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

[Akrnaf2]

Well, its better than live duck....

But I gotta have a live duck before I can have a dead and roasted duck, right?

Not at all! You always can engineer you one!

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cultured_meat

 

[BunnynChicks]

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Soooo, everybody that doesn't agree with you calls you Ralphie?

 

[ChickenCanoe]

... I've had too many years of construction ...

That's what earplugs are for.

Good morning all!

My first "blood" oranges this year, ( from my tree!)

Look great. I want some.
The only thing on trees around here now are persimmons.

I raised ALL MY chicks successfully under light bulb , they sleep tremendously good unde it! No problem AT ALL!
And l think, that YOU think, that you are their mom......

I used to also but when I got more serious, I started only giving 24 hours of light for the first 3 or 4 days at the most. Now I give them 8 hours of dark every night. A hemeral lighting approach allows them a resting period.

http://www.hyline.com/aspx/redbook/redbook.aspx?s=4&p=23

Torvi hasn't pasted up this morning

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Nothing, actually... Just kept picking it off, and today there was no more. I did, however, turn down the heat on the heating pad, so maybe that was it??

It was at a high setting, coz it's cold in here.

Since I've been adding a probiotic powder to chicks first water about 3 years ago, I haven't had a case of pasted vent since.
Healthy gut flora is essential for controlling diarrhea, intestinal parasites and proper digestion and utilization of feed.

It's Supposed to be warmer this week. Will probably end up with a bunch more unneeded rain.

The local channel says we have 7 days of rain coming starting tonight.
Weather channel says only 2 or 3.

Good Morning all.

It would be nice if we could have a little snow with this crazy cold weather! I don't think I have EVER had to take water down to the coops before because of the water being frozen...until this morning.

Taking water to 5 coops 3 times a day the last week was a real time eater.

Yes high temp is certainly a reason!

That too.
They need a warm spot but more importantly a large cool space.

I don't know if this has been asked on here yet, too much to read through! But I searched and can't find anything on it...The question I have is, has anyone tried to use a space heater fan/heating element set up in their homemade incubator? It's one of those metal heaters you get from Walmart for $17, the fan blows past heated springs. My husband said the thermostat is shot on it, but he thinks he can make it work with a wafer thermostat (the one Sally Sunshine suggested using). I am making an incubator from a wooden box I have completely lined with 2" styrofoam. We will put the fan beside the egg shelf, so the fan will blow towards the front and the air will circulate past the heated springs, over the eggs and back around to the back before going back in the fan.

What do you all think? Please help, cannot find anyone using anything but light bulbs! Though I certainly have not ruled that out, and don't have a problem with it, but the heater is free.

Free is good.
I use metallic heat elements for incubation.

Cool, I'm leaning towards that or similar element. Not sure why just not a fan of the light bulb. Time to head to amazon and figure out the difference between the UTC and STC 1000. I have a STC-1000 that I hooked up to my LG styro.

I found the UTC to cause larger temperature swings.

I've got one of each. The STC got replaced by a wafer but so far no problems with the UTC. Depending on the size of the bator you might need a bigger element. The bator that element is in is fairly small.

500 watts is pretty big.
I have a big cabinet with a 250 and a 100 watt. Both energized by 2 different controllers.

 

[BantyChooks]

Not at all! You always can engineer you one!

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cultured_meat

Um, I'll take my hamburger from a farm instead of a laboratory, thanks muchly...

 

[duluthralphie]

Um, I'll take my hamburger from a farm instead of a laboratory, thanks muchly...

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[ChickenCanoe]

I've looked at the wafers and considered that route, just seems like there's more control with the digital. I think it comes down to what you are used to and comfortable with. Once I got the STC figured out it works like a champ as long as I do my part and plug it in correctly.

Just cause one can see numbers with the digital ones, doesn't mean those numbers are accurate.

I think that with 24 Sermas you can get a nice pot!

We are 0.0043% (22,000sqKM/510,000,000sqKM) of the earths surface, and we have 511 BIRDS SPECIES! including migratory ones.

I missed the part about the 24.

 

[Akrnaf2]

I've looked at the wafers and considered that route, just seems like there's more control with the digital. I think it comes down to what you are used to and comfortable with. Once I got the STC figured out it works like a champ as long as I do my part and plug it in correctly.

I think that with 24 Sermas you can get a nice pot!


We are 0.0043% (22,000sqKM/510,000,000sqKM) of the earths surface, and we have 511 BIRDS SPECIES! including migratory ones.

I missed the part about the 24.

Mel. spoke about a lady that brought 24 Sermma to a poultry exhibition, and the judge told the lady that they were good only for the soup pot! And frome that post all the discussion of sermmas as food developed.

 

[ChickenCanoe]

They taste just like chicken.

 

[duluthralphie]

Mel. spoke about a lady that brought 24 Sermma to a poultry exhibition, and the judge told the lady that they were good only for the soup pot! And frome that post all the discussion of sermmas as food developed.

Oh that poor woman!! I cannot imagine how heart broken I would be to have a judge tell me my chickens were only good for soup!


I am glad I missed that.

 

[Akrnaf2]

 
Um, I'll take my hamburger from a farm instead of a laboratory, thanks muchly...

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Me too, but there will be time that food will be produced like that!