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

[TJChickens]

Lol!

I think I have had a bator running pretty much constantly for 6 years.

Turned the brinsea off in September and was feeling good till I got asked to incubate for a friend. Guess I fell off the wagon....

And this thread does not help with my "problem"

Hiya Phage!

 

[BantyChooks]

A short story called "A Cold Winter Tale" by Joey Graham:

CHIT!!!

The end.

Hey, I love winter! (I will deny I said that when shoveling or driving in a blizzard, though )

Oh you guys are all hatching eggs! I really want to, but I have to wait until my 17 chicks I get in the mail are all grown up, which will be sometime in the summertime. I hate waiting!

I know, so hard!
I have been jumpin outa my skin waiting to set since page 62 (ish) of this thread, and just now made arrangments so I can incubate.
I still don't like my bubblebator too much.... Gonna do all I can to keep it stable..

 

[fire370]

The absolute best candler you can get is an overhead projector cheap from a yard sale. Laugh all you want but it's the honest to God's truth.

I've gotten lazy and if I candle, I use the LED app on my iPhone 6 Plus. Except for BCM's, they get the projector.

 

[BYC910]

I already posted all of them, you missed the post me guess


@fire370 I didnt catch a suggestion from you on a candler, got one? thanks!


sweet!!! chicken addiction!! good for you!!

I feel that humidity is too high, especially since I incubated tons of legbar eggs over the past three years. my reasoning is all in the links..... I start off around 30-35 and see what it takes me to day 7 candle.... again read ..... I wish you the best! and you have calibrated thermo/hygros correct? I also run temps at 100.5 there is a temp section at the bottom link too

HUMIDITY Humidity is NOT a set number!
Its a tool to get the correct weight loss in the egg! post #8924 see Hatching Eggs 101
WHY do we need less humidity to get the best weight loss for colored hatching eggs during incubation? post #36320
Maintaining high humidity in an incubator during hatch click HERE
KEEPING MOLD and BACTERIAL from growing in water WELLS during incubation post #1644


SHIPPED EGGS
REQUEST HOW YOU WANT YOUR eggs SHIPPED PEOPLE!!!! post #1050
COLD? REQUESTING HEAT PACKS discussion post #32219
SHIPPED EGGS = CHANGE OF PLANS! Hatching Eggs 101 & post #1087
Shipped Eggs = Change Of Plans! post #23032 & Hatching Eggs 101
SHIPPED EGGS DELAYED EGGS GETTING OLD length of time en-route requires another change of plans! post #31779
SEVERELY Shipped and DAMAGED POLISH EGGS! post #30250
DETACHED AIR CELLS & LOOSE/Saddle AIR CELLS how to incubate? post #34107

UPDATE:​

I have pulled extremely helpful NOTES, LINKS &​

Informational Post Links from this entire thread​

for EVERYONE'S convenience and will continue to put them HERE:​

https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/incubating-w-friends-helpful-notes-links-informational-post-links​

KKKKK hope you are well!

well you can give them the plans and images yes??? of this fantastic candler of yours! you have never shared it with us!


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hatch some and sell them on CL I dont see an issue? everyone needs practice and you need to get more photography in too! sounds like a plan to me! @CherriesBrood

no

 

[Ur-ur-ur-urrr]

Lol!

I think I have had a bator running pretty much constantly for 6 years.

Turned the brinsea off in September and was feeling good till I got asked to incubate for a friend. Guess I fell off the wagon....

And this thread does not help with my "problem"

You turned off an incubator and was feeling good? What kind of monster are you????

I turned mine of Jan 1... and I've been going crazy!!! I miss the beautiful hum of my bator!!!!

I'm sick, aren't I?

 

[BantyChooks]

You turned off an incubator and was feeling good? What kind of monster are you????  

I turned mine of Jan 1... and I've been going crazy!!! I miss the beautiful hum of my bator!!!!    

I'm sick, aren't I?   

No, just normal. I turned mine off since it was simply waisting energy and I can't even watch temps.... I miss the hum too!
Is monday here yet?
Thas' when the thermo/hygro arrives.
(That is the first, and last, time I will ever say that.)

 

[CherriesBrood]

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Oh you guys are all hatching eggs! I really want to, but I have to wait until my 17 chicks I get in the mail are all grown up, which will be sometime in the summertime. I hate waiting!

hatch some and sell them on CL  I dont see an issue?  everyone needs practice and you need to get more photography in too!  sounds like a plan to me!  @CherriesBrood

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Hmm, that does sound like a good idea, but I don't trust Craigslist. Plus it's that time of the year you know. I do want to hatch, but not sure who will take them because I don't have room. :/

 

[Ur-ur-ur-urrr]

Hey, I love winter! (I will deny I said that when shoveling or driving in a blizzard, though

)

I would love winter a lot more if we actually had a winter. It's 60 or 70 degrees one day, then it's below freezing the next day!!! Not the nice, dry freezing like up north... it's a cold, damp freezing that chills you to the bone. And snow? Good luck with that one. We might get a light blanket once every 5-10 years, and in 3 days time it's a melted, muddy mess. Snow-covered mountains feel much better than it feels down here in the winter...

 

[BullChick]

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Any chance you are using of these?

Please tell me it isn't garbage! I can't see spending the $200 for a 7 egg capacity or $350 for 20. The voice in my head says that I can build my own, but I just can't deal with learning how at this time.

It is either buy or beg @Auroradream26 to build me a coolerbator.


@HenHoneyGirl Once upon a time (2007 or 8) I fell asleep in the truck (18 wheeler) while in Colorado in the winter. Thermal underwear, sweatshirt and pants. Thermal socks. It was early when we took off, and I was freezing!! A few hours later my DH calls, "bathroom break!" I woke having to go like crazy! He was already out. I pulled on my boots, coat, hat and gloves. I dove for the door, got out backwards and stepped into powdery white ... SAND! We were in Arizona, and it was 117* that day. I had fallen asleep so fast that I didn't know we had been traveling for hours. DH has the AC cranked up so high that I was cold from that! The other truckers thought I was insane as I got out, and my eyes focused. I took off the coat and stuff, but it was a warm walk to the bathroom, let me tell you!!
Moral of the story, I don't have a moral. It was just something to share!

 

[BantyChooks]

I would love winter a lot more if we actually had a winter. It's 60 or 70 degrees one day, then it's below freezing the next day!!! Not the nice, dry freezing like up north... it's a cold, damp freezing that chills you to the bone. And snow? Good luck with that one. We might get a light blanket once every 5-10 years, and in 3 days time it's a melted, muddy mess. Snow-covered mountains feel much better than it feels down here in the winter...  

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