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  1. ToxicLily

    Homemade Incubator

    Its in the first post all chicks were still alive today but the second bulb burned out. U put a thick blanket on top while i went to buy a replacement. I sent complaints to ge for defective bulbs. Eggs are in the incu and i will be checking when temperature rises. Im not riskin further heat...
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    Help I think my hen is broody!!!

    :o We have similar due dates then! My eggs are expected to hatch around June 5-7 Good luck!
  3. ToxicLily

    Homemade Incubator

    More bad news, came home incubator was still running, then when i checked 30 mins later the bulb had gone out. I replaced the bulb but I dont know if it affected the eggs. Edit: They are all still alive yay! :D Candled them, made kissy noises (not on the egg shell but loud enough so theyd...
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    Chicken math

    You're not crazy! When the avian flu decimates all the factory chickens and eggs, who is going to be the one laughing? That's right, you! :D
  5. ToxicLily

    Homemade Incubator

    Ay Ay Ay! Yesterday I had to accompany mom to the store, so I left my sister in charge of the incubator. Apparently she forgot she put a piece of cardboard on top of the lid to correct the low temp she had percieved. :( From the remaining 21 eggs I had suspected 3-4 were already dead. So that...
  6. ToxicLily

    Help I think my hen is broody!!!

    At least we know now that she does poop. :D
  7. ToxicLily

    Homemade Incubator

    The reason I said maybe is that the shell is too thick to see through. I would hope that if they are alive then it should become more apparent in the next few days if not out they go. Mom's very excited that Cookie's egg is developing. She's a Brahma and theres a chance that our duccle is the...
  8. ToxicLily

    Homemade Incubator

    Alright so update time! Today being day 7 (assuming when i set is counted as day 1) I candled the eggs. Two eggs had nothing in it, no vein, no floating anything they were i guess unfertile. From the remaining eggs about 3-4 of them might be dead. The rest seemed healthy alive and some were...
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    Help I think my hen is broody!!!

    I wonder if shes holding it in. I know my girl Chicky would hold it in until i manually removed her to go poop but id have to time it so no more than 2 mins would pass and leave the eggs covered with the edge of a towel she was sitting on so as to minimize temperature loss. :l Idk what to tell...
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    Help I think my hen is broody!!!

    Any news? :/
  11. ToxicLily

    Help I think my hen is broody!!!

    Chicky (my hen who was broody last year) would refuse to leave the nest when i let her ou 1 time per day to poop. So I would have to physically lift her n take her to the front yard where there was a dirt patch. I would time myself to only allow one to two minutes (i also would leave the eggs...
  12. ToxicLily

    How to count the hatching days

    Omg they are adorable! *-* I wanna pet them.
  13. ToxicLily

    DISINFECTING HATCHING EGGS

    My sister took a slightly moist napkin and removed some of the mess on top of the eggs. She did not clean all of them as it was unnecessary to clean all. The ones she did clean either had egg yolk (a chicken decided to eat an adjacent egg when we caught it), chicken poop (probably from the same...
  14. ToxicLily

    How to count the hatching days

    Under my natural broody hens in the past they were born on days 22-26 (two diff hens) first hand experience a year and 3 years prior. It is my first time trying to incubate them manually and so I will be looking for signs of pipping days 20 and onward.
  15. ToxicLily

    Homemade Incubator

    Alright todays 2nd turning update: So I saw that the digital thermometer was reading 107 (it might be because of how close it was to the light bulb oopsies) I took the child oral thermometer and placed it on the eggs to take a reading. It said 101.6 which coincides with the traditional...
  16. ToxicLily

    Homemade Incubator

    The traditional one on top of the eggs says 100 and the digital one to the side says 101. I have a digital child thermometer so I could try using that but im not sure what it should read from a direct egg.
  17. ToxicLily

    Homemade Incubator

    So it stayed at a constant 101f over night. I couldnt sleep n kept getting up to look. :D I noticed there were cold air pockets though. I have lined the walls with aluminum foil hopefully it reduces the pockets. Also what should temperature be when read on top of the egg shell area?
  18. ToxicLily

    Homemade Incubator

    Fertile eggs from my hens and roo, will be hand turning them. i marked their shells so I know if i turned. I had it running for about 5 or 6 hours and checked it every 30 mins thats how I know when it got stable. I checked it just now its 101.4
  19. ToxicLily

    Homemade Incubator

    Will do. It seems to fluctuate between 101 and 102 but will not go above 102. I put lots of newspaper between the plastic and the cardboard boxes.I also place in a low mug with small amount of water as it had 32% humidity and brought it up to 48 % (I read it as a 45% needed on one source and 50%...
  20. ToxicLily

    I have a problem

    Odd, when I hit 24 or 25 posts it suddenly allowed me to post my ad. You can lock this now or something. Thank you for reading. :)
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