Recent content by phoenix912

It pipped yesterday morning and hadn't progressed by last night. So I pulled part of the shell rewet it and put it back. Checked on it tonight still no progress so I unstuck its wing. Its still peeping and trying to turn itself in the egg. Could it be from not losing enough moisture there is no...

The chick pipped below its aircell. The pip hole was crusty. I pulled enough shell off to unstuck the membrane of its beak. It was starting to shrink wrap. I made the hole big enough to get a qtip in there to rewet the membrane. I put the egg back and raised the humidity even higher. The...

Don't be so hard on yourself. I've been doing it for 2 years now and still cry when one dies. When I first started it was bad took lots of mistakes and changes to get it right. Sometimes I still have bad hatches. It's a matter of trial and error. Lots of tears and frustration. Then when they...

I am trying to get a small animal swap meet going for June 8th. It will be at the tractor supply store in Boonville Indiana. The meet would be from 10am to 2pm. They will put a ad in their weekly flyer for us. I need to make sure I have enough people interested in doing it. Please let me know if...

Lockdown is supposed to be just that but it also depends on your incubator and how comfortable you are about opening it. If the incubator recovers temp and humidity quickly and you have an emergency use your own judgment. Lot's of people will tell you not to open it lot's will tell you to go...

Do a search on little giant tips and tricks. Also do a search on dry incubation. That might be to much water. On a still air the temp should be higher I think 102. You can do a search on still air temps. Sorry I wasn't more help but those search terms should give you all the info you need.

This is what works for me where I live. I do dry incubation. That means I don't add water for the first 18 days. Where I live even a little water is to much. On lockdown I raise humidity up to 65. If you're humidity is to high first 18 days they don't lose enough moisture and drown. If humidity...

Look up a lady named Rosie316. Check out her byc profile and maybe send her a pm. She is more into ducks then chickens but might be a good fit. Sorry to hear about you're dad. Keep up the support for you're mom.

Do you still have the rabbit's? And would you be willing to meet somewhere? We are about 3 hours from you.

You can get a thermometer hygrometer combo from walmart. Even with adding water I would still try to keep the humidity around 30 to 40%. If you go to high on the humidity the first 18 days you can drown the chicks before they hatch. Do a search on airsac charts and how to candle. Hand turning...

More info on the make, type of incubator will help us answer better. Is it forced air or still air? Where do you have it set up? Do you have a thermometer and hygrometer? Are you going to try a dry hatch or wet hatch?

I have 2 LGs. They work once you get the hang of them. It took a few bad hatches to get it right. Do a search for lg tips and tricks. That thread has a lot of good info on LGs. Most people don't follow the instructions that comes with the LG. The temp needs to be at 99.5 the humidity depends on...

Ive never done a homemade incubator. Do a search on homemade ones there is lots of good info on making you're own. You need holes for air exchange and oxygen. The holes are going to change you're temp and humidity. Do the search and read up on it you will get way better advice that way. When the...

More info on you're incubator as far as brand or home made, if you have a auto turner. Info like that will make it easier for people to answer you're question.

I wouldn't turn the fan off. It helps keep the temp's steady. A lot of the styrofoam incubators drop a few degrees in the cooler hours. As long as its not for a long period of time it will be ok. As far as humidity on the last 3 days there's a lot of ways to bring it up. You can add wet...