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

[kwhites634]

nice, cant believe she is still working.

Only for the benefits, namely health insurance. She wants to go a few years yet. She loves her job, & it's not too hard.

 

[Sally Sunshine]

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nice, cant believe she is still working.

Only for the benefits, namely health insurance. She wants to go a few years yet. She loves her job, & it's not too hard.

 

[NaJoBeLe]

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9 Members, 6 Guests BantyChooks Chaos18 NaJoBeLe Sally Sunshine auroaSfarm campingshaws daxigait duluthralphie kwhites634 Mornin y'all dont all chatter at once nah ya hear?

Mornin Sally. Doom and Gloom here. Crappy hatch for the EHAL. Alot of external pips but no progress. I have a 0% success rate on assisting. Time to do a deep clean on the styro and re-paint to try and figure out whats going on. Hatch rates have significantly declined the past 2 hatches with no other changes as far as birds or eggs. The big DIY bator is currently at a standstill also. Added 2 40 watt bulbs to increase temp. I think that worked but I dont have enough circulation. I bought a 4 pack of computer fans off amazon(only currently using 2). But I dont think they are putting out enough airflow to distribute the air. Plan to add higher flowing fans or build some ducting to route the hot air towards the bottom and back up. On a plus not, bought 6 new leghorn's from TSC last weekend and got 4 more from the auction this past weekend. And my broody should be close to hatching her eggs(today/tmrw) timeframe. That should be a decent comaparison due to the fact she has the same eggs under her that were in the bator. Time will tell.

 

[kajira]

I wasn't so shitty feeling exactly, but I just had a chemical, and see my fertility doc tomorrow. I got the go-ahead for this month's cycle... so Xing fingers. PMS hormones at the wazooooooooooooooo

 

[Sally Sunshine]

I better get to gettin, Dad called in a panic, "da# hen has no feathers on her back above her tail, I am just gonna eat them all"

he says he too dang old to be catching chickens, I said I be up with bluekote and a hen saddle, he said what??? I said go about your day I take care of it.

Gotta love him

 

[Sally Sunshine]

Quote: ohhhhhh

 

[Sally Sunshine]

Quote: what in the world! what humidity do you use for hatch? did you eggtopsy? did they have yellow jelly in them?
I bought huge computer fans for the upright cooler, wonder if they would work? details of what they are here Cabinet Coolerbator

do you have any sorta duct like I put for the big cooler? thinking you know we just put a vent fan in our floor... hang on a second brb when I find what I am thinking.

 

[BantyChooks]

lol look at yours already!!!

I'd rather not

 

[Sally Sunshine]

this baby should do well, if its too much power you will just have to add a 5 gal bucket of water ontop of the unit and hose down into a pan for auto feed.

I had him run small ductwork from the lower level up into the livingroom to get more of the heat from the coal stove moving, it works wonderful!

Inductor 6 in. Double ...
$26.94
Home Depot

 

[Sally Sunshine]

you could use that entire type duct work on the side of the unit or back to keep air flowing top to bottom and front to back but you may need a shelf like I used in the top