4th Annual BYC NYD Hatch-a-long

[Sally Sunshine]

Quote: yea right Blarney!! I know your organized, or you would never get the kids to all their meets and pracitices!!!! or the chickens and goats and pigs and this and that fed!!!!

 

[Sally Sunshine]

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[Sally Sunshine]

 

[Sally Sunshine]

Yay!!! I have four pipping. 3 of the OE and one WL so far.These are the eggs I got from Dmrippy. We are eggcited,my boys keep on checking. I love that this is a learning experience for them but also the value of life.The very essence that life can not exist without God.

YOU KNOW IT!!! Its amazing to me, I can only imagine how cool it is for my kiddos!!! YAY GO PIPPERS!!! YAYYAYYAYAYAA CONGRATS with your little blessings!!

 

[Sweetly Silkies]

MERRY CHRISTMAS!! AND WHAT DID MY HUSBAND GET FOR CHRISTMAS THIS YEAR??????


A NEW BABY ON THE WAY!! I JUST CONFIRMED RECENTLY THAT WE ARE EXPECTING OUR THIRD (AND HOPEFULLY LAST) BABY!! PRAY FOR ME THAT IT IS JUST ONE BABY AND NOT TWO THIS TIME!!

Congrats!

 

[cochins1088]

Cochins, the FIRST thing I did after reading our post was dream of EMUs and look how far you are from me! Cause I am THAT crazy sometimes.
We were given an EMU egg last spring. And some things I learned were that they hatch at a lower temperature which my Genesis could not maintain, so I found a LG which would work. Our egg did not hatch, I believe our biggest mistake with the egg was that we only had the one and didn't put 'sinkers' (sealed glass jars filled with water) in with the egg to better maintain the temperature.

Oh thats too bad. What do you mean that the Genesis can't maintain lower temperatures? I planned on using the genesis because my 1602N isn't always the most faithful. I like the electric thermostat so much better. I have always dreamed of hatching an emu egg and now that dream seems posible. I'm so excited but I'm also nervous because I know there are many things that can go wrong.

Do you know if air cell development for emu eggs is porpotional to chicken eggs?

 

[Sahwithchicks]

You can adjust the temp of the genesis. I will have to dig out my manual for you.... Let me see if I can find a guide for you. It can be adjusted down to 60 degrees F

 

[SleepyOwl]

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How old are they now?

We had some young guests this week, 10 and 14. Had my son candle for them, and they were amazed. On the other hand....had the 3 and 5 year old grands here last night and to avoid temp spikes, eggs missing? Broken, ect...we avoided the incubator completely. They know that that's where Grandmom's chicks start off sometimes and are all over it!
Razadia, so very glad to hear that you and your family are well.

That's smart. My 8 year old is very involved with me checking eggs, ect, but my 3 year old doesn't even know they are there. If she did, she wouldn't be able to leave them alone. Not only is she 3, but she is very into everything even more than my other two were.

 

[cochins1088]

You can adjust the temp of the genesis. I will have to dig out my manual for you.... Let me see if I can find a guide for you. It can be adjusted down to 60 degrees F

That's what I read, but I just got the genesis right before the hatch along and nothing that came with it explains how to lower the temperature. Have you lowered it before? I looked it up at one point, but it was confusing and I stopped trying because I figured that I'm incubatoring chicken eggs anyways. Thanks!

 

[Sahwithchicks]

Here is a picture of the thermastat-

And here is a link to the basic instructions
https://www.gqfmfg.com/pdf/1588 Genesis TUV.pdf