Hatching Eggs / Paypal CHAT Thread

[TNBEARCHICK]

I had one swap and used it but ran out of time and lost it

I should learn not to post swaps that close to bedtime. Lesson learned.

 

[Hurley]

So flipping frustrated with my incubators. Have been working all week to get them all calibrated, everyone is holding steady at 99.5 to 100.0 internal temps (sealed glass jar/probe) for a week, all reading the same with multiple probes, probes reading the same within a tenth of a degree. Yippee, right? Temps in the basement are stable year round, woot, got it, all is well. So why...oh why...did I walk down today to one reading 95.7 and the other reading 102.4? Bator 3 steady at 99.7.

It just makes no sense. Nothing was changed, not the status of eggs vs. none, not the humidity, not the external temps.

Ready to take a bat to the things.


Sigh. Did order some of those digital thermostats (I have 2 styrofoam bators and a 2 shelf wooden one, all waferstats)...hope that helps, otherwise I may just chuck the whole thing until next year when I can save up for a real incubator.

So sick of having 2-2 1/2 weeks of incubation run smooth than something fritz out and kill everything or trash out my eggs.

Sorry for the rant, just steamed. Thought it was finally stabilizing, then it pulls the same stuff all over again.

 

[madamwlf]

So flipping frustrated with my incubators. Have been working all week to get them all calibrated, everyone is holding steady at 99.5 to 100.0 internal temps (sealed glass jar/probe) for a week, all reading the same with multiple probes, probes reading the same within a tenth of a degree. Yippee, right? Temps in the basement are stable year round, woot, got it, all is well. So why...oh why...did I walk down today to one reading 95.7 and the another reading 102.4?

It just makes no sense. Nothing was changed, not the status of eggs vs. none, not the humidity, not the external temps.

Ready to take a bat to the things.


Sigh. Did order some of those digital thermostats (I have 2 styrofoam bators and a 2 shelf wooden one, all waferstats)...hope that helps, otherwise I may just chuck the whole thing until next year when I can save up for a real incubator.

So sick of having 2-2 1/2 weeks of incubation run smooth than something fritz out and kill everything or trash out my eggs.

Sorry for the rant, just steamed. Thought it was finally stabilizing, then it pulls the same stuff all over again.

 

[Hurley]

Awww, thanks.

Keep hoping for an "oh, you dummy, you forgot to blahblahblah the waferstats"...or something.

 

[madamwlf]

Awww, thanks.

Keep hoping for an "oh, you dummy, you forgot to blahblahblah the waferstats"...or something.

Sorry can't help you there.

 

[pysankigirl]

I had one swap and used it but ran out of time and lost it

I should learn not to post swaps that close to bedtime. Lesson learned.

If I could give you one of mine, I would!

 

[Ray_n_Debi]

So sorry

that is what just happened to mine too. During lockdown it dropped to 97

 

[cluckitall]

Awww, thanks.

Keep hoping for an "oh, you dummy, you forgot to blahblahblah the waferstats"...or something.

Oh you dummy, you forgot to throw out the waferstats?

I don't know, honestly, I've never used them. I use hot water heater thermostats and once they're set, they're set. The only problem I've had temp-wise was when I had a waaaay too thin styrofoam incubator that couldn't hold a steady temp because the room temp changed constantly. Now that I've got a converted wine fridge and a hatching bator made from an Omaha Steaks cooler, everything seems to be working well. As long as I can keep my paws out of there till the hatch is done!

I know a lot of people swear by the wafers. For me, the hot water thermostats work great. I did have to drill air holes in them, though, to make them more responsive to air temp. Someday I want to try a digital one...

 

[Ray_n_Debi]

Happy Anniversary Michelle

 

[mzstre]

Good evening, all!

One orpington, one lav am, one little blue silkie, and one marraduna basque with her head poking out! Also a black silkie and a little black dutch bantam working steadily at their shells, yay! Still lots of eggs to go and only a few pips yet here and there. They're not technically due to hatch till tomorrow morning, so plenty of time yet!

Woot! Go chickies, go!

Yep. Yep yep and yep. My last hatch, the first half of the hatch went perfectly. The egg football was scaring the heck out of me, so I took the chicks out in two batches. After that second open/shut, I only had one more chick hatch, despite numerous pips and some peeping. This time I have them in egg cartons to minimize the football and I'm sitting on my hands till Sunday morning, if necessary. DON'T OPEN THE INCUBATOR!!!

I have such a hard time leaving the bator alone!

So flipping frustrated with my incubators. Have been working all week to get them all calibrated, everyone is holding steady at 99.5 to 100.0 internal temps (sealed glass jar/probe) for a week, all reading the same with multiple probes, probes reading the same within a tenth of a degree. Yippee, right? Temps in the basement are stable year round, woot, got it, all is well. So why...oh why...did I walk down today to one reading 95.7 and the other reading 102.4? Bator 3 steady at 99.7.

It just makes no sense. Nothing was changed, not the status of eggs vs. none, not the humidity, not the external temps. Ready to take a bat to the things. Sigh. Did order some of those digital thermostats (I have 2 styrofoam bators and a 2 shelf wooden one, all waferstats)...hope that helps, otherwise I may just chuck the whole thing until next year when I can save up for a real incubator. So sick of having 2-2 1/2 weeks of incubation run smooth than something fritz out and kill everything or trash out my eggs. Sorry for the rant, just steamed. Thought it was finally stabilizing, then it pulls the same stuff all over again.

I'm sorry you're having such a frustrating time with your bators.

Happy Anniversary Michelle

x2!