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I know there have to be multiple threads on the diy foam cooler incubators, but for some reason I can’t find them. Anyone have links or know who to ask? I’ve got a cooler, a picture frame taped in as a viewing window, and a wax melter from Walmart as the heat source. Will this actually work??

hi guys! So it’s been 18 days, my 13 eggs have whittled down to 8 and it’s officially lockdown day. I’m using a still air incubator with no turner. I’ve hand turned 3x a day and have my temp set at 102°- meaning it’s about 100° at the bottom (i checked it) with humidity around 45-47%. Can...

This is a secondary thread following this, but for the incubator eggs. We have 10 in the bator, quite a few of which have internally pipped. Only one (so far) has externally pipped. Lockdown was supposed to start tomorrow, but while candling last night, we realized that some of them were...

I’m located in Missouri. I am going to be selling a 3 month old sportsman 1502 cabinet incubator. It also has the automatic watering system and many extra hatching trays as additional accessories. All in all I have over $1000 into everything. I am wanting to sell for $800 plus shipping cost or...

I’ll be monitoring the humidity; I’ve heard it’s not too accurate, although the thermostat is. with this model. I plugged some of the holes in the underside near the water Reservoir with hot glue. It still has holes on the top for regulation and I have sponges ready. Unfortunately I bought a...

I have had a plethora of hiccups with this batch of silkie eggs. First, my broody hen abandoned them...twice! I found them cool to the touch the time I decided to bring them inside and incubate them. Then, they got unplugged on accident...twice! The first was overnight and the second was for an...

I just dusted my coop and some of my girls since they have some lice. I was already collecting eggs prior for incubation and just realized that I have no idea if the eggs tomorrow will now be ideal after this treatment for incubating? Thoughts? I used Gardstar poultry dust. I'm hoping I can...

I have my Muscovy females incubating their eggs. I had one go missing (Most likely an owl, hoping she just flew off. She got bullied the most) and gave her eggs to another brooding female. It’s been a week so I candled the eggs to check the progress and something seems amiss. Sorry I don’t have...

Does anybody know where to get good fertile quail eggs to incubate?

We are hoping to hatch 6-8 duck eggs for our neighbor. We have hatched before but it’s been a while so I wanted to make sure I have everything worked out before we start. 27-28 days total Day 1-25 99.5*F 50%ish humidity Turn 3-5 times a day Day 25/26- 28- lockdown- raise humidity Am I...

This morning, the incubator was left open by my brother. 8 hours later, I come home and realize what happened. The eggs were about ~5 days along, could they have survived? They’re in our kitchen so the temperature was about 65-70 degrees.

Hi, my neighbor (he doesn’t live there, he just works the land) has been wanting some ducks on his pond (where he lives) since we got ours. We were hoping to incubate some for him that our ducks have laid. Some of our eggs are a bit dirty, our ducks could care less where they lay :rolleyes...

Should I wash the chicken eggs before I put them in the incubator

I bought an incubator which is a disaster, not holding the temperature at all. So I have decided that I need to repurchase and thinking of a Brinsea. I only have a small budget so thinking Brinsea Eco 2 - 10 eggs, manual turning. Have people had good experiences of them? It seems you can't...

Hi all, I have recently started raising Salmon Faverolle, and I have someone interested in buying eggs from me to incubate already! Very exciting, but I'm struggling to settle on a price. Anyone have any ideas what fertilized eggs would go for of that breed? Or chicks/pullets for that matter...

Is this a double air sac? I’m pretty sure it was laid by our Pekin. If I were to incubate this egg, would that cause issues?

Ok so this is my first batch of hatching eggs.. I have 4 eggs that are on day 14 and 14 eggs on day 10.. all are Silkies I haven't recently candled any yet.. I did last week, kind of nervous to do it! it was still little hard to tell. I took a flash light to some this morning seen a few...

I had to put these two eggs into incubation after one got crack at the tip, when two hens tried to brood them and got into a fight. I sealed over the crack and they've developed normally, but starting last night the cracked egg began to split length wise. This is right at the time they should be...

Ok y’all I have a dilemma and project in front of me. I have a older all wooden American Lincoln incubator. Last time my dad used it (many years ago) he remembered it just needed a wafer (excuse me if I’m off on exact terms or so) it’s old I cannot find info on this gem at all. I want to fix...

Hi Everyone, I am hatching from an incubator for a the first time, a little giant, and I am now at day 21. Currently the eggs are still and no pips, so I decided to water candle(early, I know, my nerves just couldn’t handle it). Of the 40 eggs everyone seems very alive except 4 still eggs and 1...