It's been very hard to hatch bobwhite in my incubator, and I'm wondering if my fan might be blowing air to fast (not right into the chicks/eggs, but the air "bounces" around and obviously ends up sucking moisture from the chicks).
I'm using a computer fan (12v), anyone know if it is to fast...
My bobwhite eggs, develop very good, but then they can't get out of the shell. They can't rupture the membrane, they just do a little crack the shell, then I need to go and crack the shell for them. It appears to me that the air chamber is too small so the run out of oxygen to keep going.
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I am desperate because for the second year I'm trying to hatch bobwhites and I can't.
Last year, my breeders were 1 year old and in their first breeding season so I blamed the lack of fertility on that.
Now they are 2 years old, and all the eggs are fertile, BUT the chicks die.
The first egg...
After he crows (I think it is when he breaths in) he makes a sound almost like if he has a sore/clogged throat, I have search for video of a rooster that made the same sound and found this video, (listen carefully after the crow) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wEZUY_iDGZ0#t=10s
Does anyone know...
I intend to increase the genetic diversity of my flock, so I plan to go around town and buy some fertile eggs from local farmers/breeders/keepers.
My main concern, and the reason why I am posting, is that I fear I might bring diseases to my flock.
So the question is, does anyone know if there...
This is the incubator I made last summer for my coturnix and bob's eggs.
The incubator is completely computer controlled, the PCB has a microprocessor running software written by me, and I have control over any parameter.
Features:
-Two point temperature measuring;
-LCD + 2 monostable switch +...
Can anyone identify the name of the first song in this video? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pH6iWtBalCY
The music says something like (please don't laugh, probably i'm wrong) "There ain't no Joe, Samantha..."
"If global warming is CO based then we should be trying to stop volcanoes from erupting, one of those puts out more green house gases than every internal combustion engine ever made all together. "
Lately, I had read this so many times in websites that I decided to search for the truth, and...
I have 15 eggs due to hatch today, I candled them to check if they are all dark like I read they should be, and to my surprise the tip (not the round one where is the air sac) of the egg is transparent with some veins and some red bigger than veins stains. Is that normal?
I have one turkey that always had his left cheek a little bit swollen, but three weeks ago his right cheek also started to swell, and now both are swollen and red. Does anyone know what can be?
Had to put his head in the netting to get a good picture, because he wouldn't stop for a second.
I have a homemade forced air incubator, and I'm having problems measuring the temp.
I have two thermometers, both placed at the same level as the eggs, one with a regular tip, the other inside a dummy egg filled with water.
The regular one reads ~96.26F, the dummy egg thermometer reads ~104F...
I recently made one incubator, but although it has a PC fan I'm having an hard time keep all places of the incubator at the same temp. Would be a problem to have places in the incubator at 98.7F and some at 100F?