Getting the flock out of here - a diary of a crazy chicken man

[ozexpat]

Curious...can you put cotornix eggs under a broody hen?

absolutely no idea, eggs are small and thin shelled. it woulf have to be a small banty

 

[ozexpat]

So I told them they were banned from the bator room but they peeked. we have some pipping in the orpington basket. its half way through day 21

 

[ozexpat]

the first birds a ready to lay pretty soon. they are 13 weeks. maybe a month.

poopers!

 

[perchie.girl]

Quote: Oz I just took at look at the min dehumidifier.... Can you hear that sound.... thats me slapping my forehead... what was I thinking....LOL. I deal with humidity so seldom that It didn't occur to me to just use a room dehumidifier.... I was thinking inside the incubator... and NOT ouside the box.

deb

 

[hillfloweranch]

absolutely no idea, eggs are small and thin shelled. it woulf have to be a small banty

I have those bantam cochins Oz...a few eggs from that pair you could hatch and use as broodies? The hen hasn't started laying yet but when she does I can put aside some eggs for you to take?
They are the Mille Fleur from the first chicken meet up.

 

[el pollo rey]

Oz ,'did you ever get around to posting your bator build drawings with B.O.M or is it still a work in progress waiting to be finalized ?

 

[Pancholoco]

Just like you calibrated the thermometer you used now - you compare the readings. I have two bators running with a remote in each in LA. the A remote reads 100.2, the B remote measures 99.9. when side by side in the same bator. A hospital grade thermometer reads 99.9. Close enough for me. I use the salt in a ziploc method to calibrate humidity. one is 4% higher than other. i make adjustments based on these known parameters

Also you can use a wet cloth wrap your hygrometer with it and then put inside of ziploc bag and if reads 95%, it's OK. I tested a cheap one from Petco and it was 5% below 95 also tried salt method, I leaved one acu-rite hygro/thermometer inside of a tupperware for 24 hours and it was reading 75%. Also you can buy a Xikar Hygro/thermo from ebay or amazon for arroud 18 to 24 dollars and it can be calibrated pretty easy.
Pardon my english isn't so good

 

[hillfloweranch]

Oz here are the pics of the Bantam Cochins...they love the little Teenagers...the Roo is not mean and this is where all my teenagers have been moved to from the big wood brooder once they feather out! They seem happy and growing out nicely...I like that the banty's are so good with them. When I moved the other set out into the big pen the Banty's seemed so upset until I moved in the next batch of youngters! So this is why I suggested some eggs for you to hatch.
Banty Cochin hen staring me down..."don't take my babies!" lol
Banty cochin roo...guarding his kids..lol

 

[hillfloweranch]

First batch of FF

 

[piglett]

Just like you calibrated the thermometer you used now - you compare the readings. I have two bators running with a remote in each in LA. the A remote reads 100.2, the B remote measures 99.9. when side by side in the same bator. A hospital grade thermometer reads 99.9. Close enough for me. I use the salt in a ziploc method to calibrate humidity. one is 4% higher than other. i make adjustments based on these known parameters

i have only calibrated meat thermometers ,the kind used in food service
you use a cup of ice water & ajust it to 32f