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

[Razadia]

Which of you were the one who uses a Govee temp/RH sensor?
I bought one which came today and hooked it up. It seemed great but when I stuck it in the incubator it is no longer communicating with my android phone. Any ideas>?
The incubators are upstairs and I with my phone are downstairs.

That was me. I've found that it doesn't have a great range. That's the only problem I've had with it aside from general sucky phone problems. Bluetooth in general doesn't have a great range, but the govee seems to have a shorter than normal range.

 

[ChickenCanoe]

Thanks. I may look into some other device to put outside the incubator and extend the range somehow. I do like the accuracy.

 

[Razadia]

Thanks. I may look into some other device to put outside the incubator and extend the range somehow. I do like the accuracy.

Let me know if you find something!

 

[Akrnaf2]

Those WILD hogs don't seem to be hungry, fortunately!!

Boars=domesticated
Hogs=wild?

 

[Razadia]

Boars=domesticated
Hogs=wild?

Yep, but it also depends on where you're from. Here in Alabama we use both. We just call domestic pigs, pigs.

 

[Pensmaster]

I didn't read the last 5 pages but I have to ask, is yours a flat roof or sloped roof? If a sloped roof, do you know the slope angle (inches per foot)?
https://www.nachi.org/roof-slope-pitch.htm

I have both flat and sloped roofs. For flat, EPDM rubber is the way to go but another good option is modified bitumen which is also known as torch down. I stay away from tar but old roofers know that well. It just doesn't live as long as EPDM and torch down. For a sloped roof, I'd stay with shingles or metal.

Completely agree. Tar on comp shingles not a good idea.

 

[kwhites634]

Boars=domesticated
Hogs=wild?

I don't think so. I've never kept swine, but as far as I know HOGS covers mature members of either sex, while BOARS is strictly male, like bulls or stallions.

 

[BullChick]

I didn't read the last 5 pages but I have to ask, is yours a flat roof or sloped roof? If a sloped roof, do you know the slope angle (inches per foot)?
https://www.nachi.org/roof-slope-pitch.htm

I have both flat and sloped roofs. For flat, EPDM rubber is the way to go but another good option is modified bitumen which is also known as torch down. I stay away from tar but old roofers know that well. It just doesn't live as long as EPDM and torch down. For a sloped roof, I'd stay with shingles or metal.

Sloped. I don’t know the angle.

 

[BullChick]

I am back to three pancakes in the coop. We will see what the next day or two brings with their eggs hatching.

 

[Uff Da]

Is anyone familiar with the protocol of dipping eggs in a vitamin C solution to increase hatchability? This would make a great 4-H project experiment. I think I will even play around with this--I play around with every other aspect of incubating!

https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/39d8/a3586012c88b80b9b7da8aecd5cbe8edf1d8.pdf