hatching 10/19 - 10/20 ????

[justmeandtheflock]

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Sounds like you have it perfect

Are there any vent holes that you could stick a straw through to add water? I cut a piece of fish tank air tubing so that I could bend it to all the water spots.

 

[justmeandtheflock]

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Mine likes the chickens as much as I do. It's one of the first places he goes when he gets home.

He has to see the girls...

Bluemoon

Oh, hubby likes them just as much as I do, he's just too much of a man to admit it

 

[Bluemoon420]

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Sounds like you have it perfect

Are there any vent holes that you could stick a straw through to add water? I cut a piece of fish tank air tubing so that I could bend it to all the water spots.

I looked at that. The vent holes are above heating element and wires. I don't think I can add water without hitting those. It's a hovabator 2362n ( I think that's it. ) I have to open it to add water, I haven't found any other way to do it.

It's very cold here. The humidity has already dropped to 60 %

I've been plugging and unplugging the holes to get the humidity back up. I'll wait until DH gets home in a little bit, and see what we can come up with for a solution.

Bluemoon

 

[justmeandtheflock]

Hmm, I've not seen a hovabator but I think you are still OK at 60%. This is stressful, isn't it

. Oh, and it is snowing here today and the last time I looked outside it was starting to stick. It's going to be a long ride home because no one is going to have snow tires on yet and everyone seems to forget how to drive in the snow over the summer around here

 

[Bluemoon420]

Yes, very stressful.

Plugging the holes seemed to help bring up the humidity back up. I'll just have to keep a closer eye on it.

Bluemoon

 

[Rainsong]

Ooooh

I hope you get a pretty roo like your Gandalf, BlueMoon. Makes me wish I could have chickens- I'd be waiting on eggs from you if you got one.

Maybe in the future, if/when we move and I can have chickens!

 

[Happy Chooks]

I use a bendy straw and one of those medicine syringes. The syringe fits perfectly in the bendy straw so I can add water without opening the bator.

Also, I read on here that someone (I want to say horsefeathers) wets a sponge, puts it in the microwave and throws it in the bator to get the humidity up.

 

[Bluemoon420]

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Thanks Rainsong

We hope to get one as nice as he was.

Bluemoon

 

[Bluemoon420]

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I got the humidity stable finally. I figured it out!

The plugs helped a lot. If I need to lower, I take a plug out, if it starts getting too low, I put it back in. It's been pretty stable for awhile now. Between 61-64 %. The temp has been fine, and have had no need to adjust it. Just the humidity was wacky.

Bluemoon

 

[justmeandtheflock]

I pulled out the turner and put the water in. I'm waiting for the temp to come back and and the humidity to stabalize

I have rocking