Got my new bator....

[CobraFnD]

Been here for quite a while and just been reading! Got my first incubator last week (HovaBator Genesis 1588) and will be setting eggs Friday or Saturday (Silver Wynadotte). I will be back when the day gets here!!

 

[mstricer]

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Congratulation

Where did you get it I'm waiting for one from incubators.org
Michele

 

[mstricer]

Oh yeah

Maybe we can be hatching buddies. I have some already in a bator and 2 broodies on eggs.
Michele

 

[Hangin Wit My Peeps]

That was my first incubator and I got 100% from SHIPPED eggs on my first hatch

My recommendation to you is to get a small tube (lilke for the fish aquariums) and set it inside the water tray and up through the hole in the top and use a Gravy bulb baster to add water rather then opening it up. Worked SO much better for me

I got MUCH better rates when doing that

 

[CobraFnD]

Sounds like a plan... I have plenty of tubing laying around. I got mine off ebay. It is actually Incubator Warehouse. If you chk them out online. I am getting the eggs from my wifes uncle. He is collecting them up for me now. Said he should have enough to fill it up by Friday or Saturday.

 

[DUCKGIRL89]

Hey! My very first bator just arived today! Eggs come next week. And

 

[CobraFnD]

Set my eggs yesterday afternoon. The guy that collected them for me, left them in his chicken pen all last week, and I picked them all up on Saturday. Do you think that leaving them outside in 90 degree heat for a week is going to effect them? He is an uncle, and I did not specify I wanted them left at room temp. Whats your thoughts?

 

[mstricer]

They should be alright. Unless they were left in the sun. We should be hatching on the same day. I put my marans eggs in last night. Today be day one. I have the same incubator, unless yours had an electric preset thermostat, does it?
Michele

 

[CobraFnD]

Mine is a pre-set electronic thermostat.. not the wafer one.

 

[Gypsy07]

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Well, some of them may already have started to develop, but apart from that if they are at most a week old you should still get a good hatch. Just keep an eye out for early pips and be ready to go into lockdown early if necessary.

P.S. I chuckled at the '...he is an uncle...' explanation. I know you probably meant it as in he's a relative doing a favour and not a seller ripping you off for poorly stored eggs, but it made me laugh just thinking of all my daft uncles and the silly things they've done over the years, where I just had to roll my eyes and say to someone 'It's okay, he's an uncle...'