d'anver lovers,discuss the breed and post some pics!

[laseterlass]

Usually, if there is condensation on the window, the humidity is considered too high because when the first chick hatches, it will rise automatically anyway. That's when you'd open up all air holes to let it out. Coloring the water is a great idea, for sure, though in my old bator, I colored the underside of the plastic tray with red or blue magic marker so I could see where the channels were. Otherwise, it sure is hard to see, isn't it?

I have the Genesis ready to go and the eggs coming up to near room temp (the bsmt is about 55* where I store them prior to hatching). This will be a great test of the incubator. I'm calibrating the hygro and that should be finished by 10 p.m. tonight. That is easy to do, just a pile of wet salt in an open container and the hygro near it in a closed ziplock bag. By 8-10 hours, it should read 75%. If not, you know how much it's off by and adjust your readings accordingly. Will have to get out my big sponges later on or I may get some new ones, or just might soak these in Oxine water to be sure they're okay, even though I do that after every hatch.

I dont know why I call it a hydrometer... Thank you for the information on testing it. I wondered about that which is why I used a homemade one with an accurate thermometer.

 

[speckledhen]

I dont know why I call it a hydrometer... Thank you for the information on testing it. I wondered about that which is why I used a homemade one with an accurate thermometer.

Folks just get the two confused. A hydrometer measures the density of liquids rather than moisture content in the air.

Here is the Genesis, almost ready to load. It's preset to 100*, though I could put eggs in at this temp. Not sure what that would do to it so will wait until it gets to its preset number. Humidity is perfect. How did I miss that this Genesis had a built in hygrometer? I never knew that.

 

[K Epp]

Cyn that is a sweet set up. Thank you.

 

[speckledhen]

22 little cuties are sleeping in their chambers for 20-21 days. We have lift-off!

The temp has already come back up to where it should be after adding the eggs. I have the analog hygrometer that I calibrated. Will put it in there to see how on target the Genesis hygro is, just to be sure, though I bet it's just fine.

 

[Cetawin]

Muffies cardigan!

Love it. Now just to leash train her so you two can go shopping together and take rides to new and exciting places. She almost has a wardrobe...just needs little styling shoes.

 

[Cetawin]

Cynthia you no longer have the right to tease me about My Little Love with the way you fawn over Spike. Just because My Little Love gets special treatment of choosing his own living area, roost bar and women does not mean he is any less manly. He just prefers his XL dog crate with tree branch to the 6' x 8' coop area and he happens to prefer the d'Uccle woman and the Asian women (Silkies). Speaking of which, as I do not have a paint or a porcelain silkie roo, I may just give those paint and porcelain silkies to Rufus too. hehehehe He can handle four other women. But if he takes the other women he will have to move out of his beloved crate. I will however give him his branch to roost on. Silly boy.

 

[speckledhen]

HA, I do not tease you about Rufus. I make fun of Rufus! He's a goober like all other goobers at your place. You need Deacon, who is my own Goober Extraodinaire. He would fit right in at your place. I am in the front of the coops and heard a commotion a couple of days ago, saw Serena looking upward, look toward her line of sight, and then, Deacon comes walking toward me across the roof of the main coop, hops down and comes over flirting with me. Complete Goober-ness.

 

[Cetawin]

Hahahaha yeah he does belong here...I shall think on it because I have Iggy to get women for too. And Prince and Meanie. Lancelot won't give up any of his girls.

 

[speckledhen]

I have retrieved Deacon from the top of the main coop TWICE today. And he was hassling Spike at the D'Anver pen, which in turn, somehow started a fight between Spike and Rusty2, in which Spike kicked his butt, thankfully. But, there again, Deke causing trouble. There is a hawk screaming around here today and Deacon makes quite a nice target standing tall 8 feet in the air.

Deacon, for those who don't know, is the son of my Delaware rooster and my Ameraucana/EE/has Sumatra somewhere in her lineage Terrorist Attack hen with two very nice spurs herself, Tiny. But, poor Deke has only one spur growing. The other is nothing but a raised area on his leg, won't ever be a spur there. Weird from the get-go, that guy. And he lurves me so much (or is such a wussy boy, or maybe both), he likes to bury his face in my jacket and hide from the Big Bad Rex and Daddy Ike.

The Dekes-note the long, lean body, great for flight, and the white skin, like mama, Tiny:

 

[kendradillon]

MUFFY JUST CROWED..... she's 3 years and has laid eggs for sure. Just crowed