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

[NaJoBeLe]

Got to go. BBL
Got a truck & trailer to unload & a coon to dispatch.

 

[BantyChooks]

I'm not sure I can ever get this LG truly clean.... It had 6 month old quail shells and yolk all over it from a failed hatch, spiderwebs, dirt, a thick layer of dust...... Even the bleach soak I did when I first got it didn't get it all out!

-Banti

 

[chicken hawk 33]

All six of six hatched.Sox new baby Silkie.I can't believe I got a white from my pair of blacks

 

[SilverHair]

ok just picked a farminnovator 4250 from tractor supply, will see how things go over the next few days

 

[NaJoBeLe]

I'm not sure I can ever get this LG truly clean.... It had 6 month old quail shells and yolk all over it from a failed hatch, spiderwebs, dirt, a thick layer of dust...... Even the bleach soak I did when I first got it didn't get it all out! 
-Banti

Hmmm. It was my experience that cleaning them was quite difficult. My vote is clean it best you can and then go the paint route. Probably not the best route but it will seal it. I think my initial paint was 2 or 3 coats. Didn't go all the way up, maybe half way up the bottom half. Plan was to see how it lasted and re-paint every couple of hatches depending on durability. I think this is my 6th run since I painted and not until my last cleaning did I get a little overzealous with the scrubbing and peeled some off. I will plan to paint again before next set.

 

[NaJoBeLe]

All six of six hatched.Sox new baby Silkie.I can't believe I got a white from my pair of blacks

Congrats.

 

[BantyChooks]

Hmmm. It was my experience that cleaning them was quite difficult. My vote is clean it best you can and then go the paint route. Probably not the best route but it will seal it. I think my initial paint was 2 or 3 coats. Didn't go all the way up, maybe half way up the bottom half. Plan was to see how it lasted and re-paint every couple of hatches depending on durability. I think this is my 6th run since I painted and not until my last cleaning did I get a little overzealous with the scrubbing and peeled some off. I will plan to paint again before next set.

Okay. I'll look for some appropriate paint..... I think there might be some under the cellar stairs..... Have to check.
-Banti

 

[NaJoBeLe]

ok just picked a farminnovator 4250 from tractor supply, will see how things go over the next few days

 

[NaJoBeLe]

Okay. I'll look for some appropriate paint..... I think there might be some under the cellar stairs..... Have to check.
-Banti

Make sure it is water based and not oil based. I got the idea from when I was doing my own aquarium props. could use just about anything to make the décor and then slap a few coats of paint on it to keep anything from leaching into the water. Theory actually worked better than I figured it would in the incubator.

 

[daxigait]

All six of six hatched.Sox new baby Silkie.I can't believe I got a white from my pair of blacks

. Congratulations! Pictures?