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    Review by '' on item 'Brinsea OVA-EASY ADVANCE HATCHER'

    I've had this unit for about 2 years now and it's been a champ. No real complaints about operation. That said there are a few minor cons. The most significant is the hatching trays. they are plastic (easy to clean thus awesome), but they use stick in pegs to hold the top and bottom...
  2. Brinsea OVA-EASY ADVANCE HATCHER

    Brinsea OVA-EASY ADVANCE HATCHER

    Ova-Easy advanced hatcher from Brinsea
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    Review by '' on item 'GQF MFG Digital Sportsman Cabinet Incubator 1502'

    I have 3 of these units. The oldest has been pumping out chicks for me for 3 years now. They are excellent. The settings are intuitive. The operation is simple yet effective. I have never had an issue. I did have to adjust the calibration of my oldest unit initially by .3 degrees but...
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    Review by '' on item 'GFQ Cabinet Egg Incubators'

    I have 3 of these units. The oldest has been pumping out chicks for me for 3 years now. They are excellent. The settings are intuitive. The operation is simple yet effective. I have never had an issue. I did have to adjust the calibration of my oldest unit initially by .3 degrees but...
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    Hen Laying Age

    I've had very good luck with cuckoo marans. Mine started to lay around 18 weeks and have been machines!
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    Chick has watery eyes and lethargic

    does it look like the chick is having difficulty breathing?
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    Overhead lighting

    Avoid fluorescents. If you can spend the $ go LED. I use LED strip lights in mine. very low power and very high output. http://www.ruralking.com/4ft-integrated-t8-tube.html They are also aluminum with a plastic guard so no glass to worry about and they daisy chain in case you want to add more.
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    Thinking about getting ducks....have a few questions

    I don't know about Harlequins but I can advise against indian runners... I had a flock... those guys were loud. ANY little thing set them off. They also were not terribly friendly. Due to the laws in FL I parted ways with them. They did lay a lot of eggs and the eggs were tasty.
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    INCUBATING w/FRIENDS! w/Sally Sunshine Shipped Eggs No problem!

    When cleaning, I also use a UV light after bleaching for sanity.
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    Hands on hatching and help

    can you sneak some warm water in there? roughly the temp of the incubator is ideal. Don't panic yet.
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    Everyone is picking on her

    I don't know Sebrights specifically, but I would also think you would start seeing knobs coming out of their legs for spurs by now if they are roos... My experience with roos is typically if they are raised together and have enough girls, fighting is minimal. It's when they start having to...
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    Hands on hatching and help

    I should also add I dry incubate at around 30-35% for the first 18... I'm in FL so to even get the humidity that low I run a dehumidifier in an ac controlled room. For the last part I go for 60-65%. Once they start hatching and adding their own humidity the numbers climb higher on their own...
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    Hands on hatching and help

    Exactly... The sticky-gooey mess is my biggest issue. It's primarily a result of too much humidity. When I can I have the different breeds separated in different hatchers but it's not always possible. When the humidity is too high for too long is when I see the issue. The only time I bother...
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    Hands on hatching and help

    Thanks... I've been on here for a bit off and on just not terribly active.
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    Hands on hatching and help

    not as much as you would think... it's an evaporative cooling principal which the chick experiences anyway as they are all wet coming out of the shell. For what I'm reffering to it would be for the few brief moments till the humidity around the egg is increased close to the humidity of the...
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