Recent content by mimigwen

Hi gang, I've aquired an old Phoenix 6010 incubator intended for hatching Emu and Ostrich eggs (apparently) that needs some fine tuning and replacement parts to get it working correctly. I'm having trouble getting the temps to stabilize, and apparently the rheostat is shot. Does anyone have...

Hi there, Long story but I took in 2 hens and a rooster that the current owner thought were polish top hats, but that I believe are silkies, since they are soft feathered and not hard feathered birds. I'll try to post some pics tomorrow--anyway, this owner temporarily had them in with his...

FYI chick is the same size the other shick from the same hen (3 different hens contributed <G>), and seems to be walking around, pooping and pecking just fine... Not sure how to post a picture if I don't have it published. I took some on the camera and have them uploaded from the computer--can...

We hatched our first batch of chicks today with our incubator. Of the 6, 4 hatched easily, one died in the shell, fully formed--after pecking a good sized hole in the egg The remaining chick (hatched 5 out of 6) has an umbilical cord, which 12 hours or so after hatching has dried up and is...

Hi there, we are relatively new to bird ownership, have 13 guineas and 5 chickens: 1 EE rooster, 1 EE hen, 1 buff Orpington, and 2 mixes, and set 6 eggs from everyone but the EE hen (sigh) in our new (used ) incubator on Saturday. Temp holding at 99, vacillated to 100 here and there in our...