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

[Kiki]

Is this trash now? I'm just noticing the red....did the extreme over heat from my test earlier ruin it?

 

[biophiliac]

Is this trash now? I'm just noticing the red....did the extreme over heat from my test earlier ruin it?View attachment 1316677

i don't like the way it looks...

 

[LittleChicks4Me]

@LittleChicks4Me
When you have time I would like to see a better photo of your waterer.
Did you build it so the chicks would come?

I saw it on The chicken chick... Amazon has them. She said, once you show them the tip where the water comes out they use it. It keeps the water cleaner.
For now, I use the small red bottle cap to start the water.
Now I have to work on the next delicate part of this hatching, teaching a lone chick to eat and drink the next few days. Tweets may have to travel to shop each day in a small portable brooder. Not the best. but maybe needed. This is going to be interesting... Will try to work it... Tweets is so small and delicate.

 

[Kiki]

i don't like the way it looks...

I don't know but I think it is ruined.

 

[Kiki]

I saw it on The chicken chick... Amazon has them. She said, once you show them the tip where the water comes out they use it. It keeps the water cleaner.
For now, I use the small red bottle cap to start the water.
Now I have to work on the next delicate part of this hatching, teaching a lone chick to eat and drink the next few days. Tweets may have to travel to shop each day in a small portable brooder. Not the best. but maybe needed. This is going to be interesting... Will try to work it... Tweets is so small and delicate.

Tweets

 

[Xarinn]

I don't know but I think it is ruined.

That thermometer is ready for the trash unfortunately

 

[Kiki]

I set 30 eggs on March 18 so this is day 11.

Thought you might be interested in these ideas:
For a simple brooder or an incubator you can use a light from a bathroom heater/light/vent set up because it has an expandable support for the socket and reflector.
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I cut small grooves in the styrafoam container for the arms of the expandable supports and another for the electric plug.
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In the lid, I cut two windows and covered the openings with plexiglass set in grooves cut with a razor blade. There are vent holes at each end of the lid to allow air circulation. Hang a thermometer inside or set on a screen across the bottom above a shallow pan for water (for humidity).
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For the ducklings, I set their water bowl on top of this....a letter file with holes cut with a drill in the lid. the lid locks on and I empty it every day when I change their water.
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And for food, one of those cheap plastic auto feed dispensers for a cat or dog works great .
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All of these are awesome ideas!
Thanks again.
I see your vent holes:

When I did this pyrex lid test run earlier (as Nutty mentioned something about earlier too) I had it completely blocked off (the big hole) NO vents.
I don't completely understand yet but I am not seeing I need some kind of small hole (vent).

I'm getting it!


I see to learn better by doing.
I can not just read...it doesn't sink in that way.

This is so neat!

 

[Kiki]

That thermometer is ready for the trash unfortunately

I will go back to Walmart in the morning and buy 5 or 10 like I was told to do when I was there the first time

I didn't understand on Saturday why I needed so many thermometers.
I understand now!

 

[Kiki]

I kinda get really excited once something clicks.
This is so awesome!


Thanks everyone.

 

[Kiki]

That thermometer is ready for the trash unfortunately

I think I am going to frame it and save it forever to remind me of this experiment.