Posts by ZooNana

Well I got the Jumbo/Super egg cartons from eggcartons.com today.  My duck eggs don't quite fit so I have to use rubber bands to hold them shut.  They aren't horrible but I'd much rather have the real cartons......

I've still been looking and called everywhere, even the distributor of the ones I had.  The distributor says they hope to have some in several months, but that's several months too late for me.   I haven't had the money...

There's no ballpark figure on how long it takes.  Some take a few minutes, some a whole day. I notice they get faster after there's a chick in the brooder "cheering them on".   hennyandpenny, you can leave the chicks in...

Quote: Originally Posted by stevearino  Today is day 21 for me, and its about over, and so far nothing from my 2 eggs that made it to lockdown.  I'm close to calling it mission failure and moving on to the next...

I hatch at around 60%.  It's so dry here in Colorado it's hard for me to get it much higher.  

  Quote: Originally Posted by Kathryn4629  Oh golly I have a PIP finally!!!!!      I was starting to think that I wasn't going to have any chicks...

I agree with opening to add warm water fast.  There should be no problem with it.  I'm opening my incubator often to remove pipped eggs to move to the camera hatching area.  I've done this with many hatches over many...

I have 2 chicks out and one more egg pipped, 20 more to go after that.  http://www.ustream.tv/channel/chaim-tov

  Quote: Originally Posted by stevearino  I only have 2 eggs left (out of 7) that made it to lockdown.  I'm afraid to open my LG styrofoam incubator because I've heard that the open air can shrink wrap the...

I hear chirping in the incubator and have one egg pipping.  I'm broadcasting my hatch online  http://www.ustream.tv/channel/chaim-tov