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

[Jessimom]

Lol you would think but they have catching up to do anyway and the humidity is not going down BC why would it cooperate? Lol perhaps it's going to rain again in the next couple of days or maybe it's BC of the cool weather that is hanging out with us right now.

Awww....what do you mean that they have catching up to do? To drop it more, maybe paper towels in there? If you have rice in there, I"m not sure how to get it any lower...Good luck!!!

I'm in Southern CA, I can NEVER, ever imagine my humidity to get too high Running dry, I will still use a wet sponge that I re-dampen every day in my LG and incuview. But I broke down and got the Brinsea's with the humidity pumps. I set my humidity at 38 and it turns on once in a while, but the reservoirs are both still full 15 days in....

Right now I have chicks hatching in the Incuview, it's tough to keep the humidity high enough. I have puppy pee pads under the shelf liner. I just keep the whole pad wet. They are cheeping. 5 hatched so far but 2 more zipping, and 11 more pipped. It's going to be a long night!

Good luck with your hatch! I hope you find a way to lower your humidity!

 

[BantyChooks]

 

[MutantMaster]

So can anybody join in? We have eggs pretty much constantly hatching here. The incubator is running 24/7. Most of our equipment is either fabricated by me or patched up commercial products.
Our foam incubator was shipped from the U.S. and sadly sustained some fairly serious damage through customs. I found this out when I had to set it up in a hurry because my other half was bringing home a batch of eggs. Also luckily I had a 240-120v transformer. The tray motor failed shortly after too. I came up with a fairly unique solution. I actually upgraded the motor and driver to v3 a couple of days ago. v1 was made out of decade old electronics that I dug of of the shed after a long hiatus. v2 just didn't work right for some reason. v3 was made out of most of v2 and allowed for the egg trays getting stuck at the extreme tilt when they are full with top heavy eggs.

The brooding boxes are made from chipboard TV cabinets. One is wired with a capillary thermostat and a ceramic heat bulb. The other will have similar but has a digital thermostat waiting for it.

Yesterday I was forced to fast track what I've been working on for an incubator, and throw together what I have for a hatcher using my little fish tank I've had since I was a kid. The parts are kind of mismatched and incomplete, and the power supply inadequate but it's soldiering on. It keeps heat maintained perfectly within my specifications and is very quick to heat back up after opening the lid in spite of the power supply.
Thankfully the eggs that were due had a place to hatch because the incubator is full! One hatched this afternoon and a couple more should be popping out tomorrow. The one that hatched was a super bonus! About 2 or 3 days ago I'd determined the chick to be dead but left it in the incubator on it's side just in case. it surprised me after I don't know how many candlings and moved! As an added bonus it is the first chick from the particular hen that I haven't had to hand hatch. At maybe five hours old it's perching, eating, wandering about etc. Another super chicken! It's a funny (not so) little thing. One of many experimental Silkie X bitzer chicks. Every single one from the hen has come out with a different mix of attributes. Some extremely desirable and worthy of backcrossing.

By the way, these are just backyard chickens. We don't have a farm or anything. Just our select pets and some being raised for pocket money.

I have a question. Our recent chicks seem to be having more trouble than usual with curled toes. Any ideas?

 

[BullChick]

What breed were they? I don't remember

Pekin. Just... This year Pekins being sold have dark spots on their heads. Not something I want.

I have 4 1/2 month old hens and a roo that have started laying.  The EE's are laying green eggs.  One of the eggs was a torpedo shape.  LONG and skinny.  I didn't want to incubate it, cuz of the weird shape.  Cracked it open this morning and it was a double yolker.  I spent a lot of time even looking for a white spot on the yolks,  Could find a white spot never mind a bulls eye.  If this double yolker wasn't fertile, what's the chance the other eggs that I've collected are?  They started laying 2 weeks ago.  Today I got a HUGE green egg.  Somewhat elongated.  I'll crack it open tomorrow, are there some chickens that regularly lay double yolked eggs?

Yes. It's not a good thing, but it isn't terrible. Imo anyway.

WOO HOO!

