I kept thinking that somehow my chair is squeaking really lightly, and finally went and sat next to the incubator with my ear to it, and it was coming from there! I have PEEPS!!! Yaaay!
Morning all! Well our over achievers have started hatching early. lol Looked like 4 or 5 Khaki ducklings out already. 3 goose eggs racing each other currently.1 externally pipped, 1 internally pipped, and 1 turned and pushing. Chicken eggs are chicken eggs and doing their thing.
Good morning !!! The last of my chicks has hatched. I had 23 out 34 eggs hatch:/ 22 are healthy and doing awesome. And 1 died So if I count 23 as hatched that is 67% .but if count 22 that are living 64%. Not bad I guess. I usually have an 80% something hatch rate. Time to get ready for church. Will catch up on everything later. Have a hood day folks!
I spent the afternoon working on my brooder! Still have work to do, but I repaired the tongue/groove parts, replaced the bottom and added a back, then built a base for it. Tomorrow we'll work on the wire inserts for the doors, the upper vent and the top. It'll need a good paint job and we'll build a tin pan for the bottom that can be removed for cleaning. What do you think so far?
After adding the new bottom and back (it's upside down)
Building the base and legs - the cabinet matches the cabinetry in the mudroom too!
Base finished and attached
Inside
Doesn't look that much different yet, but it's sturdier!
Please ignore my ugly floor ... this is the mudroom where all my dogs come in and out of and they have destroyed the lino ... we are in the process of renovating and have walls to move before we replace the flooring!
Did I read somewhere that the temps are supposed to be a bit lower during the hatch? Does that mean the whole lockdown, or just when they start to pip?
My darn bator insists on running high, no matter how low I turn it.....
I thought ahead to buy a sponge, but forgot to put it in the bator at lockdown. I'm struggling to get my humidity up. I ran it in the thirties for the 18 days, now I can only get it up to 54%. Is that enough, or should I risk opening the bator long enough to toss in a wet sponge?
Did I read somewhere that the temps are supposed to be a bit lower during the hatch? Does that mean the whole lockdown, or just when they start to pip?
My darn bator insists on running high, no matter how low I turn it.....
I thought ahead to buy a sponge, but forgot to put it in the bator at lockdown. I'm struggling to get my humidity up. I ran it in the thirties for the 18 days, now I can only get it up to 54%. Is that enough, or should I risk opening the bator long enough to toss in a wet sponge?
So if I count 23 as hatched that is 67% .but if count 22 that are living 64%. Not bad I guess. I usually have an 80% something hatch rate. Time to get ready for church. Will catch up on everything later. Have a hood day folks!
