Diary & Notes ~ Air Cell Detatched SHIPPED Chicken Eggs for incubation and hatching

[Sally Sunshine]

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AWESOME ideas! thank you! we are actually doing a sign for the gate that says "Check guns at Bar" and painting one of the kids guns black and attaching it to the sign, that is DH project. I did enough signs!


WHERE do I get a clean skull!!!

 

[Sally Sunshine]

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YOU "was" here, u has the goods! and tell me you FORGOT 50 something bob white eggs! DOH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I don't have another turner other than yours,

Chad learned tonight that 100 degrees in a still air was causing ALL HIS HATCHES to fail.
Chad says he cant read, wondering how he makes due on this site???
Chad there is a great hatching 101 article for you to read, its ALWAYS in my siggy!
but wait, I see how you think..... Sally has my bator now so she must hatch chicks!

I love hatching yes, but tired of cleaning brooders and worryin over chicks.

DONT FORGET about those chukar! they cant tolerate cold they need it 99 degrees the first week, No lower!

 

[Sally Sunshine]

Hopefully this roo is doing his job baby cresteds would be so cute!

Quote: awesome!

 

[Sally Sunshine]

Well I left at 3 and went to town. I get home 2 hours later and one of my Canada geese is dead. I have no idea what happened. It was perfectly healthy when I left. Sad day to lose a bird we hatched from eggs 3 years ago and had a great personality. She followed me around.

awwwww

 

[Sally Sunshine]

Ok you wanted pics here are 18 of the 25 the others are still in the bator also how do I introduce my 5 day olds to my new baby's once they are standing eating and fully dry

Very WELL done! Congrats!!

 

[kaybee123]

YOU "was" here, u has the goods! and tell me you FORGOT 50 something bob white eggs! DOH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  
I don't have another turner other than yours,

Chad learned tonight that 100 degrees in a still air was causing ALL HIS HATCHES to fail.
Chad says he cant read, wondering how he makes due on this site???
Chad there is a great hatching 101 article for you to read, its ALWAYS in my siggy!
but wait, I see how you think.....  Sally has my bator now so she must hatch chicks!

I love hatching yes, but tired of cleaning brooders and worryin over chicks.

DONT FORGET about those chukar! they cant tolerate cold they need it 99 degrees the first week, No lower!

Why does 100 degrees in still air kill the eggs? I've read that it needs to be between 100-102? I'm confuzzed now, which isn't hard to do.

 

[kaybee123]

Is 100 too high or low?

 

[chicksooner]

Yup but the cheapest I found was $75. and I am too cheap to pay it for something that sits there and has no actual use!
Welcome to the thread Brian! Glad you came!

BALL AND CHAIN for LoverBoy!

Wagon wheels are expensive around here. $75 would be a bargin. Still too much for me to pay.

Very WELL done! Congrats!!

Congrats Wescotts!

 

[chicksooner]

I have another 2 month old pullet get wry neck today. Again fine this morning and this afternoon when I refreshed water and added electrolytes. This evening she was looking upside down. GRRRRR so frustrated. Haven't culled yet. I am going to move her into the garage with a fan and observe.

 

[Sally Sunshine]

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TEMPERATURE
Never trust the thermometer that comes with the incubator, always check it.
The thermometer that came with my incubator was off by 5 degrees.
That could mean life or death for your babies.
With a Forced Air Incubator (fan model) you can get the best hatch rate by keeping the temperature at 99.5º F. throughout the entire incubation period. HOWEVER, when using a Still Air incubator (no fan) at 102º F. The reason for different temperatures is that with a fan model the circulating air warms all around the egg while still air temperatures are warmer at the top of the egg than at the bottom. The temperature is measured at the level where the embryos develop (at the top of the egg). A high temperature tends to produce early hatches. A consistently cooler temperature tends to increase incubation times and produce weakened chicks. In both cases the total chicks hatched will be reduced. Prepare your incubator and run it for several days before adding eggs, to be positive you are maintaining correct incubation temperature. NOTE: It is common that when adding eggs the temperature will drop but should come back up to correct temperature within an hour or two. Don’t rest the thermometer's bulb touching the eggs or the incubator. Incorrect readings will result. Did you know that 10/13 day old embryos begin to produce excess heat in the incubator? Most large commercial incubators will spend more time cooling than heating!

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