hatching experiment home made

[leedyfeathers]

I got a thermometer + humidity thing.. so hers the problems one humidity is low.
The thermometer behind is much lower than the digital one .. it didnt come with battery so I know thats good.. im not sure witch one to trust.

I couldnt find a bulb lower than 40wt except in those that have those smaller ends. Will check later for some at dollar store.. mybe humidity will get better with the door closed.

 

[gimmie birdies]

If you have only been hatching a week I doubt it is the humidity. the egg has to shed some of the liquid, plus foam incubators are great for holding in moisture..I will go back and look at all your pics, you may have cold spots...

 

[leedyfeathers]

Ok I have candeled the 5 eggs, that I set last Wednesday and only one is fertile, from what I can tell all the others just look like normal eggs, and there is one with the spider thingy inside

Im going to check again tonight and go in bathroom where its darkest. Wait its only been a day.. ill wait for two more that way if there is no change ill know its not fertal.

 

[randerson846]

well you can buy another chick or try these tips, mirror r stuffed animal and these little plants are great because they move with light. this chick had to spend a week with out roomies, and was okay with it.

Ahahah

that's a good idea lol !!

I got a thermometer + humidity thing.. so hers the problems one humidity is low. The thermometer behind is much lower than the digital one .. it didnt come with battery so I know thats good.. im not sure witch one to trust. I couldnt find a bulb lower than 40wt except in those that have those smaller ends. Will check later for some at dollar store.. mybe humidity will get better with the door closed.

I would tend to trust the thermometer as it filled with Mercury, and expand with heat, so it should be the right temp, but the hygrometer may not have been calaborised properly.

Im going to check again tonight and go in bathroom where its darkest. Wait its only been a day.. ill wait for two more that way if there is no change ill know its not fertal.

Good luck, I hope u get some!

 

[lazy gardener]

Don't think that a bulb thermometer is going to be accurate. And, don't think that accuracy will correlate with price! I was at Lowes last week, and noted that the bulb thermometers of a certain brand, all hanging in the same location varied by as much as 5*. It doesn't matter what you have for a thermometer, be it digital, or bulb. You've got to calibrate it.

 

[leedyfeathers]

Don't think that a bulb thermometer is going to be accurate.  And, don't think that accuracy will correlate with price!  I was at Lowes last week, and noted that the bulb thermometers of a certain brand, all hanging in the same location varied by as much as 5*.  It doesn't matter what you have for a thermometer, be it digital, or bulb.  You've got to calibrate it.  

The only other button on it is one that will change to c... or do you mean get the temperature where its between the two thermometer readings? One in back sets at 99-100 the dig is 102.. and holding.
There is atleast a 4* difference

 

[lazy gardener]

The only other button on it is one that will change to c... or do you mean get the temperature where its between the two thermometer readings? One in back sets at 99-100 the dig is 102.. and holding.
There is atleast a 4* difference

To calibrate a thermometer, I use a decent quality digital medical fever thermometer. Place that in a cup of water that's around 100*, Then, if you have a bulb thermometer. place that into the same cup of water at the same time. Do they both read the same exact temp? Or is the bulb higher or lower, and how much difference? If your digital fever thermometer says 100*, but the bulb thermometer says 102*, you know it reads 2* high. So if your goal is an incubation temp of 99.5*, then your bulb should be accurate if it says 97.5. If you have a thermometer with a probe that is designed to read air temp, you can then calibrate it from your bulb reading. Once you get a thermometer that is calibrated, and you know how much it is off in it's reading, you will know what number to look for when reading THAT thermometer.

 

[randerson846]

Ok so I have found a person, who i can buy 10 ducklings, of they White chilterns, has anybody ever had these, and he also had 8 geese eggs, which I'm going to buy of him, and he said he would throw in some ducks eggs aswell for me, but here is the problem, I have the 5 duck eggs in on day 5, I'm pretty sure only one is fertile, but I only have one incubator, What do I do, don't geese and ducks take them same length as ducks to hatch so I can put them in together but what do I do about the one duck egg that I think is Fertile, should I put it in with them, and let it it hatch and when it does take it out, or should I put it in the brooder, and mist it? Or should I just take it out and l throw it away?

 

[Stewieb71]

There's heaps of good info on here if you take a bit of time to read through a few threads on incubators. I was a complete newbie before I made my first incubator. But with some research, turned out an effective incubator. I've attached a link to a clip of my incubator. It cost me about $50 AUD (about $40USD). It would be easy to cut that cost down further in hindsight. A fan and transformer can usually be found for free (old phone power source and a dead computer fan) combined with a few bottles of water will make a huge difference with temperature stability and humidity.

 

[leedyfeathers]

two things ive noted would be a problem I have too high of a box, my water is too far below the light.. I think (I don't think the eggs have not gotten cold unless temp dropped like the time the door fell open because I had to prop open and the reason that I haven't a way to keep door closed yet because my light is too hot. then the question will remain if I do get a lower bulb watts will I get the water evaporation I need?