INCUBATING w/FRIENDS! w/Sally Sunshine Shipped Eggs No problem!

[Chaos18]

 

[Ur-ur-ur-urrr]

ok think the plug in chord  plus stupid probe are problem, after unplugging it now the accurite jumped to 102 again. The heat lamp was removed as soon as it hit 99, 99.5 with fan forced is right.. can't wait until friday, gonna be long next few days. Is it safe to tape probe to the eggs so that it cannot move when turner does?

I forgot it was fan forced... sorry. So it just needed to be restarted to fix it? That's good to hear!!! Wow... I bet you're feeling a lot better right about now!

 

[NestingHillsSC]

A friend brought me over another dozen Ameraucana eggs and 4 more Marans eggs to put in the bator Sunday. He only wants the Marans chicks. I'm going to be over run with Ameraucana chicks.

 

[slordaz]

nope not fixed yet, while egg turner isn't moving it stayed stable then when turner moved it went all whacky again, spike 102 then back down to 97 which is at least acceptable, will see if it evens out now turner is settled

 

[Ur-ur-ur-urrr]

I can't wait

If you can't wait, start cracking them open. That'll speed things up. You can see the chicks a lot sooner that way... but they probably won't be chirping, moving, breathing, and stuff like that. Still can't wait???

that's a bummer......cause ya kinda have to

No he doesn't...

 

[slordaz]

A friend brought me over another dozen Ameraucana eggs and 4 more Marans eggs to put in the bator Sunday. He only wants the Marans chicks. I'm going to be over run with Ameraucana chicks.

poor you lol, we like the one we have but haven't been able to come up with anymore around here, she's the odd ball though, sticks to the duck like glue when she's not racing around the corral or yard, thought that was the thing t be though lol

 

[jwlpoultry]

Hey Sally I gave you a miscount on those Barred rock eggs there are 80 not 71 @Sally Sunshine

 

[NestingHillsSC]

poor you lol, we like the one we have but haven't been able to come up with anymore around here, she's the odd ball though, sticks to the duck like glue when she's not racing around the corral or yard

 

[Ur-ur-ur-urrr]

nope not fixed yet, while egg turner isn't moving it stayed stable then when turner moved it went all whacky again,  spike 102 then back down to 97 which is at least acceptable, will see if it evens out now turner is settled

Might be the turner motor causing the spike. As long as it returns to normal temp in a reasonal amount of time, it should be fine. Egg temps changes much slower than air temp...

 

[Fire Ant Farm]

Helped one of the malpos out, resting and drying off. All but one are out now - that one still has blood vessels, and I got some bleeding (not the best way to discover that

) - hope not too much. Put her back in. Something about her makes me wonder if she's going to make it. She's gotten tired. But I can't go any further with those blood vessels still there. Hopefully we can get it done in a couple hours.

I didn't note the position of the first two chicks I helped, but they had pipped at least near the air cell. These two malpositioned chicks (the one I just helped and the one I'm waiting on) were in the butt-and-hocks-agaist-air-cell position. I'll do an eggtopsy on the dead one after the hatch is over to see what position she's in.

I guess I have learned a lot about assisting, so I'll be all ready for the shipped egg hatch next week... That hatch will be in the Brinsea. You can't see as well, but hopefully it will go better (incubator function-wise).

- Ant Farm