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[Farmer Kitty]

Thanks.

I have the skillet all cleaned up and ready for use and may be plugging it back in right away. The brower temps are giving me trouble this aft. all of a sudden. I'm glad I was keeping a really close watch on it. (Sometimes having my RLS act up is good?) It burnt the one bulb out already and now I'm watching it's temps with the new bulb.

 

[Farmer Kitty]

I have 3 different thermometers monitoring the temps in that Brower and they are all three reading different. At the beginning of my skillet clutch they read within 1 degree of each other.

 

[newchik]

Taking it a step further, I had all three of my hen-set eggs come out duds. IT happens.

 

[Josie]

I couldn't get stable temps in the Brower until I bubble wrapped it, after that nothing moved the temps.

 

[Farmer Kitty]

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It was holding good. I'm wondering if it was the bulb going bad. I just wish those thermometers would behave! It is at 99.5 now-on the one I decided I would follow in that bator. The skillet is plugged in and will stay that way for now in case I have further trouble.

 

[ZykloniaDark-GothikRanchr]

well, trial and error in my case usually means more error...at least I am not alone! well good luck with the new batch, I am still going to try both the skillet and styro brooders!!

 

[Josie]

This was a great thread, Thanks for keeping up updated Farmer Kitty!

 

[Grillmaster33]

Indeed. I've enjoyed...

Sorry you didn't get the results you wanted.

One month ago I started my first ever egg incubation. I had a 0% hatch rate. I sat down (with my students who helped me through this) and we compiled an honesty list of errors that were made along the way...We then made a list of corrections for the 2nd hatch. Well, with 12 eggs left in the 'bator the last week, all but one hatched. I think we did well.

It may or may not help (given the winter-long research you've put in) but I'd take a step back and try again.

Good Luck!

 

[Farmer Kitty]

I started evaluating what may have gone wrong when I suspected I'd lost them. There is no one or two things that I can put my fingers on and say ah ha! But small things add up and I'm betting that's what it was. Maybe it took me to long to turn them. Maybe it took me to long to candle them. And I did have the one temp spike of 104. I'm trying again with the Brower, although it gave me fits yesterday, and we'll see how it goes. I'm not giving up so easily!

Thanks everyone for following along and the encouragement and support!

 

[amyquilt]

Ok I REALLY want to try this. I have an electric skillet. I need to get a thermometer, humidity guage and of course fertile eggs. DH keeps wanting me to hold off getting any chickens until we move in a few months. Mostly because he really doesn't want me spending a bunch of money right now. Well...hatching them in an electric skillet wouldn't cost that much.

Any suggestions where to get the thermometer and humidity guage? There's so many places online, just wondering where is the most suggested place to get them. I have the mat, surge protector and electric skillet.

TIA,