April 1st. setting.. *hatching*| need a buddy.

[artathart]

Day 6 for me. Americana egg.

I murdered a welsummer egg this evening. It was horrible.

 

[magoochie]

Looks like some eggs are progressing!!!!! WOOOOT!

I am going to candle mine again this weekend to see what kind of progress they have made.


So I found a heck of a deal on craigslist i just wanted to tell you about. I found 2 hovabators for $20 each! One is an older picture window 1583, and the other is a regular small windowed circulated air hova bator.

they were a little dirty, but he had the original shipping boxes for them and they both heated up just fine!!! They were shipped to him in march of 2000.

I am going to get them cleaned up tomorrow and try to stabilize them. Then I might keep one as a hatcher and sell the other after I get it all cleaned up!

 

[fshinggrl]

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Awesome deal!

I am having some issues with my temperature. It ranges from 97ish to 103.

It is warmer outside, but I was not having any issues keeping it about 99.5-100 consistently. I do not know what has changed.

eta: Sorry about the Welsummer egg Art.

Never good.

 

[MountainChickenMama]

Figured I would jump in on this thread too, I set 7 eggs on March 30th...After candling this morning I have 2 Americauna with movement and 4 dark brown eggs (barnyard mix) with movement....1 with a blood ring, will give it till day 10 and then remove it.....

Hope ya don't mind me joining in on this one too...

This is one of my Americauna eggs on Day 6

 

[fshinggrl]

Awesome picture!!

Welcome to the group!

 

[artathart]

I think I might be out......Temps were steady all evening up until 7:30am when I couldnt stay awake any longer to watch them Wone up at 2:30 in the afternoon and my temp was 103.5. It got warm today out of no where so I assume thats why. Hate this incubator. So I am pretty sure all my eggs are cook. It was likely at 103.5 for about 3 hours. What a shame.

 

[fshinggrl]

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Oh no!!! Will you play the waiting game or toss them? My heat has been hard to regulate for the past 24 hours, so I don't know what is going on.

 

[artathart]

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Oh no!!! Will you play the waiting game or toss them? My heat has been hard to regulate for the past 24 hours, so I don't know what is going on.

I will wait before tossing them. I dont know how long eggs can stay at that temp before they are fried. Any suggestions?

 

[Higins00]

I think if it were just a couple of hours in early stage of setting you might be ok. Keep trying to fix it, maybe something will work.

 

[fshinggrl]

Yes, I agree.. don't give up!

I am having some major temp changes here, just trying to stay on top of things.