Ouch. Sorry to hear that.
THEY ARE BEAUTIFUL!!!!
Maybe that should be a contest
Ya really.
sounds like a cute surprise in store there!!
Well I need a good site to get a good thermometer from. When should I get my incubator set up and going? How many of the spaces under the turning rack should I fill with water? It is a still air incubator. I think if this goes ok and I get atleast ONE chick I am going to buy a different incubator and become addicted like the rest of you. I guess I have the time for all of this now, they dismissed me from nursing school today for being at a facility that I was not assigned to in full uniform, I had no clue that was a rule. Guess I have more time for chickens.
The LG I have pretty much won't stay steady w/o the mass of the eggs in there, you can try to calibrate using ziplocks or jars of water in there to make it closer to what it will be with eggs, not perfect but better than empty. Also, there is a thread on here (sorry I don't have a link) w/ lots of LG pointers, mainly to afix a milk bottle cap to the temp ajustment nob so you can move it about a fraction of a molicule to make the adjustment, literally sometimes just touching it moves it enough, & you have to wait a few hrs between to see the result. One thing I finally realized was that if it was a little low then if I waited until the heating cycle just cycled off then I could touch the controll rod nob just enough to make the heat cycle back on, JUST that tiny tiny fraction until the light pops back on, and that would up the temp setting the smallest poss. amt. , then wait through a few cycles to see how it does. I also , as others have told you, found that 102F at the top of the eggs w/ still air LG was CRITICAL as in the diff. between 0% hatches I had & several 100% hatches I had. Of course everyone's home heat, elevation, eggs etc are different, so what works for some does not for others, that is the other huge thing, what you finds actually works may work only at your current location. Good luck! It is sooo worth it when they hatchUgh. Me and this incubator are gonna go round and round, I can tell
I should not be so nerve wracked BEFORE the hatching even starts!
I am really having trouble keeping this LG on point...it's a still air. I'm going to do a dry incubation. Any additional pointers on how to keep the temp steady? It's in the innermost room of my house, which stays at a pretty constant temp. No windows, no drafts.
I actually don't know, they have a white/brown color duck, a black/white and all white! I will have to ask what breed they are!
So surprise duckies, how fun!
thank you for your help!!! I have been reading a bit and ive see that some people's eggs have hatched too late witht eh genesis....ive never used an incubator before, and I don't want the same to happen to me in the hatchathohn if im able....what do I do??? I have no broody hens either!
the feed store said buff orpington or pekin duck eggs!So surprise duckies, how fun!
