Incubators Anonymous - Page 275

Was soooooooo amazingly close to picking them up.  Grrrrrrrr...... Dumb Long Beach laws.  I really wanted some more eggs, but alas I didn't get them.  My lockdown for the eggs won in the raffle is Thursday and with any luck we'll have another 10.  We have 2 in the yard, and 12 in the laundry room..... plus 10, yes...24.  Now, not a big deal if you live somewhere else, but Long Beach?  We're allowed ...................wait for it...........................................one.

well, i had 2 coturnix quail due today (the roo's last). got a brown and a gold.  8)

i've got an assortment of ee/dorking cross, mille/partridge and black/self blue bantam cochins, 4 welsummer, all due tomorrow and a turkey due friday.

well, so far (as of an hour ago) i had 1 ee out, and 1 mille/partridge cochin out, 2 black/sb 2 ee and 1 more mille pipped...  wow. these guys are early!

usually they're right on time or a bit late.

 for my first ever turkey, and some wellies to go with the one little girl (i hope) i already have. oh and SELF BLUE! pray for blue. the parents are split but haven't got one yet.

Who woulda thought?  The incubator I gave up on?  I now have hatching chicks.  At least 4 or 5.  I guess with the temps lower than they should have been almost contstantly, they are just hatching out a couple of days later than they should.  I'm really surprised.  Has this happened to anybody else?  I can hear peeping in a couple of the eggs, and a couple more are rolling from side to side. 

Maybe the LG isn't that bad.  Or maybe it gets easier the more you do it.  At least now I have a baseline to go by.

Thanks for all the replies.

Darla

Quote:

Originally Posted by DMRippy 

Spoken like an IA member But you still need to regulate the temps.  Can you get a new thermostat?

Originally Posted by Darlagips

I am giving up on the Little Giant incubators. My first batch - not one hatched. Second batch - the darn incubator keeps spiking temps off and on. I gave up and ordered a Brinsea Octagon 20 ex yesterday. I'm so disappointed.

Use your lg as a hatcher so you can keep adding eggs to the incubator!

Spoken like an IA member But you still need to regulate the temps. Can you get a new thermostat?

well, i had 2 coturnix quail due today (the roo's last). got a brown and a gold.  8)

i've got an assortment of ee/dorking cross, mille/partridge and black/self blue bantam cochins, 4 welsummer, all due tomorrow and a turkey due friday.

well, so far (as of an hour ago) i had 1 ee out, and 1 mille/partridge cochin out, 2 black/sb 2 ee and 1 more mille pipped...  wow. these guys are early!

usually they're right on time or a bit late.

 for my first ever turkey, and some wellies to go with the one little girl (i hope) i already have. oh and SELF BLUE! pray for blue. the parents are split but haven't got one yet.

Ok, this has nothing to do with poultry but today I became a grama!!!!

if anyone said a prayer for the self blues, THANK YOU ! ! ! ! !  bantam cochin btw...  if you didn't guess. LOL