 

[Chaos18]

So can anybody join in? We have eggs pretty much constantly hatching here. The incubator is running 24/7. Most of our equipment is either fabricated by me or patched up commercial products.
Our foam incubator was shipped from the U.S. and sadly sustained some fairly serious damage through customs. I found this out when I had to set it up in a hurry because my other half was bringing home a batch of eggs. Also luckily I had a 240-120v transformer. The tray motor failed shortly after too. I came up with a fairly unique solution. I actually upgraded the motor and driver to v3 a couple of days ago. v1 was made out of decade old electronics that I dug of of the shed after a long hiatus. v2 just didn't work right for some reason. v3 was made out of most of v2 and allowed for the egg trays getting stuck at the extreme tilt when they are full with top heavy eggs.

The brooding boxes are made from chipboard TV cabinets. One is wired with a capillary thermostat and a ceramic heat bulb. The other will have similar but has a digital thermostat waiting for it.

Yesterday I was forced to fast track what I've been working on for an incubator, and throw together what I have for a hatcher using my little fish tank I've had since I was a kid. The parts are kind of mismatched and incomplete, and the power supply inadequate but it's soldiering on. It keeps heat maintained perfectly within my specifications and is very quick to heat back up after opening the lid in spite of the power supply.
Thankfully the eggs that were due had a place to hatch because the incubator is full! One hatched this afternoon and a couple more should be popping out tomorrow. The one that hatched was a super bonus! About 2 or 3 days ago I'd determined the chick to be dead but left it in the incubator on it's side just in case. it surprised me after I don't know how many candlings and moved! As an added bonus it is the first chick from the particular hen that I haven't had to hand hatch. At maybe five hours old it's perching, eating, wandering about etc. Another super chicken! It's a funny (not so) little thing. One of many experimental Silkie X bitzer chicks. Every single one from the hen has come out with a different mix of attributes. Some extremely desirable and worthy of backcrossing.

By the way, these are just backyard chickens. We don't have a farm or anything. Just our select pets and some being raised for pocket money.

I have a question. Our recent chicks seem to be having more trouble than usual with curled toes. Any ideas?

Welcome. Yes, anybody can join in. I believe curled toes can be caused by having the humidity to high.

 

[Chaos18]

@MotorcycleChick Morning

 

[BullChick]

NO! No new people! We are a small, close knit group! We don't like newbies! They smell like orange soda!

Curled toes are caused by either too much annoyance or a lot of happiness!

 

[ChickenCanoe]

@ChickenCanoe



When you recommended the EPDM to me, I neglected to ask you what you used for adhesive

Sorry for the delay. I haven't been on the computer in a while.
There are two types of adhesive for rubber roofing. There's a latex one and a solvent based adhesive. I've only used the solvent type. A gallon of the solvent based adhesive will cover 75 sq. ft. over wood or iso board. 100 sq. ft. over metal. The latex (water base) goes farther. 125-150 sq. ft. per gallon
If you're just doing a strip for the hinge it doesn't matter a lot.
If you wrap the rubber over the edges of the surface and tack it down with a wood or metal strip, you don't need an adhesive.
For large roof surfaces, you can do fully adhered or cover with a ballast. I'm covering one roof with a growing medium for a green roof and growing letuces and mesclun.
IMHO, EPDM is the way to go for flat and low slope roofs. My roofer friend that helped me do mine prefers TPO. But that is a torch down product and not as flexible. Torch down is an acquired skill to get it to seal without starting a fire.

A word of caution about the solvent based adhesive. You have to let it dry a bit before rolling the rubber over it. Otherwise it will not have gassed off enough and you'll have bubbles under your rubber.

The EPDM comes with a powdery coating and to a good job with adhesion, you also need a cleaner to get that coating off and make the rubber stick. I think they call it primer.

I saw you had a concern about the color. If you want a white surface, there is a liquid EPDM that comes in white. While the rubber is new, you can apply a coating of the white liquid over your roof.

Anjon was the company I've worked with over the years. They were a pioneer in roofing large expanses of flat roofs like factories and warehouses. They're primarily a pond supply company now.
http://anjonmfg.com/lifeguard_liner.aspx

http://www.cmdgroup.com/smartbuildingindex/ethylene-propylene-diene-monomer-roofing/manufacturers/

http://www.flatroofsolutions.com/

 

[Chaos18]

NO! No new people! We are a small, close knit group! We don't like newbies! They smell like orange soda!

Curled toes are caused by either too much annoyance or a lot of happiness!

I like orange soda though............and orange creamsicle flavored ice cream.

 

[BullChick]

You eat bugs.