Go to my thread, link is in my siggy. And look as the pics of my goose. It took about 9 days before I could see anything but then it was like magic.
Top photo of this goose egg is day 1 set, bottom photo is after 1 week of incubation. I don't even know. Maybe they are the same. Maybe not. I don't even know what I'm even looking at. LOL
Top photo of this goose egg is day 1 set, bottom photo is after 1 week of incubation. I don't even know. Maybe they are the same. Maybe not. I don't even know what I'm even looking at. LOL
I'm not giving up but I'm not going to expect a lot either... but I'm going to keep trying.
Today is literally day 21 on set two.I gotta have some amount of better success than set one to know that I'm learning.
But in other news, my giant shower stall brooder is full of happy, healthy, cheeky babies so there's always that. And I'm getting lots of wonderful eggs from my year old ducks. Set three is doing better so far than set two, and set two did better than set one so there's that.
Just curious, all of you super hatchers, what was your first attempts at hatching with incubators like? Super good, not so good? How did you feel about it and stuff?
My first attempt was last June and it went great. I purchased a Brinsea Eco 20 w turner from a friend who had it already calibrated so I just had to add eggs and water ever so often and had 100% hatch. I then made my home made one and used that for lock down and 100% of them hatched. Later in the season I had someone want 60 chicks so I had to borrow 2 other incubators and the whole thing was a disaster. I ended up with 38 chicks out of 4 fill sets. One was a styro and other an old Bower round one. They were so needy with temps fluctuating and humidity they cooked over 200 eggs. This year I have the same styro I borrowed and he let me do some modifications to it. Knock on wood it's been running steady for a week now using advice from a person on the Wis Cheeseheads board. I candled them yesterday and all have veining. It's too soon to candle the 36 in my home made incubator but I made a makeshift turner that I didn't have last year(hand turned) so I don't have to open it and added tube so I can add water without opening also. I have my fingers crossed. Candled the ones in Brinsea yesterday also and all are growing well. I did have problems early one with accidentally putting un-fertile eggs in but all the ones set now are doing well. I'm just getting nervous for Wednesday for lock down as I'm moving them to the lower part of my home made for hatching. I have 4 different breeds and don't want to mix them up before I get them banded so I made some dividers out of boxes. I hope it works for me. I would rather build my own than buy one anyday. I love tinkering with things and figuring out how to make them work.I'm not giving up but I'm not going to expect a lot either... but I'm going to keep trying.
Today is literally day 21 on set two.I gotta have some amount of better success than set one to know that I'm learning.
But in other news, my giant shower stall brooder is full of happy, healthy, cheeky babies so there's always that. And I'm getting lots of wonderful eggs from my year old ducks. Set three is doing better so far than set two, and set two did better than set one so there's that.
Just curious, all of you super hatchers, what was your first attempts at hatching with incubators like? Super good, not so good? How did you feel about it and stuff?
LOL, I LOVE IT, I love the dividers. NICE JOB, and I agree, Home made ones are sooooo much more better, you get to know your bator, you know EXACTLY what's wrong when something isn't reading right and BOOM, you already know how to fix the problem. These other ones you have to find the part then order them, and hope it gets to you in time. LOLMy first attempt was last June and it went great. I purchased a Brinsea Eco 20 w turner from a friend who had it already calibrated so I just had to add eggs and water ever so often and had 100% hatch. I then made my home made one and used that for lock down and 100% of them hatched. Later in the season I had someone want 60 chicks so I had to borrow 2 other incubators and the whole thing was a disaster. I ended up with 38 chicks out of 4 fill sets. One was a styro and other an old Bower round one. They were so needy with temps fluctuating and humidity they cooked over 200 eggs. This year I have the same styro I borrowed and he let me do some modifications to it. Knock on wood it's been running steady for a week now using advice from a person on the Wis Cheeseheads board. I candled them yesterday and all have veining. It's too soon to candle the 36 in my home made incubator but I made a makeshift turner that I didn't have last year(hand turned) so I don't have to open it and added tube so I can add water without opening also. I have my fingers crossed. Candled the ones in Brinsea yesterday also and all are growing well. I did have problems early one with accidentally putting un-fertile eggs in but all the ones set now are doing well. I'm just getting nervous for Wednesday for lock down as I'm moving them to the lower part of my home made for hatching. I have 4 different breeds and don't want to mix them up before I get them banded so I made some dividers out of boxes. I hope it works for me. I would rather build my own than buy one anyday. I love tinkering with things and figuring out how to make them work.
