My trusty ReptiPro 6000 died, and the ReptiPro company is no more, I guess. I ordered a new Vevor 25L incubator, which is basically the same thing.
But.
It's missing the VERY important cord notches that the ReptiPro had (see pictures below, the temp probes placed in the water weasels exit the...
Since 2008 we've been webcasting our annual spring chicken egg hatch, called Chickam. While every year seems to have some kind of dumb drama with the hatch, this year was a whopper.
The big one was due to an accident with the incubator racks, all of the eggs and equipment took a very bad fall on...
I'm looking for recommendations for a temperature alarm I can use with my ReptiPro incubator. The alarm should have a probe that goes inside the incubator, and I'd *like* to get one accurate to +/- one degree, and can track drops/spikes in temperature. I see lots of charting thermometers that...
Just noticed The Easy Chicken site run by Scott Shilala is gone, and I think has been gone for quite a while. Anyone know what happened to it, or if it moved?
Our web broadcast of our hatch has begun!
http://www.ustream.tv/channel/chickam2008/theater
We've been web broadcasting, with sound, our annual hatch plus the following 8 weeks of the chick's lives since 2008. It's a lot of fun and has become very popular, especially with teachers & young...
We moved last year to a new home in the Eastern Sierra mountains of Nevada, our elevation is around 5000 feet. It also can be VERY dry here year round, and cold in the early Spring.
Last year we had some issues with using our good ol' Little Giant 9200 incubators--we have one still-air and...
Hello all, I'm a long-time crazy chicken lady, currently living in northern Nevada. I've had chickens most of my life and have done everything from raising, slaughtering and processing chickens for table, to keeping chickens for eggs and as awesome pets. I've had chicks hatch under broodies...