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

[kwhites634]

That was a scary story. I'm glad all is getting better.
Since she seemed relatively OK shortly after, it probably wasn't a stroke but she surely had a concussion.
The stroke isn't something to mess with. They need treatment within about 30 minutes or the damage is irreversible.
When that happens, you have to force the person to seek medical help.

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That's your call. In my experience, the majority of messed up legs don't do well in the long run.
You also don't want to breed them in case it is genetic.
Animal husbandry makes for some tough choices.
Hopefully it wasn't off that long. Internal egg temperature won't be the same.
Up to the first week, they can take quite a chill and embryos the last couple days can handle wide temp swings for a short period.
Fingers crossed you're OK.

I had my incubator plugged into a 60+ year old outlet attached to my breaker panel. The tabs holding the plug were weak and the plug just fell out. Lost that whole hatch. I promptly replaced the receptacle with a new one.

Those swings wouldn't bother me.

I've ignored the desire to buy an infrared because they just aren't accurate enough at 100 degrees to make them useful. It would be nice to get the egg shell temperature but they don't work for that.

Maybe you're too inquisitive. Put it back in the bator and wait.

I have another curiosity question, & I'm betting you have the right answer. From 5 layers, I usually get 5 eggs daily. Yesterday I got 4, this morning I got 6. The bedding is overly deep for extra warmth in this cold weather that doesn't want to go away (32* first thing), so it's conceivable that the birds have managed to bury one once in a while, but this has happened fairly frequently. Normally, it's pretty obvious that I've found an egg laid the previous day 'cause I can tell from the uneven color of the shell that it's been there a while. The eggs I got this morning showed no such uneven coloring.

I know that a hen will sometimes lay two eggs in one day; not common, but not unheard of. I'm wondering if a hen can develop a fully formed egg that for whatever reason doesn't get laid, then develop an egg the following day that gets laid, in the process pushing the first, unlayed egg out ahead of it.

 

[watsongang]

It helps if the room the incubator is in is a bit warmer than the rest of the house so the little 40 watt heat element doesn't have to work so hard. A small closet is good.
You can make a frame around the incubator with cardboard creating a mini room that is about 6 inches are so larger than the incubator. Make sure you still have air that can go in the bottom holes and escape the top holes. Folding a towel over the windows while keeping the holes open helps a lot. The latter technique sometimes makes the temp go too high.



I tried to respond earlier but was unsuccessful.
If it is concave, it's not a pip. It's from pressure from the hen.
If it is convex, it's a pip.

Several things you can use to seal it. Best is liquid skin bandage. Also, nail polish and wax can work.

thanks for the info. I will definitely try next batch

 

[kwhites634]

good morning everyone. I have 24 out and 2 pipped!

 

[watsongang]

i just wanted to have eggs again like we did as a kid lol CONGRATS! looks neat!!! AWESOME!!! Did you calibrate your thermometers? READ TEMPS SECTION HERE: post #9068 want that silver chippy!!! congrats! [COLOR=B22222]LOWERING[/COLOR] [COLOR=008080]TEMPS lockdown IS NOT NECESSARY[/COLOR] [COLOR=FF0000]but is said to AID THE HATCHING PROCESS [/COLOR] post #2898 READ TEMPS SECTION HERE: post #9068 what????

no, I did not calibrate. Will definitely read that post. Thanks Sally!

 

[kwhites634]

it's where the back is and because I can

Wrong answer!!

Phage, like everyone here, is trying to help you.
Coming back with smart-alec answers such as this one is eventually going to result in your post being totally ignored. I hope you won't be too surprised when that happens.

 

[BantyChooks]

Eh, not everyone will agree with me, but I believe in it.

I hope so; I would be thrilled if "she" was a girl.... A roo named Sunny would be funny, but there is nothing else that I could name my first chick hatched!

-Banti

 

[Coreenelane]

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Now that tatoo I could live with!

 

[Akrnaf2]

I aas wondering how all of you guys got started into the wonderful world of poultry and was hoping to hear some good storys.

I alwayes had animals in the pick I had: 4 scorpions, 3 parrots,2 cats, a big aquarium, 1 squirrel, and a 3 meters Burmese pyton,
All of them went when ouer first sun came to this world. Since then we did not have anteing .
Until one day, A few years back from now I went to an eveninig run and I have return 5 minute afther, with a chicken I have found sitting on my house fens!
and from there it became the addiction that I am in it!

 

[Phage]

it's where the back is and because I can

Wrong answer!!  
Phage, like everyone here, is trying to help you.
Coming back with smart-alec answers such as this one is eventually going to result in your post being totally ignored. I hope you won't be too surprised when that happens.

I am at that point now Whites.
The thing is I really don't think it is entirely his fault and he is a good kid. He needs some real life experience like getting a job or going to school but that isn't going to happen apparently. I think we are it!

 

[kwhites634]

I hope so; I would be thrilled if "she" was a girl.... A roo named Sunny would be funny, but there is nothing else that I could name my first chick hatched!

-Banti

Not as funny as a boy named Sue. Banty is spelled with a "Y", but you go by "Banti" (to a few of us). You can always change the spelling to SONNY