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    humidity graphing discrepancies

    I always prefer to monitor humidity by graphing weight loss, and usually I try to put only one type of egg in each incubator. This time I had to put 3 kinds together in my Sportsman. The Muscovy and guinea eggs are spot-on, but the chicken eggs are losing humidity at a far-too rapid (yes...
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    Sportsman turner

    I have an old Sportsman cabinet incubator with the automatic turner. It turns all the time - and it does it much faster than my tabletop incubators (which can't even be noticed). Back and forth, back and forth. Is this normal? Is there a way to adjust the turner so that it moves more gradually...
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    GQF cabinet incubators 1266 and 1270

    I was recently given one each of the above incubators; the 1270 is set up as a hatcher. They have been barn-stored for years. I'm planning a thorough Clorox wash, but I also would like to know if there is a way to fumigate them so that the areas I can't reach are also sterilized. Any ideas?
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    Graphing egg humidity/weight loss

    I've been using the system of weighing and charting a 13% weight loss over the incubation period, and I like its accuracy. I have had a problem that seems to throw everything off, though. When one of the 6 or 7 eggs I'm using as the control weights turns out to be a clear, do you remove it from...
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    Super-sized Guinea egg

    Look what one of my guineas left today -- it's 67 grams, compared to the regular-sized ones at 45 grams. I think I'll add it to my next hatch and see if it hatches a Super Guinea.
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    Weighing hatching eggs

    I would like to monitor the humidity/air sac growth by the weight method. The only scales I've found that read in grams (kitchen and postage scales) only read in 1 gram increments. I'm pretty sure folks must use scales that read to a more detailed point. Can anyone who is doing this successfully...
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    Humidity issues -- hygrometers go wonky

    I have calibrated all my various hygrometers, and they are fine in ambient air. As soon as I put them into my incubators, they read all over the place. For example, I have 3 hygrometers in my Genesis 1588 right now which are all calibrated. The two Reptile analog units read 43% and 52%; the...
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    Small early hatch -- might others still hatch?

    These eggs aren't due to hatch until the 10th, but two keets popped out day before yesterday. Nothing since then. When a hatch starts that early, should all the eggs be early, or might the others still go "full term?" How strung out have folks had successful guinea hatches? It seems odd that the...
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    "Season's Keetings" to all!

    First keet of the season hatched this morning:
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    "Season's Keetings!"

    First keet of the season............
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    Water wigglers

    OK, I've searched all over at the usual suspect stores (Wal-Mart, Dollar Store, etc.), and I cannot find water wigglers. They are on eBay and at Amazon, but the shipping cost makes them a lot more costly than they should be. Any ideas?
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    Bad heat spike - would floating tell me status?

    I had a bad heat spike last night of 114* and possibly higher. My guinea eggs are 3/4 of the way through the incubation period. If they all died, I'd just as soon empty the incubator and start over instead of waiting another week to see if there was some sort of "survival miracle" for any of...
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    Heat sinks

    I'm filling plastic Easter eggs with sand to use as heat sinks in an incubator. For those who have done this, do you scatter the heat sinks around the 'bator, stagger them next to eggs. or just put them all in one location?
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    Using Brinsea 'bator with Hovabator as hatcher

    I absolutely love the precision of my Brinsea Octagon 20 EX, but the reality is that it's pretty darned small for hatching out a full complement of eggs. I got a Hovabator 1602 without turner (will be adding my own fan), thinking to use it strictly for lockdown and hatch. But now I'm worried...
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    Brinsea Octagon 20 Advance and Temperature

    My new Octagon 20 Advance (no pump) finally arrived, and I'm impressed with what appears to be its easy digital control. After stablization, it held a constant 99.6 from the factory. I lowered it to 99.5, and it continued to hold well. After adding my 21 guinea eggs, I decided to put in the two...
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    Wrong feed..........

    I just bought 100# of starter for my 6 week olds (pullets), but the store loaded the wrong stuff into my truck. AFTER opening it, I found that I have 21% protein instead of 16-18%. Is it OK to feed them this "as is," or should I mix with scratch to lower the protein content? Many thanks for any...
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