Posts by walkswithdog

Thomas is due, but I expected him late, between the two day power failure and the overheating I have been sortmof figuring him for around day23. He kicked while I was checking him and rolling the others. Here's hoping for wee Thomas,...

Thomas, my last survivor from my busted hatch, should hatch tomorrow or the next day. With luck. He's from a hatch that first lost power the first week, then were fried (113) five days later due to a failed thermostat due to power surge....

More than half the mad hatchers batch are showing life! We've got development in even some of the worst eggs . I'll probably have to help a few due to dryness but that's one of the hazards of playing with old eggs. Over heated eggs...

He's torn the residual yolk sac on his way out. It happens. If you can close or clot the wound, some make it, some don't. They're often slower to grow and need extra support to do well. The residual yolk provides energy for growth,...

Let em warm up for 24 hours then candle. Late stage abandonment can be fatal but often isn't. If you don't try, you won't know. Impossible is for nature/God to decide. Kept warm for 24/36 hours, they will either show life or prove to...

GO SMUDGENATOR,:

Generally your hatch rates severely decline after more than a few weeks of refrigeration. Less so for long term cool counter storage. But to the poster who said anything over ten days ..just throw it out? You can clean the brooders...

No picture yet.  Mine's a Winkubator.  Don't bother looking it up, it's a homemade wine fridge incubator.  Total cost about 60 bucks, bought myself an expensive reptile digital thermometer and thermostat when my cheaper...

Sorry no one answered you, and yay you for finding an answer and posting it!  I always hand turn, so I couldn't help you out.  I've never had a turner. So my answer would have been useless.  You did the right thing and...

No, I haven't used those.  But will answer the difference question.  Still air incubators rely on a layer of air the right temperature to hatch eggs.  It lays on the eggs and allows them to develop, forced air relies on...