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:ya
I'm Egg-cited!

Martha's recent brood appears to be all boys...
:barnie
...so eventually they will need to be rehomed.

I was wondering if she'd go broody again, she's been such a good momma.

But now my Dominique Tamar is broody, sitting on faux eggs.
:yesss:

So I ordered her some.
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I got 12 eggs, but there's no way Tamar can cover all of them. I can't count on Martha going broody when her chicks are just three weeks old. None of the other hens appear to be going broody.

Enter incubator!
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It's a freebie I got through Amaz0n, for the price of a review. It's currently warming up, sitting on my desk in the family/living room. I have tried to somewhat protect it from my cat.

Tentative plans:
1. Eggs arrived yesterday afternoon,will sit large side up until 5pm today, 24 hours after arriving and being settled on the kitchen table.
2. The 6 cleanest eggs will go in the incubator
3. The other 6 will be slipped under Tamar after dark

I've not used an incubator before, so after reading a lot of posts here I have decided to try a dry hatch, adding water to raise the humidity upon lockdown. I don't have distilled water, but I do have a gravity water filter, can use some of its water.

Come on, join the fun!
:celebrate
 
:ya
I'm Egg-cited!

Martha's recent brood appears to be all boys...
:barnie
...so eventually they will need to be rehomed.

I was wondering if she'd go broody again, she's been such a good momma.

But now my Dominique Tamar is broody, sitting on faux eggs.
:yesss:

So I ordered her some.
View attachment 3819453

I got 12 eggs, but there's no way Tamar can cover all of them. I can't count on Martha going broody when her chicks are just three weeks old. None of the other hens appear to be going broody.

Enter incubator!
View attachment 3819456
It's a freebie I got through Amaz0n, for the price of a review. It's currently warming up, sitting on my desk in the family/living room. I have tried to somewhat protect it from my cat.

Tentative plans:
1. Eggs arrived yesterday afternoon,will sit large side up until 5pm today, 24 hours after arriving and being settled on the kitchen table.
2. The 6 cleanest eggs will go in the incubator
3. The other 6 will be slipped under Tamar after dark

I've not used an incubator before, so after reading a lot of posts here I have decided to try a dry hatch, adding water to raise the humidity upon lockdown. I don't have distilled water, but I do have a gravity water filter, can use some of its water.

Come on, join the fun!
:celebrate
I'm in! Shipped eggs lets go!! ❤️
 
:ya
I'm Egg-cited!

Martha's recent brood appears to be all boys...
:barnie
...so eventually they will need to be rehomed.

I was wondering if she'd go broody again, she's been such a good momma.

But now my Dominique Tamar is broody, sitting on faux eggs.
:yesss:

So I ordered her some.
View attachment 3819453

I got 12 eggs, but there's no way Tamar can cover all of them. I can't count on Martha going broody when her chicks are just three weeks old. None of the other hens appear to be going broody.

Enter incubator!
View attachment 3819456
It's a freebie I got through Amaz0n, for the price of a review. It's currently warming up, sitting on my desk in the family/living room. I have tried to somewhat protect it from my cat.

Tentative plans:
1. Eggs arrived yesterday afternoon,will sit large side up until 5pm today, 24 hours after arriving and being settled on the kitchen table.
2. The 6 cleanest eggs will go in the incubator
3. The other 6 will be slipped under Tamar after dark

I've not used an incubator before, so after reading a lot of posts here I have decided to try a dry hatch, adding water to raise the humidity upon lockdown. I don't have distilled water, but I do have a gravity water filter, can use some of its water.

Come on, join the fun!
:celebrate
Sounds fun! What breed are the eggs?
 
I am going to separate the cleaner eggs from the soiled ones shortly. The incubator is holding at 100°F, but went down to 24% humidity. I read that 30% humidity is okay until lockdown, but 24%? :confused:

Addendum: now 23%

Addendum 2: I closed the air vent, humidity back up to 25%.

Am I overthinking this?
:idunno
 
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