"gambling" with fate to defend my eggs' life (he/she make it!!!!)

[dancingbear]

Quote:
When the power came back on between the 2 four hour outs, did it stay on long enough to re-warm the incubator? And is that how it usually happens, or is it different every day?

The reason I ask, if it comes back on long enough to re-warm, all you need to worry about is keeping it from getting too cold for 4 hours.

The water jars you can warm to put in if you need to should work much better than candles, and you won't burn down your house with them.

I don't know how big your incubator is, but some dark colored rocks could be used, too. If you have some place you can put them in the sun, maybe in a sunny window, so get nice and warm, then put inside the incubator to help keep it warm.

I have some hens that get confused and get back on the wrong nest, one let her eggs get cold to the touch almost every day, and they still hatched. So I think you have a fairly good chance of getting at least some of the eggs to hatch. Especially if they are a strong breed, like your village chickens.

I'll be watching to see how your hatch turns out, and wishing you good fortune the whole time. Later, maybe you'll have a hen who will brood and hatch the eggs for you. That would sure make life easier!

 

[mulia24]

@ dancingbear : thank you for your advice but I don't have any dark colored rock.
this is what exactly happen : the power goes out about 1-2 times a day, with length of goes out about 4 hours a day, so I almost got 8 hours of power failure a day ( you don't want to incubate in indonesia for this reason). now, when the power failure happen, with hurry I took candle and "fired it up" and place it inside the incubator with the window opened in order to get the carbon monoxide get out and keep watching it on about 38 deg and left it for 15 minutes and check it again regularly until the power back. that's what happen in my incubator that located in "power failured country (Indonesia)".
by the way, I prefer an idea from curioscat to place water in bottle in order to keep warm than put in into jar since it will raise the humidity. thank you for your advice and I'm hoping more advice from you and other.

 

[mulia24]

and now.... ladies and gentlemen who asked to see my hen,rooster,duck,and incubator pictures. I present this picture just taking it today by Nokia 6600 that I tried to operate again after museum it for years.

alright, any comment?

oh yeah, sorry if you see one of my rooster and 2 of my hens bald because being "fight and bitten" by one of my rooster that I've locked up now in cage that you can see in picture that "naughty rooster" is white feathered one.

 

[mulia24]

oh, forgive me for posting my dog's picture, that was a mistake.


and by the way, the incubator's picture was taken when the power failure happen. you can see that i've changed the candle into "kerosene lamp" in order to keep the flame stable ( is that to write "stable from stabilize" in english).

hey, I'm sorry again, I'm not promoting "coc* col*" here, that crate I use only as "chair" for my incubator.

I'm using 2 thermohygrometer to ensure the right temp. both are made in germany.

 

[FenDruadin]

Wow, thanks for the pictures! And that's a very cute dog--I'm glad you posted it.

He looks like he might be what we call a Jack Russell terrier here in the U.S.--is that what you call them too?

I think the kerosene lamps were a good idea--they probably provide more heat than a candle. Your temp looks good in there too. I guess you probably made that incubator--it looks great.

No comments, except I love seeing your pictures, and all your duckies and chickens.

I appreciate your sharing!

 

[wegotchickens]

Thanks for the photos!
I like d the one of the dog, too.
Yes, your rooster was rough on your hens. If those eggs aren't fertile it's not for lack of him trying!!!

Even if this batch of eggs doesn't hatch, you should definintely let the rooster at the girls for a couple of days and then try again. Now that you have the heat-sink ideas you can perfect the process. You certainly have us spectators wishing you luck and ready for your updates!

The kerosene lamps are preferable to candles because the chimney warms up. So they are not just more stable, but also produce more heat. It's good that you open space for ventilation. That's why blankets around the incubator can do more harm than good. People think it's warmer but they forget that they block air.

Good luck and have a great day!

 

[mulia24]

@ imcuriositycat : em, I don't know what kind is my dog since I took him about 6 months ago for free from my uncle , but I gave him name "jacksen", he is a good fighter when only against my roost and girls (of course since they're small in size)

. yap, I made that incubator about 6 days ago, oh thanx but I think mine is really "ugly" if you compare it with any that you can find in BYC. isn't it? oh, I'm not so sure about my humidity, although both hygro were made by same company, since one is analog and one is digital (took 5 days to find those hygro in indonesia), analog always shows me 10% higher than digital, I have no time to calibrate it, should i just ignore it or what? you can see in pic that when my digital show 45% the analog one show 55%.

@ wegotchickens : no, i won't let that cruel roost free cause I still have 1 good rooster that also being "hit and bitten" by that "white,brown,red and black feathered one". you can see the cruel one is hiding his face when I took his pic (pic 12) in pic 8 & 9 you can see 2 girls and 1 roost that is victim of that cruel roost. thanks for wishing me lucky.



actually, I'm really afraid that my eggs can't hatch even 1, why? cause the power outages blown everything up, and when using kerosene lamp, although I open the door so wide I can still "smell" gas inside the incubator so I'm afraid my eggs get poisoned. sorry for bad grammar.
I also read that we should not open the "door". but my country's power company condition forced me to open the "door" everyday widely, if this hatch succeed than It must be recorded in guiness book of record i think. do you think with door opened could my eggs survive and hatch?

 

[FenDruadin]

I only have a second to write, but wanted to say that I think you may still be able to hatch those eggs, yes. I hope she'll join the conversation, or someone can post a link to the thread, in which one person hatched an egg using a desk lamp, glasses of water, and a thermometer. She didn't even have an incubator at all. So if she can do that, you can do it with your door opening and shutting. Also, it sounds like your ambient humidity (that is, the humidity in the air of your house and environment) is already pretty high--the main reason for not opening and shutting the door is to prevent loss of humidity. But if the humidity outside the incubator is already pretty high, then you aren't going to lose humidity when you open the door.

I think you are right that keeping the temperature up is a good idea. You can find out which hygrometer is right with a simple test that will take only a few minutes:

Get a towel very wet, but not dripping. Wrap one of the hygrometers in it for about 10 or 15 minutes. When you take the hygrometer out, it should read about 95%. If it does not, you can add or subtract to find out how many percentage points it is off by, and just add or subtract that number to get the correct reading.

Since you have to open the incubator anyway from time to time, and since you have two hygrometers in there, you could do this the next time you have to open the incubator.

I think you're doing great! When the eggs have been in for seven days, you can candle them to find out if they're developing. I can't wait to hear!

 

[mulia24]

@ imcuriositycat : oh thank you for providing me with support and valuable information. I will try to calibrate it after this eggs hatch. humidity only change a little 3-5% even if I let the doors fully opened. but maybe I will get some problem when candling eggs, cause my eggs got some poo and soil around it, then what do you suggest? should I candle it or just leave it? it's impossible to clean the eggs now cause I'm afraid that will hurt the embryo because of my shaking n rubbing. thank you very much for keep helping n supporting.

 

[wegotchickens]

Since you are new to this, I would wait and candle at 10 days. Even with dirt on the eggs you should be able to see a dark area inside that means you have a chick growing in there.

Also, you can take sandpaper and gently wipe the worst of the dirt off of the eggs. I have done this before and it helps with candling!