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I ordered my meat bird shrink bags from Amazon. I've gotten different types for 3 consecutive years and thought that 1 of them were good but, this years bags were the best I've used and I will be buying them for every year going forward. I just wanted to put it out and make the suggestion, if...

Ordered eggs from eBay, for the first time. Received the eggs 3 days before I was expecting them. I bought 12 blue Orpington hatching eggs. I put them and another 8 eggs from my own flock in the incubator on Monday June 8th. I have 3 lavender Orpington hens and 1 rooster. Also, I've got 8 sex...

Did anybody else have any issues with meat bird and the cold we got in the Northeast in early May? I received my 100 Cornish X on May 6th and temps went down into the 30's the following weekend and my heat lamps couldn't keep up. I lost 35 of them in 2 days. Down to less than 60, now. Just...

I'm looking for anybody near Syracuse or Rochester, NY that has Naragansette turkey hatching eggs or Poults. I'd prefer to get them from a breeder or a good line before opting towards a hatchery. Thank you

I picked up 6x 3 week old broad breasted white poults, today. Is 3 weeks old still too young to put out in a tractor in the yard? They have been kept in a basement that doesn't get over 60 degrees F. They are mostly feathered and I have a tote laying on the side with pine shavings in it...

Does anybody have a live feed video camera positioned in their incubator? I'm looking for options to install in my incubator so that customers can watch as their eggs are hatching. Thought it would be a good selling point for them to see how many or when their birds are hatching. If you do, I...

This will be my largest amount to incubate, to date.

I have about 40 jumbo wild coturnix hens. Yesterday I picked up about 30 eggs. About 1/2 of them had no color on them. Just plain tan eggs with no spots. I'm curious what causes this. Would they be any good to try incubating or should I just eat then and collect different eggs to incubate?

I've hatched out nearly 50 jumbo wilds, this weekend. All of my eggs were supposed to be browns. However, out of the hatch, 4 are a very light color. I've been calling them blondies. I thought, maybe Italians, but I'm not sure. Any ideas? Should be able to see both colors in this pic.

I've got a small hutch with 17 hens on it. They were hatched in small groups over about a month and a half. The youngest of them all are 11 weeks old, today. That makes some as old as 15-16 weeks old. I'm supplementing light, they're in my garage that won't freeze and feeding turkey starter. I...

I've seen tons of posts about crossing the Dark Cornish with other breeds but, none that actually list out the growth rates and experiences of raising them. I'm interested in what they were crossed with and process of weight gains compared to feed consumption and what the processing weight was...

Well, I picked up 84 Coturnix Quail eggs for the incubator that I had found on Craigslist in my local town for $2/dozen. I don't need 84 more quail (I do not need 42 more quail) but, I like to incubate and figured if I can get 50% hatch I could sell them for $1/bird after hatch and make $30...

Just looking to see if anybody near upstate, NY has or will have some Naragansette Poults available in the spring. Looking to make my plans early. Would rather get from local person than a hatchery. Message me if you'll have some available. Thanks Phunk

I've been chatting, here and there, about an incubator that I've build. This particular incubator that I've been using to incubate and hatch out of worked beyond what I had expected. It is very simple and I feel anybody can build it. I believe, with everything included that I used, total cost...

I understand that the recommended times to turn eggs a full rotation is once every 4-6 hours. That's 2-3 hours per half turn or 4-6 full turns per day. My last calculation I need to make in building my newest incubator is the turning speed and how I want to implement it with my existing...

I've recently build an incubator and I've had a handful of very successful hatches of quail. I'm interested in some chicken hatching eggs and some quail hatching eggs. If anybody is in the upstate, NY area (near Syracuse) that has some free or inexpensive eggs, I like incubating. If you're...

I have 65 Corning Cross birds that were 8 weeks old on Monday. I was originally going to process them on the previous Friday. However, the size of the birds didn't look as big as I'd have liked and I decided to put it off for another week. This isn't my first time, I've done it for a few...

I have been raising chickens for about 5 years now and began raising quail just this year. I am interested in adding Turkeys to my small farm in the spring. I just have a few questions on incubating and raising Turkeys. 1. I have a home made incubator that I have been hatching quail eggs...

Is there anybody out there that has a GQF 1500 or 1502 incubator that can tell me the spacing between turning racks? I am building a new incubator and intend to use the egg trays intended for those incubators in it. I'd like to know the spacing so I can still double stack my quail trays and...

I only have 3 adult quail hens, at this point, and incubating to increase that number. I have built my own incubator from an old broken beverage refrigerator. I have a controller that I purchased on amazon for $25, a $2.50 heater I found on amazon and a $4 donut usb humidifier, also from...