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

[Akrnaf2]

LALO
DID YOU SLEEP WELL?

 

[Akrnaf2]

Can chickens have raw shrimp heads

They can eat everything, but don't think there is to much to eat there. You can give them some fish gut, they will love it!

 

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LALO
DID YOU SLEEP WELL?

yes, about 5 hours!

 

[Akrnaf2]

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LALO DID YOU SLEEP WELL?

yes, about 5 hours!

Good, i think, 5 hours are enough?

 

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Good, i think, 5 hours are enough?

For now.

 

[Akrnaf2]

Good, i think, 5 hours are enough?

For now.

Everything is for now, nothing is forever!

 

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Everything is for now, nothing is forever!

Exactly! An impromptu nap could be in the future. but now I am awake and content.

 

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[Happy Chooks]

Just popping in to say Hi Sally and Mike!

I miss you guys!

 

[10AcreChick]

Quick question for all of you incubation experts. I'm on my first hatch with a homemade incubator, using the 22 amp GQP Wafer Thermostat for Incubator. I am using an Accurite thermometer/hygrometer (just a cheapo from Walmart, I think). My humidity is great, using just a small Tupperware of water. My eggs are on day 9, and all moving and looking good with good air cells. Now, my thermometer, which shows 24 hour highs and lows, as well as current, is really challenging my control freak tendencies.

The high is 102, low is 97. I watched it cycle up and then back down and up again, it spends most of its time on 99/100. Now, my husband, an HVAC professional, says this is totally normal and that you will not get a perfectly steady temp in a forced air environment, but that the AVERAGE is what matters. In "non-HVAC speak", I think what he is telling me is my thermometer is TOO good and catching all the subtle fluctuations, and that's what is messing me up. He watches thermometers all day. But he doesn't hatch chicks. He said we can get a digital thermostat that will keep it at a .5 degree differential (cycling on and off continuously, I'm guessing), but it's gonna be hell expensive.
So how am I doing, oh wise ones? The chicks seem happy. Should I stop worrying about it? Should I buy some cheapo thermometers that don't show highs and lows and put them in there for peace of mind for my simplified brain so I don't go crazy? Or should I go buy air cell and active babies? Or is there some way to dial in the wafer thermostat more for a lower differential? I know some on here use the Wafer - help me, please!