I've tried various humidity levels just to get it to kick on or off. Doesn't seem to matter. I got a hold of Brinsea and they said it sounds like it is a problem with the control panel of the incubator - which I disagree with because the incubator is working fine alone. I convinced them to let...
The incubator beeps rapidly for about 20 seconds when I unplug the pump, but then works normally.
When the pump starts beeping it beeps continuously with a few seconds between each beep. It flashes Brinsea v1.9. I am at home right now so I don't have a picture of it at the moment as the...
I have an octagon 20 and just got a new brinsea advance humidity pump. When I get it all hooked up and turn the incubator back on it just keeps blinking the version number of the incubator and beeping. If I unplug it and plug it back in enough times I can get it to start up but when I go into...
I am hatching ducks right now and my ducks are typically pretty late hatchers. They may pip on day 28 but typically take until day 30 to really hatch. However it seems I have a super eager duck on my hands who is going to be out either at the very end of day 27 (today) or very early part of...
Oh no! I knew you weren't being a know-it-all. :) Just sharing what we have been doing. I may look into adding more niacin if it doesn't start improving though.
Oh and they do get bathtime daily. That is what the picture is from actually and then after that bath today they took another one in cleaner, deeper water since they had gotten this water so dirty lol.
They are currently eating Gamebird/Showbird food that has some niacin in it. Plus I have been doing alternating the Sav-a-Chick electrolytes with the Sav-a-Chick probiotics. The farm we got our eggs from also has khaki campbells so this one could be mixed with that. Maybe it is a khaki...
We have week old ducklings that are doing really well but we have one Rouen mix that keeps getting increasingly bald on his back. He had just small spots before so I assumed he was just growing too fast for his feathers and it would cover up, but it seems to be getting worse and not better. It...
I would take the incubator with me for the weekend, but unfortunately since they are in lockdown they are way too fragile to move. They roll around like crazy in the octagon incubator.
So we are hatching chicks in our third grade classroom. Due to tornadoes and severe weather in our area this past weekend we lost power for about 2 1/2 hours. The chicks went in lock down the next morning. They were DUE to hatch yesterday, but due to the temperature drop they are a little...
Hello breeders,
I am looking for someone that would be kind enough to donate 24 chicken eggs to my class to hatch. I am willing to pay for shipping, but I am not sure I can afford to buy eggs this year as I have in the past. We are looking for chicken eggs and we are located in Iowa so...
Well I heard there was a second baby that had been blown away as well. (It is INCREDIBLY windy here in Iowa today). So I went outside to put the two babies together at least. I couldn't find the other baby, but I did find the parents. So I put the baby out in the middle of the play area...
An associate at my school just brought me a baby kildeer that was abandoned by the playground. (Or so she thinks.) I have been in contact with the local university vet school and they said I could bring it there, but it would be best if I could get it back outside. If I do it now, the...
I forgot to bring my cupcake liners to school today so I was attempting to make paper towel boats. Two questions, has anyone had success with these? Doesn't the tape get humid and become unsticky in the incubator (thus the boats falling apart)?
I tried posting this in ducks, but there isn't nearly as much traffic in that forum as here. I candled my indian runner duck eggs at around 21 days and found that they were developing nicely. However, a few of them have these small dark spots inside the egg. They are not visible on the...