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If your eggs begin to hatch early you have the temp too high. If they begin to hatch too late your temp is too low. There are so many variables to incubation. Temperature is not as critical as most people think. A degree either way will usually only affect the time of hatch although the ideal...

Infrared thermometers are emissivity dependent. The more emissive the surface the closer to the actual temperature it reads, the lower the emissivity of the surface the less accurate the infrared thermometer is. Most infrared thermometers you are able to calibrate the emissivity, but you must...

Egg level temperature is most important. you must have two thermometers in your incubator since the higher temp should always be in the higher levels. Heat rises!! One or both of your thermometers is out of calibration.

Forgot to tell you to use water in the lower half of the double boiler. It is important not to cover the boiler as this will raise the pressure which raises the boiling temperature of the alcohol. Open air boiling the temperature will stay the same until all alcohol is boiled out. This should be...

you can calibrate a thermometer by boiling alcohol in a double boiler. Alcohol boils at 100 degrees. You have to be careful to not let the alcohol fumes come in contact with the flames as it is flammable. DO NOT COVER THE BOILER. You bring it to a boil with the thermometer in the alcohol then...

Cuckoo is barred without the gene for slow feathering and lies on the male chromosome. So to produce cuckoo offspring you would need a male cuckoo over a black hen. Otherwise you would require a couple of extra years just to get a female with cuckoo. Breeding brother and sister can be tricky...

I have never heard of there being any genes being stronger from the male or female. There are genes that are contained on the male chromosome, ie silver, barred, etc., but both male and female contribute equally to the offspring. True, the male has two male chromosomes, while the female has one...

You have to start with good genes to breed quality birds. I would not buy "show quality", but would buy the best quality breeders. "Show quality" does not guarantee good breeders.

I use a combination of broodies and incubator. The incubator is for extra eggs ( some breeds do not brood). I have also developed a breed that is a superior broodie and mama hen. They are also good foragers. Only problem they love to hide their nest in the most unexpected places. Also taming...

An old cock fighter I knew would take a Silkie rooster and place him over his best broody game hen to produce exceptional broodies. Produces birds with longer and more open feathers than the game, less tendency to be aggressive than the game, and still retain most of the instincts of the game.

Make her a small cage in the pen around her nest so she can get off and eat and drink and bathe (dust bath). The less room the better so she doesn't have to leave the eggs very long. She does not want or need company.

Very young hens will sometimes do this, also if a chick hatches with a deformity some hens will kill it or abandon it. A young hen with her first hatch sometimes thinks the chick is trying to steal her eggs and will attack it. Usually by the time she broods the second time she won't do this...

Probably low temp in incubator. Chicken eggs should start pipping on the 20th day and most hatch by the 21st. nearly always have some stragglers. But all should hatch within 48 hours of first pip. Reason for late hatchers could be getting cold. Sometimes chicks will still hatch if the egg gets...

Not all Serama hatch at day 18. I was told that when I got my first Serama about 15 years ago. But I found out they hatch about like other small bantams. If your temp is on the hot side (half a degree or more) they will hatch sooner. If your temp is on the low side (half a degree or more) they...

Go study your genetics.

The best way to learn about hatching eggs is to watch a broody hen. She is a pro.

The only reason to stop turning the eggs with a turner is to prevent the chick from getting caught in the turning action.