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green   woods   nichols  kimberly ??   any of this mean anything ? eggsactally !  NEVER doubt Da Fat Kid.

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Originally Posted by Chicken Rustler 

green   woods   nichols  kimberly ??   any of this mean anything ? eggsactally !  NEVER doubt Da Fat Kid.

You would never find me via kimberly lane.  Woods is one over too many. Nichols is getting closer...but many will get side tracked with the winery.  LOL.  Look for Miller.  Miller/Nichols - now you are even closer.

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Originally Posted by pettec63 

Ok peeps!! I am having one hell of a time keeping the LG on temp!! It either fluctuates to 98 and 102!!!  The room temp is about 74 degrees and I put the fan in it!  It is driving me crazy!!  I am so worried!!  I go into lock down on Sunday!! What advice do the veteran LG peeps have on getting this thing to regulate and what tips do you have for lockdown??  I just do not want to lose these eggs!! 

So it has a fan right and the humidity is what? I know once I set mine it stays put or pretty close until the chicks start hatching. There is a LG tricks thread maybe you sould search for it and you can see what they all do. Im sorry Im not more help, could you also wrap it lightly with a towel to help steady it. I did that once when I had it in a room with a draft.

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Originally Posted by pettec63 

Yes put fan where is was recommended and by the holes the only place it would go, I have a digital therm going down the vent hole at egg level and I have the (not sure what a wafer therm is)  therm that came with it, ( looks like the glass kind) on top the eggs, for the most part the digital and conventional therm have been pretty close in temp. I knew cooler is better but, if it's dropping to 95 or 96 which it has on  several occasions ??  Ok, well I will see if I can find another non digital to put in there too!!

Thank you!!  

Dont trust the one that came with the LG they are C

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Originally Posted by pettec63 

Yes put fan where is was recommended and by the holes the only place it would go, I have a digital therm going down the vent hole at egg level and I have the (not sure what a wafer therm is)  therm that came with it, ( looks like the glass kind) on top the eggs, for the most part the digital and conventional therm have been pretty close in temp. I knew cooler is better but, if it's dropping to 95 or 96 which it has on  several occasions ??  Ok, well I will see if I can find another non digital to put in there too!!

Thank you!!  

Dont trust the one that came with the LG they are C

OH oh

 Here is the LG tricks site

http://www.backyardchickens.com/t/601352/little-giant-incubator-tricks

It gives tips on them good luck

Moved most of my babies from the back room to the coop today.  They are about 6 weeks old and bursting out of the brooder.  I set up an X pen for them with 2 heat lamps.  I have done this every year for 8 years and still think they will be too cold.  I even brought the 2 smallest back into the house for the night.  Maybe I will move them out again tomorrow. 

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Originally Posted by cflaming 

Moved most of my babies from the back room to the coop today.  They are about 6 weeks old and bursting out of the brooder.  I set up an X pen for them with 2 heat lamps.  I have done this every year for 8 years and still think they will be too cold.  I even brought the 2 smallest back into the house for the night.  Maybe I will move them out again tomorrow. 

 

 

I put my 8 little ones out in the garage-coop a few days ago. They were just getting too big to be in the brooder that I had in the living room. I'm sure that 7 are pullets and 1 Silver Laced Wyandotte I'm 99% sure is a roo. Now that they are all out with the mature hens and the 3 mallards, the roo is starting to learn some manners. 

I know that I have violated the normal protocols of introducing new chicks to an established flock. On the other hand, I've been checking on them closely and I've found no sign  of stress or chill. 

Today, 5 of the 8 chicks came out in the run to join the big girls. Even the mallard ducklings were out to enjoy the evening sun. Ducklings and chicks are from a Feb. 27th hatch. So about 5 weeks old now and doing well on their own.  I do still have a red heat lamp and a white 75w bulb in the coop in case they want to get warm.

Would four week old chicks be okay in the house without heat? It's about sixty degrees in my laundry room.