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this is my first home made incubator, my first hatch....
Lots off problems on the begining.
Lets see......
Good Luck
Lots off problems on the begining.
Lets see......
Good Luck
anyone else hatching on the 26th?
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Go fuzzies - almost there!!!
Hi everyone! I am hatching Monday. Can you all tell me why it's soooo important to NOT open the bator during the hatch? The last hatch I opened and removed each chick as they came out and removed the egg shell. Everyone was great and the hatch was 100%. I won't do it this time but can anyone tell me why. Thanks!
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You risk loosing the humidity level.
You risk loosing the humidity level.
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Don't wrap the bator.
Read this:
Info on power outages during Incubation.
From- A Guide to Raising Chickens by Gail Damerow
The more valuable your hatching eggs are, the more likely it is that the electricity will go out during incubation. If you have an uninterruptable power source (UPS) for your computer or other electronic equipment, consider disconnecting the usual equipment and using the UPS to power your incubator. If the outage comtinues beyond its capacity to keep your incubator running, or you don't have an UPS, open the incubator and let the eggs cool until the power goes back on.
Trying to keep the eggs warm is likely to cause abnormal embryo development. Furthermore, if you close the vents or wrap the incubator with blankets in your attempt to keep eggs warm, a greater danger than temperature loss is oxygen deprivation. Developing embryos use up oxygen rather rapidly, and the oxygen level may soon fall below that necessary to keep them alive.
As soon as the power goes back on, close the incubator and continue operating it as usual. The effect of the outage on your hatch will depend on how long the power was out and on how long the eggs had been incubated before the outage. A power failure of up to 12 hours may not significally affect the hatch (except to delay it somewhat), especially if the outage occurred during the early incubation, when cooled embryos naturally tend to go dormant. Embryos that are close to term generate enough heat to carry them through a short-term outage.
Thanks for the advice. The power outage is scheduled to last from Saturday morning through Sunday afternoon, and I really don't think I should let them cool for that long on day 17 and 18 of the incubation, I think they are too far along for that, but i can get them across campus to a building that will have uninterrupted power in just a few minutes. I was only going to wrap them during the quick trip across campus. I don't have access to a UPS that could last that long
From what I have seen of birds in in the wild they may set intermittently in the beginning but the further along they are the more steadfast they become, I'm not sure if broody hens are the same way or not.
Don't wrap the bator.
Read this:
Info on power outages during Incubation.
From- A Guide to Raising Chickens by Gail Damerow
The more valuable your hatching eggs are, the more likely it is that the electricity will go out during incubation. If you have an uninterruptable power source (UPS) for your computer or other electronic equipment, consider disconnecting the usual equipment and using the UPS to power your incubator. If the outage comtinues beyond its capacity to keep your incubator running, or you don't have an UPS, open the incubator and let the eggs cool until the power goes back on.
Trying to keep the eggs warm is likely to cause abnormal embryo development. Furthermore, if you close the vents or wrap the incubator with blankets in your attempt to keep eggs warm, a greater danger than temperature loss is oxygen deprivation. Developing embryos use up oxygen rather rapidly, and the oxygen level may soon fall below that necessary to keep them alive.
As soon as the power goes back on, close the incubator and continue operating it as usual. The effect of the outage on your hatch will depend on how long the power was out and on how long the eggs had been incubated before the outage. A power failure of up to 12 hours may not significally affect the hatch (except to delay it somewhat), especially if the outage occurred during the early incubation, when cooled embryos naturally tend to go dormant. Embryos that are close to term generate enough heat to carry them through a short-term outage.
Thanks for the advice. The power outage is scheduled to last from Saturday morning through Sunday afternoon, and I really don't think I should let them cool for that long on day 17 and 18 of the incubation, I think they are too far along for that, but i can get them across campus to a building that will have uninterrupted power in just a few minutes. I was only going to wrap them during the quick trip across campus. I don't have access to a UPS that could last that long
From what I have seen of birds in in the wild they may set intermittently in the beginning but the further along they are the more steadfast they become, I'm not sure if broody hens are the same way or not.
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I have a mixture of eggs to hatch starting the 26 through june 10th.
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I'm just glad I am not the only insane person who sets hatches that run back to back for weeks....
I'm just glad I am not the only insane person who sets hatches that run back to back for weeks....
I'm just trying to get results faster. I had 3 batches in the old bator and I got 5 out of 14 hatch and 1 died. Then I got 1 out of 12 and the last one the bator spiked overnight to 104 and I just tossed them all out.
My husband bought me a new LG for my birthday and this is the first hatchings out of it. The temp stays good. I have it setting in the hall across from the bathroom so everytime somebody goes the temp and humidity gets checked so we keep a close eye on it. The most i've had to do was prop up the right side for the turning.
I went buy egg crazy and won some too. I have quail, chicken, and turkey eggs. The chickens are mixed breeds and mutts also. I have a few I bought that somebody was trying to get a solid black silkie by mixing with amaracana. (I do'nt think I spelled that right.) But she got a solid black one. I want one too and I plan to try to mix it with my AO at a later time to try to get a solid black long tail. I think that would be just beautiful. Hopefully if I do get one it's a hen. I have a AO hen for pure breads. I would love to have a solid white long tail also.
My husband bought me a new LG for my birthday and this is the first hatchings out of it. The temp stays good. I have it setting in the hall across from the bathroom so everytime somebody goes the temp and humidity gets checked so we keep a close eye on it. The most i've had to do was prop up the right side for the turning.
I went buy egg crazy and won some too. I have quail, chicken, and turkey eggs. The chickens are mixed breeds and mutts also. I have a few I bought that somebody was trying to get a solid black silkie by mixing with amaracana. (I do'nt think I spelled that right.) But she got a solid black one. I want one too and I plan to try to mix it with my AO at a later time to try to get a solid black long tail. I think that would be just beautiful. Hopefully if I do get one it's a hen. I have a AO hen for pure breads. I would love to have a solid white long tail also.
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