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    Incubator Thermometers Recommendations

    I'm on my second incubation with quail. In everything that I've learned and studied and done, this is the only thing that confuses me and pisses me off. With all of our technology how is it that I cannot find an accurate thermometer? And why should I have to calibrate one? The thermometers I...
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    Need advise quickly

    His belly has no problems at all. I didn't separate him because there wasn't too much of a problem with pecking. There was only one chick that would occasionally peck at him, but I haven't seen any pecking for about 24 hours. Here's a cool story: The last one to hatch was super small and was...
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    Need advise quickly

    Thanks for sharing, that's good to know. I had four quail hatch yesterday with foot/leg problems due to temperature being off during incubation. One of them is fine now, which is amazing. Maybe I should have waited longer before culling the others because they were eating/drinking. This was my...
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    Starting an Arduino DIY incubator project

    Thanks for sharing. I love it because it provides a meaningful project for me to learn coding. Definitely going to use this to help me get into it.
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    Should I assist?!

    All of the eggs hatched yesterday in an 8 hour window. Thanks for letting me know it could be temporary. I was about to cull them but decided to wait. One of them DID get better and now he's walking fine (one of the gnarled feet ones). The others were just struggling so much, and one more was...
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    Incuview -- Shut Down

    Twelve chicks hatched. Three had to be culled because of foot/leg problems that were related to the Farm Innovator not holding accurate temperature/humidity. One died a few hours after hatching for no apparent reason (it was walking then collapsed. I waited about ten seconds then picked it up...
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    Should I assist?!

    I have three quail that just hatched whose legs are not right. Two of them have gnarled feet and the other has legs that spread out and he cannot stand.
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    Which incubator?

    I'm new to incubating but I spent weeks researching incubators and based off of that and Jack Spirko's recommendation I bought the Incuview. Nine days into incubating the power supply burned out and I ran to the store and bought Farm Innovator's 4200, which is a terrible product because it...
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    Starting an Arduino DIY incubator project

    I don't have any suggestions but want to say that I am impressed. I've been wanting to get into Arduino so when my boys are old enough I can teach them programming. What an awesome project! Definitely would like codes/part list/pictures. Keep us updated.
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    Power Outage May Be Expected... [A Bit Urgent]

    Last week my Incuview power supply blew out during day 9 of my quail incubation (Incubator Warehouse sent out a new power supply, arrived today). I had 41 quail eggs in my incubator. It was my first time incubating. I put in so much money, research and work into them that when I realized my...
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    Incubating Shipped Eggs

    As for not turning after day 14, here is a quote I saved from another thread: "You've turned them adequately for the first 11 days and that is very positive. This is when the embryo needs turning most of all, to help the blood vessels grow throughout the egg and to prevent the small embryo and...
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    Incuview -- Shut Down

    I called Incubator Warehouse and told customer service rep what happened. I told him I could send him a picture but he said that wasn't necessary. He apologized and said another power supply is being sent. I asked him if this has happened before to other customers and he said yes.
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    Best thermometer and hydrometer

    I don't have any suggestions but I'd like to know if anyone else does. I've read about sixty or seventy reviews for different ones on Amazon and it seems like there aren't very good options. It seems like most people have 3 of each because no one trusts them and apparently none of them are...
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    Incuview -- Shut Down

    After months of reading about raising and hatching quail and building a 3ft x 11ft 2-tiered home for them, I am sad to report that my incubator died 9 days into my first batch of quail. I was using Incubator Warehouse's Incuview. Everything had been working well. Temperature and humidity...
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