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

[Pensmaster]

I give up, not going to try to catch up! Happy New Years, Everyone!

Hello Mike happy New Years.

 

[Sally Sunshine]

Shalom to all of you! How's the hangover?

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I have a question
Does (do?) Anyone wash and sterilize his/her incubation eggs before setting them? And if the answer is positive I would glad to know, what is the product they are using, and how they use it. I thank you in advance.

Mr B. Mike and I have both set eggs with egg wipes and have had no issues

Benny, I used the instructions here - the bleach, plus carefully controlled temp by measuring after each egg and microwaving the solution when it cooled under 100F.

Washing and storage of eggs post

@Akrnaf2

- Ant Farm

Yes I set duck poopy eggs and others but not smothered. Thanks for finding it for him!!

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BESTIE BESTIE BESTIEEEEEE!! LOOK!!! @campingshaws


AND... Mister air-cell-from-Hades is enlarging the pip!!!

HA!!!! great job sweets!! well at least with this one

Ok I need to ask a stupid incubator question.... I use a hovabator Genesis incubator (3 actually

) and 1 small magicfly incubator. Has anybody seen a huge increase in their electric bill from the use of their incubators. My electric bill has skyrocketed and our heat and dryer is propane. I do run 1 heat lamp and 1 electric oil filled radiator but thats about it. I would think it should be way higher in the summer when the air is running....

WOW really? from the bator?

 

[Pensmaster]

Maybe some?? I've been so busy holding Kari I actually went away from the Bator for a bit.

Not possible.

 

[BantyChooks]

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Jenny don't change your number...

 

[mlm Mike]

Quote: Now, now, none of that!!!! NO STINKIN' THINKIN'!!!!!!!!!

I give up, not going to try to catch up!

Happy New Years, Everyone!

Happy New Year!

Thanks.

Quote: Sorry, they died. Strange the bad air cells would make it, and not the others.

 

[BantyChooks]

Thanks.

Sorry, they died. Strange the bad air cells would make it, and not the others.

Kari's AC was ok, but the other was pretty bad.

 

[Sally Sunshine]

Here's a picture of my rooster from last years NY HAL out enjoying a short free range day.

love him!!

Quote: did you see my post to you?>? which was calibrated? or are you saying at the start they WERE all the same temps? do you have the little ones sitting on the wire? also this has a fan yes?

Why does the bator say day 9... am I supposed to candle again already?

is it day 9?

 

[Sally Sunshine]

@teaton is that the heater that has the fan it it or no, I am reading that somepeople have solved the issue by actually adding a pc fan to that heater directly on the bottom of it, not opening it up to mess with it just adding a pc fan to it.

 

[mlm Mike]

I'm not counting the minutes yet. Just give me time. I have put my mature roosters in with the hens and pulled the young cockerels who were trying to kill one another and driving the hens crazy. I left my mature Buff O roosters with them along with one of my Welsummer/Buff O cockerels. They will be a year in Feb and have completely overthrown the two year old Welsummer roosters who were until this past month, ruling the roost with spurs of iron. Since I want fertile eggs I figured I'd better go with the alphas since I want to hatch out some Buff O eggs as my Brinsea's initiation.

Now I just need to wait for the Buff girls to start laying again and then I will start counting down the days, hours and minutes till the first of March. Til then I have to settle for weeks.

Sounds like you have a plan, and March will get here soon.

Quote: Thanks!

 

[BantyChooks]

I've missed having little ones SO much.

Kari is walking a bit steadier now. He's only 4 hours old....