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

[BantyChooks]

Dan, why did temp drop? Thermostat issues or did the bulbs blow?

 

[ChickenCanoe]

That is pretty much dead, I hate when I open and egg and see that.

That is what I had in the egg the flashlight smucked. last night. I just checked and I have 7-8 eggs not hatched today. I will boil them up smash then and feed them to the rooster and guineas along with the quitters, non-starters and this weeks frozen cracked eggs.


I know this is putting the horse behind the cart, maybe you should get a cheap heater and keep in the room, it is hard without stable ambient temps to get a good hatch. I got a heater with a thermostat on it for 14 bucks at Walmart I use in my brooder to maintain a minimum temp. One in the room would save them if it happens again.

Good advice on keeping the room warmer.
I was incubating in the cellar which stays in the upper 50s. Currently incubating in an upstairs bedroom in the 60s.
I plan on running a gas line to an office in the cellar and using gas heat to raise the temp in there to 80 or 90 and see how that affects incubator performance.

Except I won't be buying any heaters from Walmart.

 

[dan26552]

That is pretty much dead,  I hate when I open and egg and see that.   

That is what I had in the egg the flashlight smucked.  last night.   I just checked and I have 7-8 eggs not hatched today. I will boil them up smash then and feed them to the rooster and guineas along with the quitters, non-starters and this weeks frozen cracked eggs.


I know this is putting the horse behind the cart, maybe you should get a cheap  heater and keep in the room,  it is hard without stable ambient temps to get a good hatch.   I got a heater with a thermostat on it for 14 bucks at Walmart I use in my brooder to maintain a minimum temp.  One in the room would save them if it happens again.

Yep.


We have small space heaters around here somewhere, just gotta find one. Guess I should've gotten up and checked when I woke up for no reason at 3.

 

[duluthralphie]

Good advice on keeping the room warmer.
I was incubating in the cellar which stays in the upper 50s. Currently incubating in an upstairs bedroom in the 60s.
I plan on running a gas line to an office in the cellar and using gas heat to raise the temp in there to 80 or 90 and see how that affects incubator performance.

Except I won't be buying any heaters from Walmart.

Being a poor old person on a pension, I need to buy thing from Walmart. If they were cheaper at Macy's I would buy them there.

 

[DwayneNLiz]

Hello everyone. Great News....

My Turkey, Gail, has hatched out 3 chicks and 1 poult, with another poult pipped! Still has 1 turkey egg and 1 chicken egg under her also!





ANDDDDD..... I am hoping to set some Pheasant eggs tomorrow!

Then some chicken in a week of that....

Congrats!!!

Smiley Toads!!!!!

@casportpony - I searched the internet - the thing I saw them use is called an avian oral speculum. It very easily opened the beak and then kept it open - would be a dream to have to look for or treat wet pox (it was heck looking in their mouths this fall when everyone had dry pox), to medicate, or to tube feed as a solo person, keeping the beak open so you can feel that you can do so safely without it going down "the wrong way" if you need to or if the bird is squirmy/big. I could only find suppliers who only sold to licensed vets (verifying the info before selling to you). I called the vet I had seen today and asked if they knew how I could get one (I figured it couldn't hurt). Alas, they said that that tool had been sold to the new owner of the practice along with the rest of the equipment, and they don't know where it was bought.

FINALLY, I found it on jorvet.com, which would sell to me without me needing credentials. It comes in three different sizes (or in a set of the 3 sizes). (It's actually a stainless steel surgical-type instrument). Interestingly, I think I found the patent info/drawings for it online when I was searching - from 1998, I think. I thought of your tube feeding...

http://www.jorvet.com/product/avian-oral-speculum/

I couldn't find any videos showing how it works (it was very cool), but this is a photo of a cobra getting a mouth exam using one (using the large end - he used the smaller end for Monkey). You get the edge in the mouth, then rotate it to keep the mouth open and work or view through the opening in the center. You can use whatever part of it (size-wise) best fits the need, and like I said, it comes in different sizes. (I wish I had had one of these when I was treating Dumbledore - for that matter, I wish I had had it when I had my cats.)

- Ant Farm

@BantyChooks

Has anyone ever had any experience with shipping eggs with heat packs? If so, how do I do it and what do I use?

I looked around on this thread and found some stuff, but didn't find any info that helped me.

talk to @meltel too

Ralphie! You got your wish

The incubator dropped last night, to 52 degrees, killed every last one of the pipped eggs

i am so sorry!!!!!!

what happened??

When I was out of town, the person caring for chickens and dog dropped the ball on the incubator and chicks.
She didn't get the lid back on squarely and it was 94F the last 5 days of incubation and some hatched a couple days late. I was going to clear it out yesterday but I still heard peeping. Couldn't tell which egg it was coming from. I'll float test this morning.

that stinks, but at least they are hatching!!

Dan, why did temp drop? Thermostat issues or did the bulbs blow?

X2

 

[dan26552]

Ok, maybe alls not lost, I was (carefully) removing the membrane on the unpipped egg and it opened its eye and looked at me.

 

[dan26552]

Congrats!!!

@BantyChooks


talk to @meltel
 too

i am so sorry!!!!!!        what happened??

that stinks, but at least they are hatching!! 

X2

Relay issue or thermastat one

 

[duluthralphie]

Yep.


We have small space heaters around here somewhere, just gotta find one. Guess I should've gotten up and checked when I woke up for no reason at 3.

You really need one with a thermostat or a thermostat plug in on it. I know they have them at Amazon, but they are more than the whole heater I got at Wally's world. I thought I had one ,but mine is on at 35 degrees and off at 45 degrees. I use it to save Cuddles Comb from being damaged too much.

 

[BantyChooks]

Ok, maybe alls not lost, I was (carefully) removing the membrane on the unpipped egg and it opened its eye and looked at me.

Great!!

Now get that temp & humidity back up

 

[Pensmaster]

Ralphie! You got your wish




The incubator dropped last night, to 52 degrees, killed every last one of the pipped eggs

So sorry. They were almost there.

Edited to say hope they make it Just saw last post