5th Annual BYC New Year's Day 2014 Hatch-A-Long

[Pozees]

ChickenCanoe, that is one heck of a great story - I already wanted Penedesencas, now I want them even more!

 

[ronott1]

I don't have an actual egg candler but what are some homeade ways I can make one? and it has to hold smaller eggs too

Get the brightest led flashlight(The ones that use three AAA batteries) and cut a small length of PVC pipe. Tape the flashlight to one end and then use the other end to candle the egg.

 

[All Henned Up]

I got this thing from a local hobby shop. It is called a fuel bottle, it is used to fuel an R/C car and cost less than $5.00. I use it to put water in my incubator without any spills.

Edited to add... if you empty it you can squeeze out some air and then suck water back out of the incubator.

 

[chickee]

yeah im having the same issue. i dont know which one to trust :/ i have two coming in the mail actually, both from incubator companies so maybe i could trust those more...im not sure if i should take water out or just trust my incubator humidity

It is hard to find one that is reliable. If you keep the center water well full your humidity should be fine.

Do you suggest the ovaview candler? I need to get one, but don't want one too pricey.

How much did that cost?

I think they are around $44 dollars if you buy it direct from Brinsea. A friend lent me hers and I like it so much I am going to buy my own

 

[JLaw]

so for the last 24 hours + my incubator has been going between 99.4 and 100.1 degrees according to the incubator "control panel" and the humidity has been between 44% and 48%. i went to walmart tonight and got one of those temp hydrometer things (i have a hydrometer coming in the mail that hasnt shipped ) and when i put the walmart thing in it now says that my humidity is at 53% while the incubator says 40% the three thermometers are agreeing on 99 degrees. Should i change anything? i have the vent plug out and the room is 30% humidity. its been about an hour since i put the different hydrometer in. maybe im being too paranoid...

Ok what you want to do is take a Tupperware container you can see through with a lid. put your walmart combo in there then take like a baby food jar lid fill it with salt then add water to the salt until its like a slurry paste. I think of cream of wheat. Put that in the container don't spill it on your combo set up. Put the lid on tightly! In about 12-15 hours I think it is check the humidity it should read 75%. I did this with one of my combo's from walmart and it was dead on. I didn't do it with my other one and they are both in my bator right now and one is reading 42% th other is reading 43%. There is a youtube video on how to calibrate them if you google it.

 

[bantambury]

Your are fine. Leave the plugs out and let the humidity drop to 25 on the new one and add water. For the Genesis incubators I add water every thee days or so until lockdown.

hmmmm........my humidity isn't dropping witht the plugs out...

also, if I add water the reference goes up too much....I don't know to trust my home depot hydrometer....
right now I have both plugs out, and barely any water in there.... AAAHHHHHH!!!


also, do I place the plugs back in for lockdown and just keep the humidity?




sorry these are so hard to see....I actuaily held up my laptop to take them!

 

[kara1015]

so for the last 24 hours + my incubator has been going between 99.4 and 100.1 degrees according to the incubator "control panel" and the humidity has been between 44% and 48%.  i went to walmart tonight and got one of those temp hydrometer things (i have a hydrometer coming in the mail that hasnt shipped ) and when i put the walmart thing in it now says that my humidity is at 53% while the incubator says 40% the three thermometers are agreeing on 99 degrees.  Should i change anything? i have the vent plug out and the room is 30% humidity.  its been about an hour since i put the different hydrometer in.  maybe im being too paranoid...

You are just fine. Don't change anything until your new hygrometers come in the mail. I'd trust the incubator for now.

 

[ronott1]

hmmmm........my humidity isn't dropping witht the plugs out...

also, if I add water the reference goes up too much....I don't know to trust my home depot hydrometer....
right now I have both plugs out, and barely any water in there.... AAAHHHHHH!!!


also, do I place the plugs back in for lockdown and just keep the humidity?




sorry these are so hard to see....I actuaily held up my laptop to take them!

Moisture takes time to move out of styrofoam incubators. have seen it take a day humidity to go to 25% with dry tanks. For now, let it go until it drops and then put less water in it. It might take several days but it is better than trying to dry the incubator out.

 

[kara1015]

I made this using mine and a canon elph camera

I am so ordering one of those tonight![/QUOTE]

 

[bantambury]

Moisture takes time to move out of styrofoam incubators. have seen it take a day humidity to go to 25% with dry tanks. For now, let it go until it drops and then put less water in it. It might take several days but it is better than trying to dry the incubator out.

ok.....so this wont affect their growing......correct? I don't want problems with their growth bc my humidity was too low for the first few days!



if my temp is fine on both thermometers I have, I shouldn't touch it right? its perfect.....its been perfect since I put the eggs in.