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

[tjo804]

Is there a way to make a quick make/shift incubator? I just need it for Lockdown phase.

I will explain in next post.

 

[mirandaleecon]

Is there a way to make a quick make/shift incubator? I just need it for Lockdown phase.

I will explain in next post.

I have seen people hatch an egg with an aquarium and a heat lamp. Not the best way to go but in an emergency you use what you can...

If it's not an emergency, you can make an incubator out of all sorts of stuff. You just need a heat source, something to control that heat source, and a way to contain humidity...

 

[kwhites634]

Is there a way to make a quick make/shift incubator? I just need it for Lockdown phase.

I will explain in next post.

Why not make a cooler-bator? Then you'd have something for long-term use. I've not made one for myself, 'cause I already have a styro unit that suffices for my purposes, but I don't think they're all that complicated. You should check out Sally's article on them, on the 1st page of this thread...I believe it's also on her signature line whenever she posts. Good luck with whichever route you take.

 

[tjo804]

I put the last 5 eggs under a second broodie last night they were cold all the way through and I did not expect anything.
I check on her and found this

Ok scooped up the freezing Chick who was still wet from hatching and blew on her. she peeped.
I ran in the house she is warm and moving now The Broodie moved the eggs off her to the back of the nest box and just let her be alone in the 40 deg weather.
I candled real quickly and there is another of the eggs chirping. Is there some way to get a box cooler or something to temp and humidity to bring the eggs in to hatch or should I just keep checking every half hour?

I am sorry I know this is the incubating thread and my botched broodie is alot of off topic.

 

[canadachickens]

Is there a way to make a quick make/shift incubator? I just need it for Lockdown phase.

I will explain in next post.

How far apart are the eggs in the bator? A temporary set up for lock down is not a great idea. It would be difficult to maintain temps and humidity in a temporary set up, and the eggs need those two factors to be steady after all this time developing.
If your other eggs are ten days or less, just leave the lockdown ones in, raise the humidity, and let them all be.

 

[Akrnaf2]

I am having a hard time getting up and getting that first cup of coffee...... Was that Arabic you guys are speaking?

Are you writhing in ancient Galick?

And HEBROW is not a spam!

 

[canadachickens]

I put the last 5 eggs under a second broodie last night they were cold all the way through and I did not expect anything. I check on her and found this Ok scooped up the freezing Chick who was still wet from hatching and blew on her. she peeped. I ran in the house she is warm and moving now The Broodie moved the eggs off her to the back of the nest box and just let her be alone in the 40 deg weather. I candled real quickly and there is another of the eggs chirping. Is there some way to get a box cooler or something to temp and humidity to bring the eggs in to hatch or should I just keep checking every half hour? I am sorry I know this is the incubating thread and my botched broodie is alot of off topic.

Ok, better understanding of problem now. Any box or aquarium with a heat source and no drafts should suffice. I would leave the eggs under the broody until hatch, then quickly move them to the temp brooder. Do you have a desk lamp or trouble light you could suspend over a small box or aquarium? I have done this many times in the past. Suspend the light high enough not to burn the box, the chicks will move closer or farther from the light as they need the heat or need to cool.

 

[kwhites634]

I put the last 5 eggs under a second broodie last night they were cold all the way through and I did not expect anything.
I check on her and found this

Ok scooped up the freezing Chick who was still wet from hatching and blew on her. she peeped.
I ran in the house she is warm and moving now The Broodie moved the eggs off her to the back of the nest box and just let her be alone in the 40 deg weather.
I candled real quickly and there is another of the eggs chirping. Is there some way to get a box cooler or something to temp and humidity to bring the eggs in to hatch or should I just keep checking every half hour?

I am sorry I know this is the incubating thread and my botched broodie is alot of off topic.

Not at all off topic. Like our esteemed Canadian contingent told someone else yesterday, the only dumb question is the one unasked

 

[Akrnaf2]

I thought this was interesting: Interesting because I think my RCOM might have similar issues. In the past, all eggs in the 4 corners have died. Haven't used it enough to know if it's a real problem of not, but it will be interesting to see if it happens again. -Kathy

could you move them around at some point if you have this issue?

Good suggestion, and I have thought about doing that, but I'd like to verify that it really is an issue before I try it. -Kathy

I think that an extra fan will serculate the hot air, and will solve the problam! \

 

[tjo804]

Thank you so very much