New Incubator

Incubator

We have been toying with the idea of an incubator for about a year now, and finally we where able to find a used one for a good price. I had to drive an hour to see it but it was worth it. It is a little Giant still air incubator with automatic egg turner. After letting it run for a few hour to make sure we could regulate the temperature properly, we loaded it with eggs last night. Now we play the waiting game, most say you can begin to see the embryo around 3-7 days so we wait. We are incubating 17 chicken eggs that are due to hatch in October, 21 days from today. These birds are destined for the freezer, hopefully by around thanksgiving they will be around 3.5 to 4 pounds which is the perfect size for the freezer.

New (to us anyway) Incubator

This winter, say around mid to late February, we will incubate another round of chicks to sell to the public. I found a farmer in our area that raises royal palm turkeys, as soon as i can come up with where to put them i want to buy three of them, a tom and two hens, we will also incubate turkey eggs next spring, these too will be mostly freezer fodder except for one or two to add back into the breeding program. So as you can see we have lots of plans for this piece of equipment. Thanks for reading our blog, and God Bless