Incubators Anonymous

[calichicken]

What is a gofundme account?

I have not done it but I believe it is a website that you post up a project that you would like to do and ask people to donate to the project. Read misbhavens post a few pages back

We have a site similar to it for teachers where you can ask for items or funding for your classroom, since school districts aren't providing much these days

 

[ozexpat]

There are several ways to get donations like that.

Do some research to see how much the company keeps of the donation first

 

[Sylviaanne]

Fascinating stuff. I love reading research articles. I spent most of my adult life promoting evidence based healthcare in the cardiology sector. A long way from chickens. Since I became an incubator addict, I dove right into research of chickens. I have read hundreds and hundreds of full print articles. Thanks for these links.

So here is my take on the research.

All the articles are looking at Ascorbic Acid (AA) as a nutrient rather than a cleaner. The first article shows statistically significant improvement of hatchability by dipping eggs in a solution of 5g AA per Liter and 10g AA per Liter pre setting. The final article looks at dipping or spraying with AA in concentrations of 20g/L and 30g/L respectively buy in the latter part of a Muscovy Duck egg hatch

5g AA/L = (weight of solute/volume of solutionx100) 5g/1000mlx100= 0.5% AA solution
10g AA/L = 1.0% AA solution

The concentration of AA is significantly less than 5%.

The results are quite interesting. A 3.6% increase in hatchability is significant for me - My goal is to get up to 1000 chicks per week so 36 chicks is another employee's salary. Its $150/kg of 100% Ascorbic Acid on ebay. A little goes a long way.

There is nothing in the research that discusses Ascorbic Acid as an egg cleaner/sanitizer.

I googled acids as egg cleaners.

Manna Pro Egg Cleanser contains (In order of concentration) Water, Yeast, Citric Acid and Potassium Sorbate. As Citric Acid is third on the list, mathematically it can not be greater than 33% solution.
The instructions advise to use 2 caps in a fallon of water. Presuming a cap is 1/2 an Oz and there are 128 Oz in a gallon - the final solution is 0.4% Manna Pro Egg Cleanser and at a maximum possible citric acid concentration of 0.13%.

I could find nothing on Acetic Acid as an egg cleaner. Vinegar at 5% Acetic Acid is very corrosive. I would strongly recommend not using it - especially at full concentration but look forward to your research either way.

Cheers

Just picking your brain: what about using vit c tablets in water? Any idea how that would work? Or how many tablets to how much water?

 

[ladycat]

I just adjusted the legs on my EcoGlow Brooder to make it as low as it will go. I just hope it's low enough for the Seramas, they are not much bigger than quail.

 

[TeaChick]

I can't wrap my mind around this. Is that a 2 ltr bottle cap or a 20 oz bottle cap?

I thought those were the same size....

@TeaChick !!! You should do what @misbhaven is doing...it will be for the good of the community AND allow you ENDLESS hatching!!!! A gofundme account for hatching with community benefit...perfect to feed the hatch-a-holism

Hmmm....I'll have to run that by DH and see if I can get it approved....In my house, I'm afraid that would sound too much like an HBS (hair-brained scheme).

 

[ozexpat]

500mg of vit c in 1 liter water is 0.5%

 

[ozexpat]

The eggs should be 55f and the water 75f. 2 mins in water is what the article says

 

[TeaChick]

I'm having an issue with one of my chickens and I'm hoping for help from everywhere I can get it.
My Cochin Bantam Frizzle (about 16 mos old) has no use of her legs, but she can move her tail, and she hasn't laid in over a week (maybe like two or more, I thought she was hiding eggs, but now I'm not so sure)...IDK. It seems like the most likely possibilities are egg-bound/internal laying, Marek's, vitamin deficiency. She should have been vaccinated against Marek's b/c she's from a hatchery; she shouldn't be vitamin deficient; I can't feel an egg but there is something but I can't get it to pass, etc.......Help!!!

 

[Penny Hen]

that would be a lot of washing with FBCM's

I have olive eggers of FBCM/Am cross. One of my girls lay brown. It is not the dark chocolate brown but a seinna brown (the shell color is pink). Half the brown swirled off in the first 5 seconds without rubbing. The olive eggs wash blue/green.

 

[Sylviaanne]

I thought those were the same size...

They are, I just misspoke. I meant a 3 ltr bottle or a 20 oz bottle. I had the bottle visualized in my mind but it still came out 2 ltr bottle.