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[rookhomestead]

I used an accu-rite digital and a mercury. The digital is OFF, but I compared it with one other and 2 mercury and the thermostat in the house. I kinda just wing it really. Ha, wing, lol. Just have to know if its high or low, or useless.

 

[theceltichorse]

Hatchaholics seem to be the right group of people to help me with my question.  

I have eggs in my brinsea mini advance.  I have done 2 hatches in it before this one and I determined that the temp on it was about a degree low, the first batch set at 99.5 hatched on day 23 and the second hatch when I set the incubator to 100.5 hatched on day 21.  The directions say to fill 1 of the 2 water chambers on days 0-18 and then fill both for lockdown to up the humidity.  I have 2 different digital thermometer/hydrometers that I got from incubatorwarehouse.com, one you put into the incubator and the other has a probe thing that goes in and the part with the numbers stays on the outside.  When I filled just 1 chamber they both read the humidity around 55%, I tried to get it down by covering the chamber with a tissue and 1 says it's 25-30% and the other says 10%.  Also, both meters give me drastically different temps (98.8 and 97.0).  Should I just toss them and get a new one?  I've only used one of them once and the other twice.  I also have one of the glass thermometers that came with my hovabator and that only has marks for 98 and 100 and the line was somewhere in between so it could be 99 or 99.5.  What do you guys use?

Lots of people "dry" incubate. Don't worry about humidity so much till lock down. I keep mine at around 30% first 18 days, then up it to 70%+. I have a humidity pump though which has made my life infinitely easier!

 

[Gorman Farm]

I am trading eggs with a guy on here, @BudJ , I don't know what else he has available right now, but he has a ton a of Orpingtons and they are all beautiful!

I just had an expensive disaster with shipped Orpington eggs so I am not going to try that right now but thanks.

 

[rookhomestead]

12 eggs under my muscovy!! 6guinea eggs under my mutt hen, going to make her a full nest.
Newest members, the chick blends in

 

[theceltichorse]

12 eggs under my muscovy!! 6guinea eggs under my mutt hen, going to make her a full nest.
Newest members, the chick blends in

That one sure does blend in! Beautiful color. Congrats!

 

[rookhomestead]

Thanks. I have no idea what it is lol. It came out flying though... Well not literally

 

[theceltichorse]

Well, my 9 week old chicks have "graduated"! They are now out in the big girls world. After 3 weeks of being in the brooder in the coop, I decided it was time for them all to meet. All has gone relatively well. Fascinating watchingbpecking order being established. Thank heavens it's been pretty mild!

Took my 4 boys to the auction today. I'm going to miss them, but living in city limits I just can't chance it! I'm really pushing my limits with my affliction of chicken math in the pullet department!!!

My youngest babies are now almost 2 weeks old! Eggs in the incubator have 2 weeks left. After this last hatch, I'M DONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Really, truly... well, until I find that little farm somewhere... LOL!

 

[theceltichorse]

Warning: Vent

Blasted youngsters!!! Been in their brooder IN THE COOP for 3 weeks. Let them out today and can I get the BLOODY BIRDS to go IN THE COOP? No. I'm playing Ring Around The Rosy with four 9 week old BRATS! I've managed to catch four of them. The last four are about ready to SPEND THE NIGHT OUTSIDE!!!

 

[rookhomestead]

Warning: Vent

Blasted youngsters!!! Been in their brooder IN THE COOP for 3 weeks. Let them out today and can I get the BLOODY BIRDS to go IN THE COOP? No. I'm playing Ring Around The Rosy with four 9 week old BRATS! I've managed to catch four of them. The last four are about ready to SPEND THE NIGHT OUTSIDE!!!

A bit late now, but I've read about letting guineas into their new environment one at a time. Since they stay close to their roommates, if you let one out the first day, then 2 the second, by day 4, they should have a routine down.

 

[theceltichorse]

My little chick (pretty sure a cockerel too) has wings on his wings! LOL Little Sir Winglets!