➡I accidentally bought Balut eggs: 2 live ducks! Now a Chat Thread!

[Kiki]

Has @KikisGirls decided how she wants to build her Incubator?

Wait—are you talking about the real incubator I am going to build or this experiment ghetto mostly already built bator?


Am I using the dashes correctly?

 

[Mysimplewyominglife]

Sorry was kinda playing off your BYC name.

lol well tomorrow is Frigg's day (friday) so lol. and I still see fish as meat.

 

[Ursuline Chick]

sorry sounds more like a way to control people.

Because it is. LOL

ETA: hopefully for the better

 

[Nyla]

My first hatch ever was with a strainer and equally sized bowl and duck taped them to make a sealed container. I then added a tiny light bulb on a dimmer switch. I have a tiny red bulb thermometer. I ended up hatching 2 out of 6 duck eggs. The eggs were from my mallards I had at the tome.

 

[Kiki]

My first hatch ever was with a strainer and equally sized bowl and duck taped them to make a sealed container. I then added a tiny light bulb on a dimmer switch. I have a tiny red bulb thermometer. I ended up hatching 2 out of 6 duck eggs. The eggs were from my mallards I had at the tome.

Sweet!

Isn't it great to be able to just throw something together to use?

 

[LittleChicks4Me]

Well, my serama update.
Sadly one fully formed chick died in shell. Yet, I have one live chick resting in its egg.
It had internally pipped so I opened just the cap for now.
So it finished absorbing yolk.
It is breathing and peeping.
Oh, I should have opened the other egg last night... but I know that happens. Though if only, sick about the loss of the chick so close to freedom from the shell. Dang it....
I wanted at least 2 so they have each other. Just did not go as i hoped. Yet, I have this wee chick.
Going to contact a local man who I bought 4 silkie chicks from last month. See if he has any tiny breed of newly hatched chicks to get this one a buddy.
Now back to the Balutties thread still in progress.

Added: Getting ready to go to work. I have wiped the chicks face and area facing out. I still see a vein. So egg is not open enough for him to push out prematurely. So hoping the chick will be ok, till I return around 5 tonight. Humidity is up in the bator and humidifier in the room. As the baby finishes his job in the egg today.

My nerves are shot....
Finally able to head home. I so pray all is well.... and chick is ok and ready or is already out of shell. The assisting instruction said 8-12 hours. So when I get home it should be ready.
Wanted this all to take place when I was off Monday and Tuesday. Never goes as planned.
Will let you know...

 

[Molpet]

My nerves are shot....
Finally able to head home. I so pray all is well.... and chick is ok and ready or is already out of shell. The assisting instruction said 8-12 hours. So when I get home it should be ready.
Wanted this all to take place when I was off Monday and Tuesday. Never goes as planned.
Will let you know...

 

[Kiki]

My nerves are shot....
Finally able to head home. I so pray all is well.... and chick is ok and ready or is already out of shell. The assisting instruction said 8-12 hours. So when I get home it should be ready.
Wanted this all to take place when I was off Monday and Tuesday. Never goes as planned.
Will let you know...

Drive safe.
We will all be sending good vibes your way starting right now.

 

[Mysimplewyominglife]

The fan issue is bothering me now....see this is what happens when you research!
You learn things.

I need to remind myself real quick:

This is an experiment it must be done with a ghetto bator.

Chapter 3 can be my real incubator build.


So the only thing I really need to figure out is which bulb I am going to use and where I am going to install it and what I need to do about the lid.


That's it.
3 things.
No more.

a glass bowl or even a piece of glass or plexiglass over the whole would work and if it gets to hot you could take it off/ out. Bulb at the side (middle to high up that is) might be easier to section off so chicks don't touch it. you could try a 25 watt if you have not already. I'm unsure if there are lower watt bulbs tho

 

[Ursuline Chick]

Drive safe.
We will all be sending good vibes your way starting right now.

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