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

[kwhites634]

This is a bit closer; actually....

All you need

 

[BantyChooks]

There ya go! Ain't no hill for a climber. Ain't nothin' to it but to do it!

I'm rather worried about framing the roof, but I figger I can't do any worse than this coop. Roof truss wasn't even notched so it could rest on the wall, it was kept in place with a piece of wood nailed on as a finger to the main support.
Cross supports were only a few feet long too... Added bracing to fix that.

Just trying to help.  That  is how I got the nickname of Mr, Helpful on here.

 

[BantyChooks]

All you need

Is love?

 

[kwhites634]

Quote: A little of that would come in handy, too

 

[meltel]

Nice write up.
I think the Premier heat plates are very hard to beat and so energy efficient.
I have a small and an extra small.

I agree that having a dark period each day is important.
I only keep a light on the first 48-72 hours so they can eat/drink whenever they get the urge.

Are you sure the quitter issue is with humidity?
There can be so many other things causing quitters. Numbers 6-9 in the following link will give you many more possibilities to consider.

http://ufdc.ufl.edu/UF00008570/00001/3j

IMHO, people obsess too much about humidity. Whenever I catch myself doing so, I try to imagine a broody hen regulating humidity during a rainstorm or during a particularly harsh dry spell.


Our tent stoves in the army ran on diesel.
As do several European autos.

So true.

I missed it.

Thanks for the info! No-I am not sure it is the humidity. I do know that 25% have the lethal gene that is common in seramas so whatever makes it to lockdown, I automatically minus that 25% right off the bat. Since I am newer to incubation & chickens in general, I am starting with "operator error" first and changing 1 thing at a time starting with humidity since that is easiest to control/fix. I use high quality feed and nutritional supplement(my birds eat better than I do!) and I disinfect with brinsea incubator sanitizer to clean. I use automatic turners so I don't think it is the turning. So I have narrowed it down already. I should not complain about my hatches really-I average about 30-40% per hatch. Just always looking to improve.

 

[BantyChooks]

A little of that would come in handy, too

It's love for them critters that keeps me from downsizing and just building a 5'x5' instead of trying to pull off this whole escapade successfully

 

[Cluckcluck1215]

Really, guys?100 posts, I'm not reading them.But.....I guess it's better hen 1800

 

[dan26552]

Just trying to help.  That  is how I got the nickname of Mr, Helpful on here.

 

[Akrnaf2]

 
Nice write up.
I think the Premier heat plates are very hard to beat and so energy efficient.
I have a small and an extra small.

I agree that having a dark period each day is important.
I only keep a light on the first 48-72 hours so they can eat/drink whenever they get the urge.

Are you sure the quitter issue is with humidity?
There can be so many other things causing quitters. Numbers 6-9 in the following link will give you many more possibilities to consider.

http://ufdc.ufl.edu/UF00008570/00001/3j

IMHO, people obsess too much about humidity. Whenever I catch myself doing so, I try to imagine a broody hen regulating humidity during a rainstorm or during a particularly harsh dry spell.


Our tent stoves in the army ran on diesel.
As do several European autos.

So true.

I missed it.

Thanks for the info! No-I am not sure it is the humidity. I do know that 25% have the lethal gene that is common in seramas so whatever makes it to lockdown, I automatically minus that 25% right off the bat. Since I am newer to incubation & chickens in general, I am starting with "operator error" first and changing 1 thing at a time starting with humidity since that is easiest to control/fix. I use high quality feed and nutritional supplement(my birds eat better than I do!) and I disinfect with brinsea incubator sanitizer to clean. I use automatic turners so I don't think it is the turning. So I have narrowed it down already. I should not complain about my hatches really-I average about 30-40% per hatch. Just always looking to improve. 

30-40 from the 75% or the 100%?

 

[Cluckcluck1215]

A little of that would come in handy, too

It's love for them critters that keeps me from downsizing and just building a 5'x5' instead of trying to pull off this whole escapade successfully

Hey Banty, what breed is that chick in your avatar?