HERE WE GO AGAIN Anyone SETTING Aug 30th - Sept 8th join me!!

[Chicky Dee]

wow you all are lucky to receive extra eggs. I bought some online and was shorted two. I have contacted the seller, but have not heard anything yet. I hope that he will get back to me this weekend.

 

[Hotpoker]

Hi folks. I thought I would join the session too!

I am a total noob and have never kept chickens before, nor hatched eggs.

I have made my own forced air incubator - although it is not as sophisticated as Brookhavens - no egg turning device. The temperature and humidty is very stable so I am very pleased with it - especially that it only cost me <USD$25 to make as I had most of the stuff lying around the house. The thermometer and hygrometer cost more than the incubator!

I have also made my own egg candler - which I used today for the second time, and just finished making the brooder (which looks like a coffin

).

I set my eggs on the 1st September : comprising 5 Barred Plymouth Rocks, 3 Golden Laced Wyanndottes, and 4 White Laced Wyanndottes. These were shipped through the post.

The candling I did this evening - shows that I have 8 chicks

- the other 4 were infertile. So now I have 4 BPR, 1 GLW, and 3 SLW.

Counting the days!

Note: the demo egg on the candler is one from the fridge - not from my hatch.

 

[Brookhavens]

Oh Brook!!!! I'm jealous, I also want a reliable, homemade one

- sorry just 'quoted' the wrong quote!!! Referencing your homemade incubator!

I had watched a video on Youtube and I really liked how the guy did it. It didn't look to complicated and I had most of the supplies laying around. The most expensive thing for both of them was the thermostat. The first one I made I think I spent a total of $20. The second one actually cost a little over $60 because I had to buy the cooler and the wafer thermostat. The most difficult part was the electrical wiring. I was so afraid that I was going to burn the house down or something but I studied lots of diagrams and watched this one video over and over and the second bator was a breeze. I actually built the second one to use as a hatcher so I wouldn't have to mess around with taking the turner out at lockdown and of course as chicken math goes it is now full of eggs...LOL.

 

[Brookhavens]

Saw my first heartbeats and blood vessels tonight. Please cross these two smilies to get a visual on my face:

So Happy for you!!

I candled mine a day early and from the looks of it only 2 out of the 5 I bought have veining and a heart beat the other 3 have no development. The lady gave me five extra eggs that she didn't think would be fertile and one of those does have veining and a heartbeat.

 

[Brookhavens]

wow you all are lucky to receive extra eggs. I bought some online and was shorted two. I have contacted the seller, but have not heard anything yet. I hope that he will get back to me this weekend.

I would be mad too. If it was through ebay I would definitely get them involved.

 

[ChicksinPR]

just thought I would share that my very first chickens (not including my rescued PR hen who is currently broody) that I purchased are laying eggs... finally! I don;t know the color yet, nor can I take a picture...It was 2 shelless eggs and the dog gobbled them up .. yuck and yuck. but we are planning to get layer feed now and hope to see a shell...lol. I wasn;t expecting it so soon. they are only 18 weeks old. I think... I better go check their ages...lol

 

[ChicksinPR]

oh my gosh. they are 21 weeks old to the day!

 

[ChicksinPR]

Hi folks. I thought I would join the session too!

I am a total noob and have never kept chickens before, nor hatched eggs.

I have made my own forced air incubator - although it is not as sophisticated as Brookhavens - no egg turning device. The temperature and humidty is very stable so I am very pleased with it - especially that it only cost me <USD$25 to make as I had most of the stuff lying around the house. The thermometer and hygrometer cost more than the incubator!

I have also made my own egg candler - which I used today for the second time, and just finished making the brooder (which looks like a coffin

).

I set my eggs on the 1st September : comprising 5 Barred Plymouth Rocks, 3 Golden Laced Wyanndottes, and 4 White Laced Wyanndottes. These were shipped through the post.

The candling I did this evening - shows that I have 8 chicks

- the other 4 were infertile. So now I have 4 BPR, 1 GLW, and 3 SLW.

Counting the days!

Note: the demo egg on the candler is one from the fridge - not from my hatch.

so cool looking! Love it...

 

[Lisa Pedro]

Hi folks. I thought I would join the session too!

I am a total noob and have never kept chickens before, nor hatched eggs.

I have made my own forced air incubator - although it is not as sophisticated as Brookhavens - no egg turning device. The temperature and humidty is very stable so I am very pleased with it - especially that it only cost me <USD$25 to make as I had most of the stuff lying around the house. The thermometer and hygrometer cost more than the incubator!

I have also made my own egg candler - which I used today for the second time, and just finished making the brooder (which looks like a coffin

).

I set my eggs on the 1st September : comprising 5 Barred Plymouth Rocks, 3 Golden Laced Wyanndottes, and 4 White Laced Wyanndottes. These were shipped through the post.

The candling I did this evening - shows that I have 8 chicks

- the other 4 were infertile. So now I have 4 BPR, 1 GLW, and 3 SLW.

Counting the days!

Note: the demo egg on the candler is one from the fridge - not from my hatch.

Welcome, glad to have you join. Chickens are alot of fun. I just set my first eggs last night. I am not new to chickens, just hatching in an incubator. Looks like a nice job on your incubator. I would like to build one.

 

[Lisa Pedro]

How long should it take for my incubator to get back up to temperature? After I opened it last night, arranged the eggs and thermometers so I could see everything good, I closed it and it was reading 97 on the digital. Well it is still 97, but I actually thought it would be lower than that this morning due to the eggs themselves. I am not worried, just wondering how long it takes to get a true reading.