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Thats Crazy!! My son owns a reptile shop, ships live animals and receives feeders marked "FROZEN RODENTS, RUSH" and never has a problem!! Dan

I also read that is a good idea to run 2 thermometers (better for accuracy.) www.homeandbarnbasics.com has a good thermometer..Brinsea spot check..made for incubators. Dan

Something tells me a therapy group for incubator addicts would get tremendous business from BYC members!!

I am going to use digital thermometers with probes for my hatch. One of them also has a hygrometer. Should I make 3 holes in the styrofoam the size of the probe to stick them in? (I can seal it around the edges) Its a hovabator with forced air and a turner. The instructions say if your using...

That would be if they didn't have bomb-sniffing dogs??

Like I said---hope you don't have any problems.

Why do you bother to order from them?? Sounds like very poor customer service to me. Hate to see what their response time would be if you had a problem!!

Incubating! Just need to get a combo thermometer/hygrometer from my son who owns a reptile shop. He says he has a good one. I'll be running a Brinsea Spot Check thermometer along with it.Wish me luck! (I'll probably need it!)

I got mine from the hardware/feed store that I do business with. Your feed supplier should have it.

I have 20 hens, 8 nesting boxes, and they only use 2 of them. Funny, aren't they?

As far as more protein , try black oil sunflower seeds mixed in with their food. Worked for me!

What I do is let them roost normally at sunset----My light is on a timer to go on at 4 am and off at 7. This works great for me. But then again my schedule allows for some daylight interaction with them.

Yes--the best bet is to keep them inside until after they've layed. That't what I do. They will get used to the boxes. The ones that lay on the floor will see the others in the boxes and follow suit, I'm sure.

My 20 white leghorns have been on "strike" for about the last 6 weeks (or more) due to a molt. Last week I followed the advice that was posted from you good people to give them some black oil sunflower seeds for more protein. Mixed them in with their layer pellets. Yesterday had 8 eggs...

Good for you!! Can you post a pic of your bator??

https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=8510 This is a link to Miss Prissy's home made bator. Good plans!!

Hey-that's a good idea!! Hatch and raise my own turkeys for Thanks giving and Christmas! (the possibilities are endless) Those rays are at it again.

Ah Ha---I think the administrators of this forum have figured out a way to send some kind of hypnotizing rays thru our monitors...........

This house is 85 years old, has been in the family for 60 yrs, and has always had chickens and/or a few farm animals.

Sure do---2 of them. I do have 1 3/4 acres where I am though.