LuckyCluckyCA
Songster
GOOD NEWS. it was at correct temp 38.7 but for some reason this incubator randomly flashes numbers and it was doing that when I looked. I purchased a guage for humidity and temp that I put in there so it's all going good. The humidity today is a big higher than I'd like - at 74 - but I think it just fluctuates in there. I keep messaging my friend to make sure I'm doing stuff right. She has the exact same kind and has done 2 batches successfully.
My next question is HEAT LAMPS for BROODER. I don't plan on doing many sets of eggs, but you never know. What brands of heat lamps, plates, etc do you prefer and why. For the singleton chick that was the sacrifice at the cemetery that was brought to us, we used my friends lizards hot rock and a bright red heat lamp and it came out just fine. We got it at 1 day old.
I'm likely going to make a brooder out of a wire dog crate. Now that Im thinking about it the wire might get too hot, so likely I'll like it with cardboard to keep shavings and chicks in, but dogs and cats out.
it is HOT in so cal right now, maybe I could keep in in the chicken run up on a waist high piece of furniture I have. It can't get rained on and I can get electricity back there if I run a long cord to the building. What do you think of that? I do NOT have any broody hens right now. Thinking the temp swings won't be as bad as in the building which is a metal building, it gets SUPER hot in here and then just stays hot until it gets SUPER cold. LOL but we spend way more time here at the shop than at home, so I think it's the best place to keep the babies.
suggestions welcome.
My next question is HEAT LAMPS for BROODER. I don't plan on doing many sets of eggs, but you never know. What brands of heat lamps, plates, etc do you prefer and why. For the singleton chick that was the sacrifice at the cemetery that was brought to us, we used my friends lizards hot rock and a bright red heat lamp and it came out just fine. We got it at 1 day old.
I'm likely going to make a brooder out of a wire dog crate. Now that Im thinking about it the wire might get too hot, so likely I'll like it with cardboard to keep shavings and chicks in, but dogs and cats out.
it is HOT in so cal right now, maybe I could keep in in the chicken run up on a waist high piece of furniture I have. It can't get rained on and I can get electricity back there if I run a long cord to the building. What do you think of that? I do NOT have any broody hens right now. Thinking the temp swings won't be as bad as in the building which is a metal building, it gets SUPER hot in here and then just stays hot until it gets SUPER cold. LOL but we spend way more time here at the shop than at home, so I think it's the best place to keep the babies.
suggestions welcome.
. Finally hitting the 80's here now. May get rain on Thursday and Friday. Not much they say. The sun is out, the rivers are flowing because of the snow melting in the mountains. Hikers are being warned about flooding in certain places.
