Recent content by Sammbalina

Bit of an emergency search. I have had a batch of shipped hatching eggs go poorly and seem to only have one hatching and I don’t want the poor thing to be by itself! I may be willing to take something else if I can’t find any silver Appleyards, but they are my chosen breed, so anything else I...

I have a runty baby, took him a full 12 hrs just to be able to hold himself upright, and another day to wobble walk around with his clutch mates, and 48 hrs to keep up. He hatched late, more than a day behind his clutchmates and that was with help. His egg was THICK and he had a hard time...

The incubators have all that minus the turner, but I would be using it for lockdown anyway, not the bulk of the incubation.

It depends on what type of genes they carry. If the dad has a dominant gene there is a 50/50 chance that the offspring will have that gene. If the dad has 2 recessive genes and the mom has one of the same recessive gene, then there’s a 50/50 chance the babies will show that trait, but if the mom...

I was wondering if anyone has ever successfully removed the electronic components from a little giant or farm innovators styrofoam incubators and reused them to make a new incubator. Both of the ones I have have sprung leaks that I can’t find, but the heater and fan and everything still work, so...

I’ve gotten eggs from 2 sources, still looking for a third.

Need an idea for a large batch brooder, waterer, feeder for ducklings! We are incubating 74 duck eggs and 14 goose eggs, so it needs to be a good size! We’ve never incubated this many at once, but we are starting over and since we have a cabinet incubator we figured go big or go home😅 My mom was...

I actually messaged the GQF company and suggested they come up with something and 10 minutes later I got a response and they thought that it was a great idea!🤣

here’s the control panel and the power switch is right above the power cord, which may or may not be an issue as well. She’s never played with cords so I’m not as concerned about that, but loves buttons and switches. If I can figure out how to babyproof the switches so I can turn it around I can...

Any ideas for childproofing the control panel and on/off switch on a GQF cabinet incubator? My 21 month old loves buttons and switches😅😅😅 I have baby proofing latches for the door, but I’m not sure how to go about keeping her little fingers off of the buttons. We have limited space and can’t...

Looking for Cotton Patch goose Hatching eggs! I am located in Columbiana, AL. I can drive up to 3 hours, and if you can ship even better! I can do Paypal or if meeting in person I can do cash. I’m looking for a few sources for genetic diversity. I would like 3-4 eggs from each source.

This is the fencing we are using We are starting with hatching eggs, and of course at first they will be in a brooder, then most likely a smaller pen to start with using some cage wire we have. I have some coated 1x1 spaced cage wire that we will use for them to start with while we can be...

We are setting up our duck pen using RedBrand field fence.however I am worried about them fitting through the wire so we are layering chicken wire at the bottom. My question is would 1 foot be adequate, or should I go with 2 foot? We are getting Silver Appleyards, so larger ducks. Once they are...

I am hoping to incubate some goose eggs soon, along with some duck eggs. I have the GQF cabinet incubator and a few of the styrofoam type incubators. I really want to incubate them in the GQF, because of the better temp and humidity control. However, I haven't been able to find an egg tray that...

Update?😆