Mahonri's 3rd Annual, BYC Easter Hatch-a-long! - Page 927

Originally Posted by superchemicalgirl 

It would be worth the 850$ just to see you panic over a cabinet incubator twice a year.

 

Originally Posted by ronott1 

One time I was up on a shed roof repairing the steel panels and started hearing little 22 caliber rifle pops coming from the neighbor down the hill. I wan't too concerned until I started hearing these wizzing noises as the bullets started passing by.

 

22 bullets can travel a long ways.

 

I got off of that roof quickly and had a talk with the neighbor. Wasn't a problem since I had gone through grammar school and high school with the guy.

Originally Posted by Mahonri 

My small 24 egg one still doesn't have pips...

 

... I know, I know.. .it's only day 19.

 

But my 1588 has 6 chicks and 7 pips (as of 7AM this morning).... can't wait to go home for lunch and see how many chicks I have.

 

I've decided I'm naming my first pipped and fourth hatched brown Icelandic, "Slime"... When I take a pic of him, you'll understand... somehow it even has a strip of yellow/green chick poop across its back.

Originally Posted by Grumpypantsmomma 

Well the green egg that was peeing at me yesterday and moving is no longer moving, peeping nor is there an external pip! :( I believe the early bird has perished in its shell, no body is due til saturday So I am not expecting anything from anyone else, but i feel bad is it something I did ? the temp is a steady 101 in my still air incubator and the humidity is 60%, so why did one that was peeping and so active in it's shell up and die on me? I cannot and will not open the bator because I do not want to ruin the rest of the hatch, any guesses as to why the little one didn't make it? I am praying that it is just sound asleep but I highly doubt it it's been 12 hours since last peep and movement.

Originally Posted by The Sheriff 

Correction: I only paid $750 for the Brinsea cabinet incubator. The day after I ordered mine, the 190 model went up to $850 because they now have the "cooling mode" which allows you to set it so the heat goes off for short periods of time. I didn't care about that feature anyway so I am quite happy saving $100!  My four Cream Legbars due Saturday are in the hatching tray, 37 Icelandics, 1 Cream Legbar, and 9 Breda eggs are in the incubation trays on staggered hatch dates. My Brinsea Octagons are sold but I am keeping the Hovabator as a blow dry station for new chicks before they go into the brooder.

Originally Posted by mallory2013 

Ah all these early hatchers are killing me!! I don't see anything happening yet with my eggs By the way today is my 21st birthday and I got the bet present ever - a 101 on my organic chemistry exam!!!

Originally Posted by ragerkid2 

Nothing happening yet here eathier. I am a day ahead of you guys so I was hoping for somthing by now. I think my temps were a bit low during incubation. What scares me is when they went into lockdown the temp at the bottom of the batoe was 95/96 but I didn't touvhppch it for two hours because I had the top off for a good 5 minutes and wanted it to warm up. But it didn't. So I gave it a little turn NAND went to bed. I woke up the next morning with it at 96/97 so I turned it up again and it finally went up to 99/100. I took probably a good 24 hours for me to get the humidity up to 68-70%. I hope I didn't kill them.

Originally Posted by Arielle 

Temps running low is not as much of an issue as high temps!  Keep up the good work-- a few more days of h---- and the peeps will be here. Waiting is difficult.