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

[BantyChooks]

Night all, gunna disappear soon... Bator temps are stable at 101.5 now.

@kwhites634

 

[Jessimom]

Night all, gunna disappear soon... Bator temps are stable at 101.5 now.

@kwhites634

Good night!! Awesome bator temps!!!!

 

[kwhites634]

Me too. Nighty night

"Ripping" is when you cut the board (2x4 in this case) lengthwise, with the grain, as opposed to a "cross cut", which is across the grain. Easily done with a table saw or radial arm saw, but not worth the effort otherwise. I built a roost out of 2x4's when I used my walk-in chicken house. I think I had 4 levels for the birds to choose from; they all used the highest one. They looked like a bunch of crows sitting on a phone line.

 

[kwhites634]

Night all, gunna disappear soon... Bator temps are stable at 101.5 now.

@kwhites634

Watch close

 

[kwhites634]

I'm going to pack it up, as well
'Nite, y'all

 

[Jessimom]

I'm going to pack it up, as well
'Nite, y'all

Me too!! Night!!!!

 

[Nin315]

LEGGO question,, I was directed here from another part of the site with incubating hints..it says use a leggo,, it never says why ,, lol..and I cant see a why, on this page either,, fill me in on the purpose, etc, plz.

 

[Pensmaster]

LEGGO question,, I was directed here from another part of the site with incubating hints..it says use a leggo,, it never says why ,, lol..and I cant see a why, on this page either,, fill me in on the purpose, etc, plz.

It was too give better control of the stem of the thermostat as you could turn it with better results. When I used the styrofoam incubator I also put a mark on the stem of the thermostat and the top of the incubator lid when I finally got the temp right so if I did have to adjust I knew where I was when adjusting.

 

[Mims]

If I need help with a chick who pipped on the wrong end, is this the thread I can get help in? Or is there a better one somewhere?

Here's my situation. I had 2 broody hens. They hatched 6 eggs, and kicked over the rest of the nest. When I got home, there was 8 eggs that were cold and dirty. I put them in the incubator, and 3 have hatched so far. The others look like they'll go tomorrow or the next day.

Except Pip. Pip pipped on the wrong end. He hasn't gone further than that since yesterday mid morning. The area where he poked the shell off was turning brown.

I went ahead tonight, and broke some of the shell off, without piercing the inner membrane.

It still needs more time for the veins to dry up and absorb the yolk. It's almost there.

Here's my dilemma. How can I keep the inner membrane from drying up and shrink wrapping it? I wrapped it in a damp paper towel on the air cell end, but I'm worried about drowning it.

Am I doing okay? I obviously messed up and should have left it longer, but the others zipped a lot sooner than this guy has. It's been almost 30 or so hours since it pipped. And, it pipped the wrong end.

 

[Nin315]

Just an FYI on the two by four into 2 by 2's ripping thing,, home depo will "rip" them for u if u buy the 2 by 4s from them..at least they did when I got them a while back..probably other stores will too