16 eggs, 3 species, 1 homemade incubator: Will it be done?

[Cyprus]

That's still young to me. We had a 4 y/o who was very protective and active. Any clues as to what could have happened? I feel so bad for both you and him.

Only clue I havr is that his comb was a very dark purple.

 

[Cyprus]

Don't beat yourself up, my chicks are still using the chick waterer and they knock it over regularly, we are in the 90's here most days. Yesterday I was out most of the day and came home to knocked over waterer, have no idea when they knocked it over. But they all drank a long time when I refilled it!

Yeah my hen drank like no tomorrow when I gave her more water.
Now she's all alone, poor thing....
I'm going to try to integrate my chicks in with her.

 

[itspebbl]

I hope it works out! So sorry about your rooster!! I lost my only rooster over a year ago and I still miss him so much!

 

[Cyprus]

I hope it works out! So sorry about your rooster!! I lost my only rooster over a year ago and I still miss him so much!

Thanks
I'm just hoping the one cockerel I do have turns out to be good quality. I really needed that breeder.

 

[itspebbl]

Aw! Is there any way you could incubate some of the hen's eggs? Her eggs can still be fertile 4+ weeks after the rooster is gone.

 

[R2elk]

Thanks! I appreciate your input
I think someone else on this thread told me that all of the brahma chicks should have either a pea comb or a rose comb depending. I believe pea comb is dominant. I know that single comb is recessive which is why I'm confused about the single comb with these chicks.
I guess I'll have to wait for them to feather out before I can have more of a clue. So far the only chicks with single combs appear to be from the same cross. It's possible they both came from a cochin egg. I know the cochin he has lays a very light egg; I've seen it.

Brahmas have a pea comb and pea comb is dominant but if the brahma in question is heterozygous (Pp) instead of homozygous (PP) it is possible for the offspring to inherit the single comb gene. You can't look at a chicken that has a pea comb and tell whether it is PP or Pp because it only requires one copy of the P for the trait to be displayed. At least one person has posted that a pea comb caused by (Pp) is not as well formed as one caused by (PP) but I cannot verify that.

 

[Morrigan]

So sorry to hear about your rooster. With the purple comb, it could have been a heart attack, and nothing to do with the water.

I will say that I do keep 3 waterers . One inside, and two outside because I am absolutely paranoid of them knocking over a waterer or getting locked inside or outside the coop.

 

[Ememasb2010]

I got 3 eggs from my cousins to try incubating i just hope i do everything right i pluged the incubator in its been running for about a half hour now and reads 38.0c and i used a pencile to marke the eggs 123. I am also going to post everything on my thread
7 egg mini inteligent egg incubator from WISH

 

[itspebbl]

I use a large bucket with poultry nipples, so they can get water, but can't dirty it or knock it over. I can also fit a lot of water in there, so I only have to refill it every few days or even just once a week.
I agree with @Morrigan though, it does sound more like a heart attack. Chickens can go for a day without water (although certainly NOT advisable)

 

[Redhead Rae]

Purple Comb usually = Heart Attack