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

[Sally Sunshine]

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colored cotton balls@!!!!

 

[LittleLakePhil]

yes you must have been researching them, cause they know what you search and what you are doing so they associate you with advertisements....

now explain to us what you look up online kind sir

bwaaahahaha !!!!! Yes do kind sir!!!!

 

[kwhites634]

yes you must have been researching them, cause they know what you search and what you are doing so they associate you with advertisements....

now explain to us what you look up online kind sir

NEVER HAPPENED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I label virtually all unsolicited emails as SPAM.....honest Injun

 

[Fire Ant Farm]

bwaaahahaha !!!!! Yes do kind sir!!!!

 

[Ur-ur-ur-urrr]

Why do I keep getting random emails for Viagra knock-offs? Does the entire world know I'm old? You guys spill the beans?

Maybe they want to test the upper limit of effectiveness???

 

[fire370]

I want to see the Blue orps

I hope that works out for you

I got a picture of one of my blues that got his neck rung the other night.......... He was a pretty bird and I bet he's gonna pretty good for dinner tomorrow too.

 

[kwhites634]

Maybe they want to test the upper limit of effectiveness???

I should have known better than to mention it to this bunch of clowns in the first place

 

[Sally Sunshine]

My new favorite snack...yummy

WHAT did I do??? The last 14 in bator that had not piped in over 15 hours so I candled. I pulled 4 and was 100% sure they were quitters. Well 3 were.

. Tonight I am a chicken killer

. #4 was fine and still absorbing yolk. I will NEVER mess with them until day 24

. 3 were dead and on day 24 would still be dead. But #4 would have been fine

. I feel terrible

you did the float test?

 

[Jessimom]

I used 3 separate, calibrated thermometers in my incuview... and the built-in thermometer was 1.2F low. If you're talking about the incuview,... the temp can easily be altered. Same with egg turning. I didn't know this because the instructions are very vague, but a phone call to IW cleared up a lot of questions. I had some temp spikes on the first batch... 2F high and 2F low, but they never lasted long enough to harm the eggs. The second batch only had 1F high and 1F low swings.

Without a microscope, it'll be hard to detect bacteria. A weak bleach solution should suffice followed by complete drying. To be honest, I didn't go to much trouble to clean mine in the week between first hatch and second setting. I used anti-bacterial Dawn to wash the bottom tray, turner, and mesh... and Windex to clean the lid. I used a toothbrush to remove dander from the fan screen, and fired it back up. I ran my temp a little higher (100F) the second batch, and got 100% hatch on day 20. I trusted the extra thermometers to show the right temps, and I depended on my IncuTherm Plus (along with re-calibrated bator hygro) to show the right RH. It worked... It's tricky to adjust the stock hygro, but it can be done by removing it from the lid, popping off the back plate, and turning the plate that holds the spring in place. The trickiest part is doing all that super quickly as soon as it comes out of the salt test bag...

I am planning on calling IW on Tuesday - I might try on Monday, see if they are open. Thanks for the info!! I have just used bleach and water to clean the bators. I'll try the dawn!!!

As an odd note....many, many years ago when I spent a couple of weeks on a 50 ft sailboat with a few friends, down in the Virgin Islands, we discovered that Joy dishwashing soap was the only soap that would suds in salt water.... Maybe others will now, but at the time that was all we had....

My new favorite snack...yummy

You had me until I got to the work CURDS.... Ghost pepper cheese, yum. Curds, not so much....

WHAT did I do??? The last 14 in bator that had not piped in over 15 hours so I candled. I pulled 4 and was 100% sure they were quitters. Well 3 were.

. Tonight I am a chicken killer

. #4 was fine and still absorbing yolk. I will NEVER mess with them until day 24

. 3 were dead and on day 24 would still be dead. But #4 would have been fine

. I feel terrible

I'm so sorry! I did that last hatch! I just did a quick float test on my day 22 eggs, all were viable, but only 3 wiggled. They all went back in the 'bator. I'll wait a few more days.

colored cotton balls@!!!!

Thanks Sally!!! They are SO fluffy!! I have no idea what color they will turn out to be, but all but 3 of those are my keepers!! I sold the rest.

These two are my favorites!

 

[chicken hawk 33]

I am worried for the one egg.and the one chick