Anyone up for a Hatchalong?

[Irine]

Thank you. I am doing that. I have plastic wrap around it and I keep in in place with the tape around him. It's 4 times smaller today and got darker. I am giving him drops of vitamin water, he is more active now, but still sleeping most of the time.

the best you can do is to try to keep it moist and disinfected as well as possible.. if he doesn't rupture it then hopefully with the ointment he'll absorb it and survive..

 

[featherz]

So Emu eggs will fit in a standard Brinsea? I have an Advance EX. I assume I'd have to take out the clips that hold the 'humidity paper' out to get more room, but it seems from reading through this forum that they will fit?

 

[msheets]

Ok I have a question for everyone & I'm stsring to really worry about this. I have a Repripro & as you know it can be put into 3 levels. Well the middle level won't fit emu eggs if I set the shelf on the brackets so what I did is used DVD cases to stack up & put the shelf on, well one of the fans was covered so I used a piece of plastic to put behind the stack of DVD cases that directed the air flow up. So 1 out of the 3 levels of the incubator is "solid" or filled in, I have 3 eggs on the top & the 4th below them. Normally the middle level was a degree or 2 lower but since I made the inside of the bator smaller, it stays 97.5 just like the top, so that's good.

Ok here's my dilemma, since the Reptipro just recycles the air inside the bator & doesn't bring new air in, I'm worried about the chicks not getting enough oxygen with them being in day 44 & needing more oxygen daily. With the bottom 3rd of my bator filled that's that much less oxygen they'll get after every time they get turned. I started my new job last week & since they're pretty far along I can only turn them twice a day & sometimes 3. I'm worried only opening the bator up 2-3 times in 24 hours isn't enough to get them the oxygen they need, especially with the bottom blocking room for oxygen.

What would you do? How many times a day is the MINIMUM you would open the bator? My husband is staying home with our 2 kids right now so I can remind him to open the door however many times needed while I'm at work.

Also, I was thinking of getting something that might help & wanted everyone's opinions as to if it could work. At Walmart they have a pump for fish tanks tjat is just a little pump with a clear skinny tube attached to it & when plugged in it runs oxygen/air out the end of the tube. It's the pumps that when you run the tuning under rocks in the tank it creates a ton of bubbles. So anyway if I ran that tube inside the bator, would that work? I'm just terrified of making it all the way to day 44 only to cause them to not hatch due to carbon monoxide poisoning...

Thanks for any advice

 

[Irine]

Little Guy did not make it

Thank you. I am doing that. I have plastic wrap around it and I keep in in place with the tape around him. It's 4 times smaller today and got darker. I am giving him drops of vitamin water, he is more active now, but still sleeping most of the time.

the best you can do is to try to keep it moist and disinfected as well as possible.. if he doesn't rupture it then hopefully with the ointment he'll absorb it and survive..

 

[The Sheriff]

Oh I am so sorry!

 

[msheets]

Irine I'm so SORRY! Gosh I hate that so much, I really thought he was going to improve with how much progress he had made. Well I know & you should to that you did everything you possibly could have to help him recover & survive, I know there was nothing else you could've done that you didn't already do so please don't beat yourself up with all the "what ifs". When you're feeling down about him just take a look inside your brooder & see all the happy, healthy chicks that are only alive because of the dedication you've put into incubating them the last 2 months...again I'm really sorry you had to go through that How many eggs do you have left incubating in the bator?

 

[marathonmultiplesmom]

I have 3 eggs in a brinsea eco 20. It looks like I could fit one more if I wanted.

 

[marathonmultiplesmom]

OOps, meant to quote that... I have 3 eggs in a Brinsea Eco 20 and it looks like it can hold 4.

So Emu eggs will fit in a standard Brinsea? I have an Advance EX. I assume I'd have to take out the clips that hold the 'humidity paper' out to get more room, but it seems from reading through this forum that they will fit?

 

[Farmerboy16]

Irine- I am so sorry about Little Guy. You did the best you could do for the little fella. Hope that you got more healthy ones on the way!

 

[Irine]

Thank you Guys...I did hope for the best with him, but I guess if it's not meant to be, it's not ! I always try to do whatever I can and try to do my best. He died in my hands...he cried out for me...I came to pick him up and he passed on.

Oh I am so sorry!

Irine I'm so SORRY! Gosh I hate that so much, I really thought he was going to improve with how much progress he had made. Well I know & you should to that you did everything you possibly could have to help him recover & survive, I know there was nothing else you could've done that you didn't already do so please don't beat yourself up with all the "what ifs". When you're feeling down about him just take a look inside your brooder & see all the happy, healthy chicks that are only alive because of the dedication you've put into incubating them the last 2 months...again I'm really sorry you had to go through that

How many eggs do you have left incubating in the bator?

Irine- I am so sorry about Little Guy.

You did the best you could do for the little fella. Hope that you got more healthy ones on the way!