Incubating in my bra

[TheAlrightyGina]

It's tragic, but these things happen. I don't think they were in any pain, they just weren't strong enough, especially by themselves. They needed encouragement I think that I couldn't give them with such a rough start.

I was able to locate a dozen local eggs to run through my incubator. I'll report back come hatch date. I'm almost 100% certain it was mail handling, since I've gotten plenty of 90-100% hatches out of the unit in question, but I don't want to doom any more eggs if it is a faulty incubator. Either way, I bought a backup one so I will have that on hand come summer time when we try the experiment again. Gonna try to have more scientific rigor too...speaking of which, does anyone know where I can get a thermometer/hygrometer combo that works off a probe? I've found plenty of thermometers like that but no hygrometers. I want one to keep with the egg in my bra that I can read without opening things up, as it were, and my remote one is too big if I'm being realistic.

 

[589205]

It's tragic, but these things happen. I don't think they were in any pain, they just weren't strong enough, especially by themselves. They needed encouragement I think that I couldn't give them with such a rough start.

I was able to locate a dozen local eggs to run through my incubator. I'll report back come hatch date. I'm almost 100% certain it was mail handling, since I've gotten plenty of 90-100% hatches out of the unit in question, but I don't want to doom any more eggs if it is a faulty incubator. Either way, I bought a backup one so I will have that on hand come summer time when we try the experiment again. Gonna try to have more scientific rigor too...speaking of which, does anyone know where I can get a thermometer/hygrometer combo that works off a probe? I've found plenty of thermometers like that but no hygrometers. I want one to keep with the egg in my bra that I can read without opening things up, as it were, and my remote one is too big if I'm being realistic.

You can usually find analog ones at local pet stores. Amazon & Walmart also have some other smaller-sized digital & analog ones available online as well

 

[589205]

ZooMed makes digital combo gauge ones too

 

[TheAlrightyGina]

You can usually find analog ones at local pet stores. Amazon & Walmart also have some other smaller-sized digital & analog ones available online as well

ZooMed makes digital combo gauge ones too

Thanks, I'll look into those places!

 

[TheAlrightyGina]

Zoo Med was a great call--they had exactly what I needed and Chewy carries them so I was able to add it to my auto ship.

 

[Jennys fluffbutts]

It's tragic, but these things happen. I don't think they were in any pain, they just weren't strong enough, especially by themselves. They needed encouragement I think that I couldn't give them with such a rough start.

I was able to locate a dozen local eggs to run through my incubator. I'll report back come hatch date. I'm almost 100% certain it was mail handling, since I've gotten plenty of 90-100% hatches out of the unit in question, but I don't want to doom any more eggs if it is a faulty incubator. Either way, I bought a backup one so I will have that on hand come summer time when we try the experiment again. Gonna try to have more scientific rigor too...speaking of which, does anyone know where I can get a thermometer/hygrometer combo that works off a probe? I've found plenty of thermometers like that but no hygrometers. I want one to keep with the egg in my bra that I can read without opening things up, as it were, and my remote one is too big if I'm being realistic.

I also put some eggs in an incubator that I recently acquired. There are six eggs two olive coloured, two blue and two bantam either silkie or silkie x not sure who is laying that one. I can't wait to see what the Chicks will look like. They are all crosses I have 1 Olive egger Molly, 1 EE Lunette , 1 silkie pepper and 1 silkie Cross Moose girls with a silkie roo Audrey and a roo that I hatched from a food basic irresistible brand organic free rang egg LC(lucky chicken) he is most likely the father of all. I'm on day 2 hopefully this works out. I'm going to create a separate thread so it's easier to follow.

 

[sjhart18]

This thread inspired me! I took an infared reading of my... ahem... bracubator and it was almost 100 degrees! I also just so happen to have some (hopefully) fertile quail eggs lying around. So little Titty Bird has just completed day 1 of BoobTown, including two online classes and a microbiology lab.

@TheAlrightyGina @Jennys fluffbutts @Magapoule got any advice?

Wish me luck!

 

[KingD]

*pokes head round door*

Did any hatch??

*Disappears behind door*

 

[589205]

This thread inspired me! I took an infared reading of my... ahem... bracubator and it was almost 100 degrees! I also just so happen to have some (hopefully) fertile quail eggs lying around. So little Titty Bird has just completed day 1 of BoobTown, including two online classes and a microbiology lab.

@TheAlrightyGina @Jennys fluffbutts @Magapoule got any advice?

Wish me luck!

Glad to have you join the party! Also, major congratulations on completing your microbiology courses. Those aren't easy!

 

[TheAlrightyGina]

This thread inspired me! I took an infared reading of my... ahem... bracubator and it was almost 100 degrees! I also just so happen to have some (hopefully) fertile quail eggs lying around. So little Titty Bird has just completed day 1 of BoobTown, including two online classes and a microbiology lab.

@TheAlrightyGina @Jennys fluffbutts @Magapoule got any advice?

Wish me luck!

My advice is to make sure you turn the egg regularly so that they get even heat (since it's coming from one direction). Some foil tucked in helps conduct the heat around, just make sure it's not touching your skin--it's super irritating, haha. Otherwise just try to avoid sudden motion or abrupt stops/jolts!