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

[Sally Sunshine]

Hi Beautiful!!!! I live in that time frame.....

 

[Lucky Lemon]

Hi Beautiful!!!!  I live in that time frame..... 

I am enjoying it!

 

[dan26552]

Sweet! Never saw the inside of one of them! Did you put anything on the lid to prevent the lights from burning them or it doesnt effect it? well done! Reminder when its lockdown to place screening on the rack or .....

Spoiler: A GOOD IDEA

A GOOD IDEA FOR SOME STYROFOAM INCUBATORS
COVER THE BOTTOM WIRE GRATE with A SMALLER TYPE OF SCREENING
CHICKS can get broken legs in these large sized wire grates
EXAMPLES Window SCREEN, or DOLLAR store rubber Shelf mat with the holes
see below:
[COLOR=000080]Note: foam grip drawer mat on the wire bottom of incubator on day on day 18 lockdown. A cloth, crinoline, or paper towels could work as well. This ALSO protects the navel, the place where the abdomen closes after surrounding the remains of the yolk, from injury. It also makes cleaning the incubator easier. NO the wire on the incubator bottom should not injure or effect your chicks after they hatch. Dollar store baskets are great to keep hatching chicks separated by breed.[/COLOR]​

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Thanks! I did not put anything over the lights they don'tseem to be close enough but my brother in law says if I did that it might help hold more heat (though it holds fine) so I may add some of those and a few heat banks before I set the next batch (which I'm hoping are ducks eggs ) Thanks Sally! I put some window screening down on top of that before I put the eggs in so we'll see how that works.

 

[chicken hawk 33]

wow it sure is clean!! very pretty!  Your bubble stone is best putting out as tiny bubbles as it can CH, sometimes when you bury in rocks they get to big and dont put the oxy in the water they should...  I love that you have a double sponge filter!

got pics and a story to go with how you got it?

the bubble does those big bubbles itself the way it made and yep I have to hob filters rated for 40_50 gallons each on a 36 gallon.

 

[chicken hawk 33]

On christmas night my dad said to go see what our cat had outside he usually always has mice or rats but about a week ago he had an adult flying squirrel but we helped it get away well the night of Christmas day my dad had to go check and see what he had and I noticed it wasn't a rat by the tail and I knew it was another flying squirrel buy pictures I found he is about only 8 weeks old.

 

[Sally Sunshine]

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GREAT!!! how is baby girl?

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Thanks! I did not put anything over the lights they don'tseem to be close enough but my brother in law says if I did that it might help hold more heat (though it holds fine) so I may add some of those and a few heat banks before I set the next batch (which I'm hoping are ducks eggs

) Thanks Sally! I put some window screening down on top of that before I put the eggs in so we'll see how that works.
ok KIT what day and candle time! you have a good flashlight? those EE may be difficult to see in

Quote: great news, you should get a T and add just a tiny bubbler they are cheap. and some you can control flow to each tube that branches off to get more from one than the other. thats great on the filters!

 

[Sally Sunshine]

On christmas night my dad said to go see what our cat had outside he usually always has mice or rats but about a week ago he had an adult flying squirrel but we helped it get away well the night of Christmas day my dad had to go check and see what he had and I noticed it wasn't a rat by the tail and I knew it was another flying squirrel buy pictures I found he is about only 8 weeks old.

What are you going to do with it?

 

[chicken hawk 33]

GREAT!!!  how is baby girl?
ok KIT what day and candle time! you have a good flashlight?  those EE may be difficult to see in

great news, you should get a T and add just a tiny bubbler they are cheap.  and some you can control flow to each tube that branches off to get more from one than the other.    thats great on the filters!

yes well I am going to keep that one and get another bubble stone for smaller bubbles

 

[Sally Sunshine]

Oh Cute!! pics just showed up!! Dang hughsnet!!

 

[chicken hawk 33]

What are you going to do with it?

he's my pet