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

[ronott1]

I think it's too late for me to join and I don't have a hen to brood or an incubator. =(
Maybe next year. =)

Check with your local 4-H--they sometimes have incubators for people to use.

 

[chicken pickin]

It doesn't have to be 70degrees, just in a room that stays a pretty steady temp with no drafts, and don't place it by a window.

I keep my incubator in my bedroom temp is 64-65 in winter and gets up to high 80s in the summer.

 

[fosterson]

It doesn't have to be 70degrees, just in a room that stays a pretty steady temp with no drafts, and don't place it by a window.

I keep my incubator in my bedroom temp is 64-65 in winter and gets up to high 80s in the summer.

Ah, good. Then the center closet it is.

And I think if I brought an incubator into the bedroom, I'd be sleeping on the couch with the dog LOL!

It was bad enough I was so excited to get a new rooster this afternoon that I went into the bedroom and interrupted the other half's nap to show him off.

 

[chicken pickin]

Ah, good. Then the center closet it is.

And I think if I brought an incubator into the bedroom, I'd be sleeping on the couch with the dog LOL!

It was bad enough I was so excited to get a new rooster this afternoon that I went into the bedroom and interrupted the other half's nap to show him off.

2 incubators in the bedroom and the 2 dogs sleep in the bedroom also... on the bed

 

[ronott1]

It doesn't have to be 70degrees, just in a room that stays a pretty steady temp with no drafts, and don't place it by a window.

I keep my incubator in my bedroom temp is 64-65 in winter and gets up to high 80s in the summer.

Ah, good. Then the center closet it is.

And I think if I brought an incubator into the bedroom, I'd be sleeping on the couch with the dog LOL!

It was bad enough I was so excited to get a new rooster this afternoon that I went into the bedroom and interrupted the other half's nap to show him off.

Where else would you put the incubator? Mine is in the Master closet. It is so hard to sleep when they are hatching....

 

[Gardeningmama]

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The only thing I would say about the closet is make sure there is fresh circulating air. Don't butt it up against a wall in a corner. (I did this once before I knew better, lol).

 

[ronott1]

The only thing I would say about the closet is make sure there is fresh circulating air. Don't butt it up against a wall in a corner. (I did this once before I knew better, lol).

Yes, watch out for dead air spots. I open and close the door once or twice a day--like using a fan--to make sure the are moves around in there.

Also, take the plugs out of your incubators and toss them!

 

[fosterson]

Yes, watch out for dead air spots. I open and close the door once or twice a day--like using a fan--to make sure the are moves around in there.

Also, take the plugs out of your incubators and toss them!

Well, we are in a really DRY part of the country, so I might take them out and keep them somewhere special

I can certainly open and close the door a few times a day to keep the air moving...my incubator doesn't have a turner so I have to do it all myself.

Oh no, I shall have to look at the unhatched eggs at least 51 times BEFORE they go into lockdown!

 

[Aphrael]

2 incubators in the bedroom and the 2 dogs sleep in the bedroom also... on the bed

1 incubator and 1 brooder in the bedroom and two dogs who sleep not only in the bed, but under the covers with me. What? They are chihuahuas. The poor dears get cold out in the air.

 

[chicken pickin]

1 incubator and 1 brooder in the bedroom and two dogs who sleep not only in the bed, but under the covers with me. What? They are chihuahuas. The poor dears get cold out in the air.

At least your dogs are teeny tiny. My dogs are 40 and 80lbs.