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

[Chaos18]

for some yes, most no

I am still upset with the malposition deal and then the two others women with that bator as well. I suggested to prop one end of the bator up just a bit and to make sure the air cell is on the up side. Just curious how that would work in them. just odd, very very odd. I have ancona in from sara, I did the bleach wash and set them, cant turn them as the air cells are still loose and very wiggly watery, I am thinking they may have froze en route candle will tell.

like I said I run 30 or so until I candle and then I dont really go by the 14-18 days, I grab one and candle it when I feel like it and just keep track that way. and add water or take away depending. I dont make a big deal out of it, and I think the more we incubate the better we know what they should look like no matter what day they are on.

Again, its too coincidental about those malpositions unless it is the moon phases or something odd. I dont know much about that stuff at all. but I hatched at the same time and I had no issues.

yuck peppers, my chest hurts from hacking now, I aint making that worse, my ribs hurt bad.

http://farmersalmanac.com/home-garden/2016/02/01/best-days-to-set-eggs-in-2016/

 

[Chaos18]

yuck peppers, my chest hurts from hacking now, I aint making that worse, my ribs hurt bad.

I didn't use to like them as much as I do now. I spent 4 yrs working in a mexican restaurant and now I love hot foods and tequila

 

[Saris]

oh saris!!! what are your temps? its day three!!!

Temps are good. 99.7 to 100, humidity is still a bit finicky, seems to want to be at 40% no matter ho little water I add..... I know it's day 3, I just usually can make something out by now. plus I'm a terrible worry wort......

Bielefelder eggs would be too dark to see anything until Day 5- and even then the veins might not be visible. Let them be, and then check again after Day 5 ends.

That's what I'm hoping except I a have a few that are just cream colored instead of a nice medium brown. I won't really judge until day 10 just to be sure.

 

[daxigait]

An expensize water soluble wormer: Given properly, I think this will treat most worms, including tapes. I would say all worms, but I'm still not sure what will treat oviduct flukes. Wormougel - [COLOR=535353]20g/L Praziquantel, 20g/L Oxfendazole - If I did my math correctly, the dose is 47 ml per gallon. Unclear if it should be given for more than one day and if it needs to be repeated again in 10 days.[/COLOR] [COLOR=535353]Like all other wormers, it's not approved for use in laying hens. It's not banned, it's just not approved.[/COLOR] -Kathy

thanks

 

[Wendy High]

@Wendy High

If Sally can't help you, I take a stab at it.
I'd give it 2 days, then take the chick away from Momma & put it in the brooder, with starter feed & water. You may have to dip the beak in the water the first time, to give the chick the idea.
To make sure it doesn't drown. put clean marbles or pebbles in the bottom of the container. If you don't have a regular brooder, you can make one quick from a cardboard box or old aquarium. You'll need a heat source, but someone else can advise you better than I on that score.

Thank you for info. I did find addtl info on site and looked at links Sally posted. Will leave hen alone until Thursday.

 

[Jessimom]

If the temps are accurate, 98.2 is too low. With that range, depending on how quickly your thermometer measures, I'm guessing the interior egg temp is in the low 98s,

Well you're right, the RO water shouldn't be tainted.
Most of the thermometer/hygrometers I'm aware of are only supposed to be accurate to ±2.˚F. They could all be off and the one on the incubator isn't necessarily right either.
Have you tried a Brinsea spot check? It is very accurate. This company has some nice equipment.
http://www.thermoworks.com/
This is the one I use.
http://www.thermoworks.com/products/low_cost/rt301wa.html

I had a Spot Check but didn't trust it because it disagreed with 5 other thermometers. Then I got the Thermoworks one and it was exactly the same as the Spot Check. I threw all the others away.

If I had to hazard a guess, I'm thinking your temp may be low. Are you getting any to hatch? If so, are they early or late?

My old still air LG I had good hatch rates, but they were always late. So, AFTER I switched to the Incuview, I upped the temps in my day 1 - 18 'bator to run closer to 100 - 101. In the Incuview I only had 1 chick out of 26 hatch, and it hatched on day 22/23 - it hatched over night.

