Milagros
In the Brooder
- Apr 12, 2015
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Hello my name is Milagros and I am practically new at this incubating eggs. I am director of a preschool and eager for my children to watch the whole process of the chicken growth.
We purchased an incubator Mini Brinsea Addvance last March, I tried it first at home but it seems that the thermometer there it doesn't work properly. My first bash was a fail; not only for the temperature but also did a lot of things wrong: opened the bator too many times after lock down. (ugh), and even with all of this, 2 chicks peeped, one died after a few hours of hatched and the other died trying to get out of the eggs
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This time I am trying again (this is when I realized the Brinsea's temp was wrong, I bought 2 thermometers and checked). So I elevated the temp. in the Brinsea to match the 2 thermometers (99.4 was the max the Brinsea will go).
I am there now, 22 days has passed, stopped candling on day 18, just lift the lit to take the rotating tray off. Yesterday, on day 21 6 of 7 eggs were rocking!
Today is a quiet day, the temp in the Brinsea dropped to 90! I immediately reset it so it back to 99.4..
I (WE ALL) hope all is ok, we would love to have baby chicks hatching in the next days!
Thank you all for your time to share your knowledge in this amazing projects! I think I am completely hooked up!
We purchased an incubator Mini Brinsea Addvance last March, I tried it first at home but it seems that the thermometer there it doesn't work properly. My first bash was a fail; not only for the temperature but also did a lot of things wrong: opened the bator too many times after lock down. (ugh), and even with all of this, 2 chicks peeped, one died after a few hours of hatched and the other died trying to get out of the eggs
This time I am trying again (this is when I realized the Brinsea's temp was wrong, I bought 2 thermometers and checked). So I elevated the temp. in the Brinsea to match the 2 thermometers (99.4 was the max the Brinsea will go).
I am there now, 22 days has passed, stopped candling on day 18, just lift the lit to take the rotating tray off. Yesterday, on day 21 6 of 7 eggs were rocking!
Today is a quiet day, the temp in the Brinsea dropped to 90! I immediately reset it so it back to 99.4..
I (WE ALL) hope all is ok, we would love to have baby chicks hatching in the next days!
Thank you all for your time to share your knowledge in this amazing projects! I think I am completely hooked up!