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Thank you! I don't know why I couldn't find it...

Quote: I do have the liquid. I think that will be easier to dose.

How do you guys clean our your incubators/water trays? I have the Geneis 1588.

I have been using the cleaner for Brinsea

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Is this something different than the liner for the Genesis? I would love to find something to make cleaning after hatch easier.

Quote: Oh no......so sorry to hear. I I have been having mixed results too so I feel your pain!. I thought the meatie I lost a couple of day ago was from the heat but it looks like it was ccoi now. I hate looking them!

I have 2 questions I need help with:
I decided to feed medicated chick start. I just never had cocci when I did.
Now I don't have it BUT, if your feeding medicated and your chicks get cocci, can you still give corid at the same time?
Wasn't sure if it would be overdosing

Second question: I have the genesis for hatching and clean it thoroughly with activated oxine.
But the display window seem to have chick dander in it. Does anyone clean that out? There's quite a bit but wasn't sure if I opened that up if I'd have problems

Thanks in advance

Mine is getting a bit in there too.....I'll be interested in the answer.

Quote: Thanks Kathy! I have the liquid. I gave them double the dose (4 tsp/gal) to start. I will give them all some oral as soon as my DH gets home. My 4 year old GD is here and it is impossible to get that kind of thing done when she is here...

 

[capayvalleychick]

Incubators usually do not have built in cooling, so the room cannot go over 102 for long periods. It might be more economical to put in a window air conditioner. The cold air should not bow onto the incubator though.

I have a hygrometer in there that records lows & highs. It went up to 107 outside, but the high in the room was 91. The RCom guy said the highest room temp should be 72.

I don't even have AC in my house, only a swamp cooler. No room in the house for the incubator. There's no way I can pay for AC for a room in the barn so I can use an incubator.

 

[ronott1]

I have a hygrometer in there that records lows & highs. It went up to 107 outside, but the high in the room was 91. The RCom guy said the highest room temp should be 72.

I don't even have AC in my house, only a swamp cooler. No room in the house for the incubator. There's no way I can pay for AC for a room in the barn so I can use an incubator.

I found some reptile incubators on Amazon that have cooling built in. You would need to see if there is an adjustment to get the temperatures to Chicken egg levels.

The closet that I have my incubators in gets over 72 all the time. The Brinsea does fine.

 

[EZFarms]

Could a parasite cause levi to go like crazy?

 

[casportpony]

Incubators usually do not have built in cooling, so the room cannot go over 102 for long periods. It might be more economical to put in a window air conditioner. The cold air should not bow onto the incubator though.

I have a hygrometer in there that records lows & highs. It went up to 107 outside, but the high in the room was 91. The RCom guy said the highest room temp should be 72.

I don't even have AC in my house, only a swamp cooler. No room in the house for the incubator. There's no way I can pay for AC for a room in the barn so I can use an incubator.

Darn, the room my Rcom is in gets to close to 90!

-Kathy

 

[chrissyr]

Thank you for the complement, but I am by no means an expert.  I have so much to learn and the more I learn the more I realize how little I know.  LOL

Walt helped me go through my birds at the Cream Legbar event in May.   [COLOR=333333]Of my 10 hens and 2 cocks he choose my nicest 3 hens and 1 cock and told me to breed them.  Interestingly,  my hens with the biggest crests had the poorest type.  [/COLOR]

[COLOR=333333]Walt suggested that I put each hen in her own pen and rotate the rooster between the pens then keep track of their babies.  He recommended that I figure out which hen produces the best female chicks and which hen produces the best male chicks.  Then breed the best rooster from the rooster line to the nicest hens of the hens line. [/COLOR]

[COLOR=333333]In  an ideal line the birds will all look very similar so at one look you can tell they are related.  My line is very immature since the individual birds look like individuals and not a cohesive group.  This is why Line Breeding is so important.  In line breeding you breed for certain traits and breed out the undesirable ones.  If/When you  add in new genes you add in new traits good and bad. Thus,  adding to the gene pool is not always a good idea unless you are prepared to cull hard.[/COLOR]

[COLOR=333333]In my sample of birds, some had wonky keels, narrow legs,  knock knees, high tails, red splotching in the ear lobes, crow heads... the list goes on.     All these things need work but not all at the same time.  [/COLOR][COLOR=333333]Walt recommended concentrating on type first and [/COLOR][COLOR=333333]addressing[/COLOR][COLOR=333333] cosmetic issues   ( color, ear lobe color, S combs, size of crest, and # of points etc ) w[/COLOR][COLOR=333333]hen all else is equal.  [/COLOR][COLOR=333333]  For example:  if two birds are identical  in every way except one is heavier choose the heavier of the two.  [/COLOR]

[COLOR=333333]To be honest,  I  was a little overwhelmed when I considered all the features among my birds that needed improvement .  However,  I was relieved to hear that my birds are nicest enough to work with and I did not need to bring in additional birds/bloodlines to improve my program.    The fact is, most of us breeding Cream Legbars got our birds from the same source so we are all faced with many of the same faults/challenges. [COLOR=333333]The key to breeding is knowing the strengths and weaknesses of  each bird in your breeding program.[/COLOR][/COLOR]

[COLOR=333333]I don't have any birds available, and I have limited eggs since I am down to only 3 birds.  However, t[/COLOR][COLOR=333333]here were a couple  people who came to the Cream Legbar event who I was impressed by.  These folks were  not only very knowledgable but they are committed to breeding Cream Legbars [/COLOR][COLOR=333333]methodically[/COLOR][COLOR=333333] to the standard. These folks are:     Curtis [/COLOR][COLOR=333333]@[/COLOR][COLOR=333333]GaryDean26[/COLOR][COLOR=333333] or Jane [/COLOR][COLOR=333333]@[/COLOR][COLOR=333333]sol2go[/COLOR][COLOR=333333].  There was one other woman who came from west Marin, but I can't find  her contact info.  [/COLOR]

[COLOR=333333]I know Chiqita and pappaspoultry also raising Cream Legbars so they are another option.  [/COLOR]

There was a CL meet? I see 2 CL threads, not sure which is better to follow. I just can't keep up with all the threads I'd like.
I would like to be on your list next spring . I have some from Jeff but I heard you are doing amazing work on yours

 

[chrissyr]

I have a hygrometer in there that records lows & highs. It went up to 107 outside, but the high in the room was 91. The RCom guy said the highest room temp should be 72.

I don't even have AC in my house, only a swamp cooler. No room in the house for the incubator. There's no way I can pay for AC for a room in the barn so I can use an incubator.

I keep my house at 73, but the first heat wave gave me a house AC failure. So didn't have air for 2 days.
Got up to almost 90 and the brinseas still did well. I was worried about high temps, but they never went over.
I've heard rcoms are great. My genesis i hatch in and humidity isn't an issue. I just add water through tubing like chickee told me about. Never have to open it.
But that's one thing that kept me from a cabinet. I think it would be too hot outside to regulate it. It would get well over 90.
What about some insulation around the incubators? Perhaps building a good size box around them.
You may have to worry about air circulation then, but if there's no other option.
So sorry you're having issues.

 

[chrissyr]

It was out to be cleaned snd did not get put back in! I had to scrub.
I use canned air to blow the dander out.

But the digital display reading has dander in it . I don't imagine it will blow out

 

[ronott1]

But the digital display reading has dander in it . I don't imagine it will blow out

There are vent openings the bottom. Use an air duster with the straw to blow out the dander. Make sure you do not tilt the can though. The air will come out cold and can hurt the chips on the logic board.

 

[caychris]

Maybe those (redneck) bucket air conditioners might work to keep the incubator room temp down.