My incubator is steady at 100 degree. I am so happy, hopefully it will be like this until I see the little chicks.
Thanks alot for the link above. I moved thermostat closer to the light bulb and it worked.
But then i had to turn the thermalstat very high, close to 125 degree to get 100 degree in...
I just built a new incubator to hatch the eggs.
But the temperature went up to 110 and down to 85. Is it safe?
Do I have to let the incubator running for a few days before the temperature start to get steady?
I try to put the fan on the right of the bulb.
after tried that with no success I...
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Thanks CityGirlintheCountry, I think i will follow this tutorial https://www.backyardchickens.com/web/viewblog.php?id=7562-The_GopherBator to make my own incubator. Do you have any suggestion? Should I buy one or make one? Also, I read that we should hatch the egg in 21 days, is that...
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Howdy Neighbor! I am in Hesperia, CA!!!! You can move the egg to the nest with no problem at all. I have some birds that simply prefer to lay wherever the thing drops. HAHAHA!
Hi Debiraymond, how many chickens do you have? Are you raising them for eggs or baby chicks?
I am a...
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Thanks alot Donrae. I want all the eggs become chicks . My mom doesn't want to eat the egg that my chicken laid because we want to have alot of baby chicks running around.
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Thanks Jane Jill Jack. I will follow your instruction to make one nestbox using wood for them. The the nesting material I read alot of folks here recommend shredding paper, so I may use that and mix with some of the dry grass.
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Thanks for the comment gryeyes. My dad and my Grandma said they will "brood" their eggs when there more eggs. They won't when theres only one. I don't know if its right or not. This is the first egg of my life