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

[kwhites634]

Days.

More like weeks probably closer.

 

[daxigait]

Maybe. I would have expected different symptoms and more than one bird out of the ~200 I've had being affected. Who knows.

True. Good morning to you too.

 

[daxigait]

I am wondering if I can wrap it in heat tape, or if I can fill a waterproof container of some kind with something. I really need to to be reusable like my microwave pet pads, or inexpensive like to warmers. Boiling water in a bottle like frozen ones for cold just won't last long. Thinking........

 

[daxigait]

Some aquarium type heater would heat it, but likely be a nightmare to keep clean and safe.

 

[daxigait]

What good insulator would be kid proof?
@Akrnaf2 @ChickenCanoe @Farmer Connie

 

[daxigait]

Does anyone know how @kajira 's pregnancy is going?

 

[kwhites634]

Some aquarium type heater would heat it, but likely be a nightmare to keep clean and safe.

You might could set the bucket in a larger one & heat the water in the larger bucket. The problem would be keeping the water warm with an aquarium heater; either the outer bucket wouldn't be deep enough or the kids would find a way to pull the heater out.
There is a bucket heater on the market that the bucket either sits on or that is submerged & sits on the bottom (inside); can't remember which. It's a fairly substantial affair. I think it was @Ur-ur-ur-urrr who had one; @BantyChooks could probably tell you. Joey's a bit tough to reach, though.

 

[BantyChooks]

You might could set the bucket in a larger one & heat the water in the larger bucket. The problem would be keeping the water warm with an aquarium heater; either the outer bucket wouldn't be deep enough or the kids would find a way to pull the heater out.
There is a bucket heater on the market that the bucket either sits on or that is submerged & sits on the bottom (inside); can't remember which. It's a fairly substantial affair. I think it was @Ur-ur-ur-urrr who had one; @BantyChooks could probably tell you. Joey's a bit tough to reach, though.

I think Joey might have left BYC after an idiot came through the RIR thread. I'd try reaching him through PM though. I thought he had a submersible one? Sorry, my memory's going.

I wish I had heater ideas, but I don't, sorry.

 

[kwhites634]

I think Joey might have left BYC after an idiot came through the RIR thread. I'd try reaching him through PM though. I thought he had a submersible one? Sorry, my memory's going.

I wish I had heater ideas, but I don't, sorry.

You've been rather scarce in this neighborhood the last week or so. Everything o.k. up there?

 

[BantyChooks]

You've been rather scarce in this neighborhood the last week or so. Everything o.k. up there?

Oh, sure. I have to admit I've been turning my studies on here more towards breeding to standard rather than random chicken stuff, so I'm not on the chatter threads so much, but I'm still here.

Hatching season is coming up very shortly and of course I'll be back full force then to bore you all to death with pictures.