Posts by bird-brain

Congrats to everyone who has hatched so far!!!!!!!!! I am expecting my hatch tomorrow. My temps got STUPID in my bator yesterday. We had a mare lose a foal (he presented ears first and nothing we or the vet did could get him out in...

Mine at about a week old will stop going under on the lowest setting. If I can say I have an issue with it, it would be that they seem to at every cycle reach a point that is in between the available height settings. I use wash cloths...

That HOT. Was yours that hot from day one. Geesh I wish I could type. I am at 71 degrees in their room. (My bathroom.).

Was yours that hit from day one or did the element just keep vetting hotter as time went by? Mine is hot to my fingers. Uncomfortably so but the chicks are not bothered by it. Sometimes they are under it, sometimes they pile up in a...

My first batch is due to hatch on 5/10. It's a small hatch of 8 eggs. Day 7 showed all eggs fertile. Day ten showed good development. I have another 12 that I candled at 5 days. They are due the 17th. All fertile. I am hopeful....

Just thought I would post my experience with the ecoglow as I have seen a few complaints about some things. First of all, the unit is really not effective with ambient temps of less than 50 degrees F. The manufacturer specifies this. ...

I'm in ! Just set 9 eggs yesterday, all LF/SF. This is my first hatch and I am super nervous. I have a broody on another 8. Had another seven under a broody that hatched one but it didn't make it through the night. Keeping fingers...

Thanks! One question that I have about going to the incubator is that I have no way of knowing how old these eggs are so when to increase humidity and go on lockdown would be a craps shoot. I'm interested to know if there is a protocol...

Hi guys, I have a question. A couple of my hen went broody (LFSF). What started as a four egg nest grew exponentially because Buffy was stealing eggs AND other semi broody girls were laying in it. Hatch date for the first four came...

Quote: Originally Posted by mame1616    Ah - forgot about that one!  I had something similar happen in the early spring of last year.  I didn't think anything of them not laying eggs, but I was...