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

[WVduckchick]

 

[Hawk12]

@Hawk12 this thread is amazing.

Found it, thx

 

[Cynthia12]

Hello everyone!

Whew! Just read this from page 1 on, what a terrific thread! Thank you @Sally Sunshine! Sorry you were not well, but glad you're better now! So many great tips here, not just tips...guidance, support, encouragement ......ENABLING!!!!!

I'm new to incubating too, but probably won't do any until next year, I'm trying to read and learn all I can in advance. (Still need to read incubating 101) By spring or next summer I will (hopefully

) be converting a wine cooler ($50-CL) into a nice big 'bator (Will be studying the incubator builds too). Before I do that I need to finish building my coop and run (in my spare time. Ha!

) But you know, winters coming...or rather our cold to the bone rainy season in the Williamette Valley....so on those days it's just TOO cold and wet to work outside retrofitting a cooler into a bator might be just the ticket.
Looking at all these adorable baby chicks and handsome Roo and hen pictures makes me just ache to get some.

.....but I promised myself, no chickies until they could be safely kept, so......

I'll just look at all yours for now

You said it, the word, yep, enabling!

 

[Cynthia12]

This is Tootie


Hatched yesterday. One DIS today

and 8 remain day 22. No peeps, no rocking or rolling, nada

Oh my goodness, I always melt when I see a blue.

Let's hope those little stinkers are just resting, let us know. You may want to check them out to see if any are still viable.

 

[Ren2014]

Oh my goodness, I always melt when I see a blue.

Let's hope those little stinkers are just resting, let us know. You may want to check them out to see if any are still viable.

She's a little toot. If I put my hand down in the brooder she comes running. I'm used the them running away, lol. Well the other 8 didn't make it. I did candle and eggtopsied. 2 early quitters and 3 DIS prolly day 19 I'm not really sure

No more shipped eggs for me.

 

[Cynthia12]

She's a little toot. If I put my hand down in the brooder she comes running. I'm used the them running away, lol. Well the other 8 didn't make it. I did candle and eggtopsied. 2 early quitters and 3 DIS prolly day 19 I'm not really sure

No more shipped eggs for me.

Oh, so sorry! That baby right there, will love you like you are mama, or sibling.

On shipped eggs, I've had some bad hatches too. I've had so many shipped, that I have found what area is good to buy from, for them coming my way. This last hatch went great! Had 26 eggs hatch out of 29 that went into lock down. She shipped 34. So not bad at all. I've had worse luck with the smaller eggs of course, but found a gal that has silkies in MO. and that works great. Her eggs come to me in pretty good shape. The air sacs are usually really good. I'm in Utah, and I know NOT to buy in certain parts of the eastern coast. GA is ok, PA. isn't. Or any of those up north east. I love getting them from mid west, and of course California is close. Washington is good, Oregon isn't. Go figure. Texas and AR. is ok. Like I said, I just found out. You may not want to keep trying different places. But, if you try some place close by, other than the place you just bought from, you may be pleasantly surprised!

 

[Lamancha]

She's a little toot.  If I put my hand down in the brooder she comes running.  I'm used the them running away, lol.  Well the other 8 didn't make it.  I did candle and eggtopsied.  2 early quitters and 3 DIS prolly day 19 I'm not really sure No more shipped eggs for me.

I'm sorry to hear about your hatch. I was really rooting for those babies.

 

[chicken hawk 33]

Tommorow will be day eighteen then 10 more till lockdown hope mine hatch 22 viable of 25 those three one was infertal and the other two quit hope the others hatch with this stupid Bator doing its temp spikes and drops ...also I have an emergency q question if someone would be willing to answer

 

[Bernadine503]

I can't keep up but wanted to share a picture to illustrate why we calibrate. All the same brand. All read the same a month ago. All in the same conditions for the past week. All read different.

I also will be investing in a thermometer with tenths digits to compare to my thermostat.

I have the same kind of thermometer, but I'm not sure I can trust it. How do you use them?

 

[tao chick]

I have the same kind of thermometer, but I'm not sure I can trust it. How do you use them?

I used them for my last hatch and I'm not sure when they went wonky but the inaccuracy and other factors led to only 2/24 eggs hatching. If you have a way to find out how far off the temp is you adjust the heat accordingly. If you know it shows two degrees lower like these do then you set temp goals for 98-99 max.
Edit to add: I checked mine and adjusted with a couple different thermostats. A portable one and the house thermostat. Next time I'll get a couple different brands and attempt calibration.