EDUCATIONAL INCUBATION & HATCHING CHAT THREAD, w/ Sally Sunshine Shipped Eggs

[ChickenCanoe]

Thanks.

 

[daxigait]

Had this guy stop by for a chat this morning.

Congratulations, deer jerky

 

[daxigait]

I hope you have a great trip. That's a shame. I hate to butcher all those nice boys. I think I'll be butchering my second oldest rooster. I'm pretty sure he's throwing a couple chipmunks out of every 30 chicks. If I do that, my 3 1/2 year old that came back to me this summer and an unrelated rooster will be my primaries and then I'll have to choose 3 more to keep from 7 others and then there's still 4 three month old cockerels. This is the old boy when he was molting and in quarantine. A bunch of young boys roosting together. There were 11 in there. Here they are foraging together. I have 4 left in that pen. They hatched 5-6 months ago.

They are soooooo beautiful. I do want one, but I don't have an adequate place to quarantine in below freezing temperatures. Nor the energy. I fell asleep in my chair again. I'm off to bed. Have a great night.

 

[ChickenCanoe]

They are soooooo beautiful. I do want one, but I don't have an adequate place to quarantine in below freezing temperatures. Nor the energy. I fell asleep in my chair again. I'm off to bed. Have a great night.

I fully understand.
I guess the below freezing part is because of providing water?
Pool night tomorrow night. I'm off to practice for about an hour.

 

[Akrnaf2]

Hi everyone just a quick question, is it okay for the incubator temp to fluctuate 0.1 degrees? Mine goes from 37.5-37.6 C.

0.1C is less then the sensor sensitivity.

 

[Tashaf]

What if my eggs were still on the rotating shelf till day 19???

 

[Tashaf]

Im curious: has anyone hatched eggs after day18 with a heat lamp?? Since they need to be still I thought it might be possible to put them in a rubber mate with a heat lamp over it at the right temperature and to keep the humidity up with a wet rag and try hatching that way??

 

[Chaos18]

Congratulations, deer jerky

Thanks. Glad to see you're alright.

 

[Chaos18]

Morning everybody.

 

[BullChick]

What if my eggs were still on the rotating shelf till day 19???

No problem.

Im curious: has anyone hatched eggs after day18 with a heat lamp?? Since they need to be still I thought it might be possible to put them in a rubber mate with a heat lamp over it at the right temperature and to keep the humidity up with a wet rag and try hatching that way??

I can't say that I have done it, but it is very possible. Check the temp to be sure you aren't frying them, and add wet sponges very close by to be sure that there is enough humidity.