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Well, i bought a 50 egg automatic incubator a few months ago, and have been trying it out with chicken eggs from the farm before i set anything i have to pay money for.

 

Works really well, and is relatively simple. The first batch of eggs i did, were experimental and werent as fertile as i hoped, with only 1 hatching, his/her name is twinkle and is a week old.

 

Ive managed to get 50 partridge eggs for it for free of a gamekeeper mate, and may also do some pheasants. Currently i have 13 fertile chicken eggs (Candled) in which are due easter monday.

 

Alex

 

This is the incubator= http://i107.photobucket.com/albums/m317/fe...1/Incubator.jpg

This is a image of the little brooder hutch ive made for a few chicks= http://i107.photobucket.com/albums/m317/fe...inkleshouse.jpg

And this is Twinkle, the lone chick= http://i107.photobucket.com/albums/m317/fe...111/Twinkle.jpg

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Im very impressed with the incubator, so simple and cheap, and without the automatic turner can fit 80 eggs in it.

 

I will be rearing the birds i get out of it, the same way as ill be rearing the 500 pheasant chicks, using infra red electric 250w heat lamps.

 

Seemed to work well last year, so am hoping for the same success, cant afford anything too fancy and luckily a friend of mine had aload that i could use which he used to use to rear pigs.

 

I will be putting the other chicks with him i suspect when they hatch on easter, if he/she picks on them then i wont be though. Am hoping they arent as vicious as pheasants.

 

Alex

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