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Congratulations on your calls! They are adorable.

Congratulations!

Damp sponge in a low dish right under the vent so you can drip more water on it? I have the advance model with the humidity pump, so it adjusts for me automatically. Ruby has more tricks to help, hopefully she'll check in soon.

Your welcome. Double layer of paper towels, make sure you don't cover the corner vents. Warm water. Good luck with your hatch!

If it's the Brinsea Octo, I posted this pic earlier of how I do it with paper towels. Hope it helps: . The paper towels act as a wick. Also make sure your lid is seated on tight!

Oxine solution is a great disinfectant.

Oh, like others mentioned, the shelf liner works great. I pre wash it alone and then toss it in a load of laundry. After 3 hatches, it still looks good as new.

Just wanted to mention that some people have a hard time getting lockdown humidity up in a Brinsea Octo, especially if you live in a dry climate or in the winter with a furnace running. I fill the wells, then put in a double layer of paper towels and push them into the wells, then fill them up...

So glad you guys made it through the ordeal and that he is feeling better! (And super glad he didn't need pins!)

Hooray for the Pea!

So the egg was laid about 5 weeks after a being with a different rooster? I've heard t's possible.

Hope the break is simple and he heals quickly! (Also hope they get it set soon so you can go home and get some rest!)

It's a great system, and I do almost the same thing, but not as fancy. I have a door from the coop to the brooder box made out of chicken wire in a frame. After a few weeks, I pull up one corner, clip it open, and the littles can go in and out but the bigger ones can't follow. There's also a...

X2, but styros are also better off being watched - so if you are home 24/7 for 21 days it can really help!

That's so awesome! Post some pics when you can.

My daughter had a wonderful midwife that helped her through a tough delivery. So glad more Hospital OB departments are employing advanced practice nurses/ nurse midwives these days! Really worked well for her -had the attention of a midwife, but was in the hospital in case of an emergency...

LOL, Kinda the same for me. Longest labor was 3 hours. No drugs, no epidural. Just breathing Forceps on the second were not fun though....

Really hoping those peafowl hatch for you.

I'm sure you could successfully incubate anything with a shell! I was thinking more on the lines of a beginning hatcher with only one stable incubator. Not sure I'd recommend it for a first hatch, but I'm chicken-only so what do I know? Maybe you'll go for five next year? Got any Emu?

One thing to think about - will the duck eggs and the chicken eggs lose moisture at the same rate? I've found that smaller, lighter eggs need more humidity, larger, darker eggs need less. So next year I'm going to try to only set similar eggs together in the same incubator so I can adjust...