I'm interested in breeding my chucks this season and was wondering if anyone can give me some advice.Do they need to be in perfectly healthy?Is there specific temps?How do I incubate them?Any other info will be apreciated thanks.
-Skylar
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Breeding chucks?
snowfeet
Feb 02, 2009 09:37 PM
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NDokai
Feb 04, 2009 04:51 PM
Only good healthy chucks should be bred. This is especially important for the females, as breeding is much more of a strain on them.
Make sure they get lots of food, and good supplementation.
We incubate on vermiculite, 1.25 to 1 or 1 to 1 ratio of vermiculite to water by weight. We put the eggs into disposable plastic storage containers, and punch a few small ventillation holes in the lid or sides of the container. We incubate at 84-86 degrees F, but some breeders go higher. We also maintain high humidty in the incubator. At these temps, incubaton takes about 70-100 days.
There is a lot of info to cover, so if you have any specific questions, just ask.
Nick & Austin
ksterry
Feb 06, 2009 11:48 AM
Great advice on the temps! I incubated 8 eggs in a Hovabator and couldn't get the temp to go below 90 degrees. In 60-61 days, 8 babies hatched but 7 turned out to be males! That's not good! I finally messed around with the Hovabator and got the temp down to 88, but as I just put 5 eggs in the oven today, I'm going to lower it more, if at all possible. Who needs all those feisty guys?!?
