinion. Because the baby chicks develop in the same position that they will open.
@@TsquareTalk ive recently started using egg cartons and just cutting the top off and put my eggs in them and ive been having great hatch rate since ive started using the egg cartons
@@robersonmatt I have thought about trying that but I have not yet I was looking for like a plastic egg container dishwasher safe something that I won't have to throw away afterwards. But that is awesome that you said that because when other people agree that keeping the eggs in the same upright position makes a difference it feels like it validates my research a little bit more. Because I have tested the theory out of putting them on their sides and pulling out the egg Turner. Also keeping them in the upright position on the egg Turner and every time I lose a larger percentage if I lay them down without the Turner. Thank you for watching and commenting. Definitely hit that subscribe button And stand touch I love to hear other people's opinions.
Your supposed to remove the egg turner when you have 4 days left.
This space is not designed for the hens to hatch, on the 18th day you should remove this part and place the eggs on the grill located below.
Some people will say that including the directions however as stated in prior videos we have demonstrated the hatch successful rate is increased if you do not tip the egg on its side in the last couple days drastically changing the position of the baby chick. Unsure why this happens however we have proven higher success rates every time if egg stays in the upright position. Proven time and time again using 2 incubators at the same time one with this method 1 with the put the egg on the side method and lay it down. But it is a common comment thank you for watching and commenting Jean. Please hit the subscribe button and we hope to see you on some or other great videos.
@@TsquareTalk What are your average numbers. Turner versus non turner. Any issues with chick's getting hurt with the turner in
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Open it before done =shrink wrap..
In some cases I have heard of that happening but not in every case it depends how much water and humidity is in there. Keep in mind it is extremely hot and humid in there for those baby chicks especially if any hatch a day or two early. Thank you for watching and commenting John.
Cleaning styrofoam incubator
Yes need to clean it.
i guesss i should call you the.... the chick MAGENT!!!!!!!!!
LoL 🤣😆 I like that I might use that in an upcoming video. I plan on breaking them out again soon because spring is here. Definitely hit that subscribe button and keep in touch. Thank you for watching and commenting Quicki.