Good news! The feed store got my incubator in and they're holding it for me!

I may not be able to pick it up until this weekend, but that's ok. I've got plenty of time to get it set up before the EHAL.

Yeah!! Good luck with your first hatch!!!

I have been in the hospital more than my share last year for pneumonia, I pray its not going to start all over again.

I really hope that whatever you have isn't serious and you start to feel better soon!!

Guh. Was throwing up yesterday and had a migraine, today is sniffles and ringing ears, and now my throat is gummy. Can i stop being sick now?

Ewww, sorry you are feeling so bad!! I really hope you feel better soon too!!!

I didn't use to like them as much as I do now. I spent 4 yrs working in a mexican restaurant and now I love hot foods and tequila

I grow LOTS of hot peppers, love them in food, but would never consider eating one by itself. Just tried fermenting peppers this year. They are looking good! Have been fermenting about 4 months now. Not sure what I'm going to do with all of it - hot sauce maybe? Tequila (te-kill-ya)....I stay away.

 

[Sally Sunshine]

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so dont add water, you obviously have enough in your air love!

 

[Sally Sunshine]

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Quote: thank you

I am hoping the antibiotics kick it out of me quickly!

 

[Saris]

so dont add water, you obviously have enough in your air love!

If I let it go completely dry it drops down to 18% or it did before I added eggs..... I've seen it drop to 33% with the eggs in there, do you think 33 is too low?

 

[daxigait]

I used to have a high level manager that was that way. He never thought anyone had good ideas but him. I figured out a way to get my ideas implemented. I would suggest something which he immediately discounted. Then I'd wait 6 months and tell him, "Hey that was a great idea you had about - insert my idea here". He'd ponder a minute and say, "Yeah, I think we'll do that."

You need a bigger incubator.

I guess when you say hygrometers, you really mean thermometers. Hygrometers are for measuring humidity.
The water should be nearly the same as the air temperature. It sounds like there is a problem.
Is there a fan in it?
If they range from 98-100.5, they're not calibrated close enough unless it is a still air and you're measuring hot and cold spots.

It shouldn't matter what the temperature is under the eggs. I know there has been other information here but if it is a still air, the temperature at the top of the eggs should be 100.5-102  and if forced air, it should be 99.5-100 in all parts of the incubator.
http://www.thepoultrysite.com/articles/166/care-and-incubation-of-hatching-eggs/
I wouldn't worry about the water getting slimy. It usually won't unless it starts out a bit tainted or you don't clean it out between incubations. Try some bleach in the water trays between incubations and if it still becomes a problem a little white vinegar should help.

It's called a water wiggler.

X2

Is this the type of chick fount you are using?
http://www.strombergschickens.com/product/Chick-Waterer-Multiple-Colors/chick-and-small-founts
I put a paver slab in the brooder space and sit the fount on that. It keeps it stable and they can hop up on the slab and drink without being able to scratch debris into it.
I don't hatch tiny birds so haven't needed pebbles to prevent drowning but you may need something for seramas.

Shipped eggs should be allowed to settle for 24 hours before incubating. Assuming you are going to set within a day of arriving, keep them at the temperature they were unless they are above 80F.
If the eggs are between 40F and 70F, slowly raise the temperature, 10F per hour till you get into the 80s then set them.

double light bulbs work but I prefer a metallic heat element since there is no filament. The life cycle of which is shortened by the constant cycling on and off. The more a bulb cycles, the shorter its life.
Size of heat element depends on the size of your incubator.
The ones in LG and others are 40 watts.
In bigger incubators go for something between 100 and 250 depending on size.
Here are some options.
http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_fro...ent.TRS0&_nkw=incubator+heat+element&_sacat=0


That's what you get for using your noggin.

Are you talking about the price to process because you have to hire someone to do it or take it to a processor?

yes, I may just dump him at the sale barn since I can't afford to pay to have him processed right now, and as the original buyer backed out I have no room in my freezer for more. I won't get anything really at the sale, but I won't be spending more I can't afford after the lost wages and the 1850 I put in my well last month.