Old School Wooden Incubator!

Hey everyone, a few of you that follow me here know that I am in the Poultry business. We import plastic incubators from China which are modular, lightweight, designed well, cost effective and work efficiently, However....

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Back in the day incubators for the breeding of fowl used to be done like this and it still is, on a smaller scale though!

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One of my clients came here to purchase eggs from me and had this in his car. Very well made however, there are a few issues. Namely Incubators are bacteria breeding grounds, an unvarnished unit is really not a good idea as it will not last and cleaning it an impossibility. The client will need to treat this before incubation!

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This is a manual unit, which means the eggs are not automatically turning, which can be a little of an issue when there is no one present to turn the unit. This was made by an old man who does this part time as a hobby and all albeit all that, was rather impressed with the build quality.

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The plastic units we import from China are lightweight, automatic, energy efficient and render 80% hatch rates and above, Generally around 80% or more is considered a good hatching rate! These manual units heavy not the most efficient and hatch rates generally not that good. Old School VS New School!

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Below a pic of the control unit. Very simple hygrometer (humidity meter) and thermometer. Three important factors whilst hatching chicks, Correct Temperature, Humidity as well as eggs needing to be turned atleast 5 times a day, Simulating how the mother Hen does it.

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The poultry business in Africa is rather large, now all I need to is make my millions. LOL!

I trust you have an amazing week and with Crypto looking a little better why not?

Be blessed!
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