Incubators Anonymous

[ChickenLover WI]

I love this where did u find it! This is the best!

Nikki

 

[thasista]

Was soooooooo amazingly close to picking them up. Grrrrrrrr...... Dumb Long Beach laws. I really wanted some more eggs, but alas I didn't get them. My lockdown for the eggs won in the raffle is Thursday and with any luck we'll have another 10. We have 2 in the yard, and 12 in the laundry room..... plus 10, yes...24. Now, not a big deal if you live somewhere else, but Long Beach? We're allowed ...................wait for it...........................................one.

One? what does one do with ONE chicken? Glad I'm in Kentucky where I can have hundreds if I want!

 

[thasista]

well, i had 2 coturnix quail due today (the roo's last). got a brown and a gold. 8)

i've got an assortment of ee/dorking cross, mille/partridge and black/self blue bantam cochins, 4 welsummer, all due tomorrow and a turkey due friday.

well, so far (as of an hour ago) i had 1 ee out, and 1 mille/partridge cochin out, 2 black/sb 2 ee and 1 more mille pipped... wow. these guys are early!

usually they're right on time or a bit late.

for my first ever turkey, and some wellies to go with the one little girl (i hope) i already have. oh and SELF BLUE! pray for blue. the parents are split but haven't got one yet.

FYI if this is your first turkey watch that brooder temp close. my first batch of turkeys all died after successfully hatching! Boo. Anyway, I keep the brooder (a corner of it ) at 100 at least for the first 5 or 6 days.

 

[WinklerFarms]

No kidding, one chicken may be a good pet but it has to lay for a week for a family to have a decent breakfast!

 

[thasista]

Ok, this has nothing to do with poultry but today I became a grama!!!!

 

[WinklerFarms]

Congrats! Some day you can show the little one chickens/chicks

 

[ki4got]

well, i had 2 coturnix quail due today (the roo's last). got a brown and a gold. 8)

i've got an assortment of ee/dorking cross, mille/partridge and black/self blue bantam cochins, 4 welsummer, all due tomorrow and a turkey due friday.

well, so far (as of an hour ago) i had 1 ee out, and 1 mille/partridge cochin out, 2 black/sb 2 ee and 1 more mille pipped... wow. these guys are early!

usually they're right on time or a bit late.

for my first ever turkey, and some wellies to go with the one little girl (i hope) i already have. oh and SELF BLUE! pray for blue. the parents are split but haven't got one yet.

if anyone said a prayer for the self blues, THANK YOU ! ! ! ! !

bantam cochin btw... if you didn't guess. LOL


(aka lavender, but don't call it that around the "cochin people" LOL)

 

[Arielle]

Who woulda thought? The incubator I gave up on? I now have hatching chicks. At least 4 or 5. I guess with the temps lower than they should have been almost contstantly, they are just hatching out a couple of days later than they should. I'm really surprised. Has this happened to anybody else? I can hear peeping in a couple of the eggs, and a couple more are rolling from side to side.

Maybe the LG isn't that bad. Or maybe it gets easier the more you do it. At least now I have a baseline to go by.

Thanks for all the replies.

Darla
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Use your lg as a hatcher so you can keep adding eggs to the incubator!
Spoken like an IA member

But you still need to regulate the temps. Can you get a new thermostat?

LG just takes a little practice. IT will force you to become very good at hatching if you stick with it!!

well, i had 2 coturnix quail due today (the roo's last). got a brown and a gold. 8)

i've got an assortment of ee/dorking cross, mille/partridge and black/self blue bantam cochins, 4 welsummer, all due tomorrow and a turkey due friday.

well, so far (as of an hour ago) i had 1 ee out, and 1 mille/partridge cochin out, 2 black/sb 2 ee and 1 more mille pipped... wow. these guys are early!

usually they're right on time or a bit late.

for my first ever turkey, and some wellies to go with the one little girl (i hope) i already have. oh and SELF BLUE! pray for blue. the parents are split but haven't got one yet.

Karen--hope you love the turkeys. I started with a pair last summer, and were my first eggs to incubate. We feel in love with the BOurbon Reds. Even my grain delivery driver isn't afraid of them any more.

No kidding, one chicken may be a good pet but it has to lay for a week for a family to have a decent breakfast!

Which is why I have more than one!!!

DH informed me I need to reduce! You know I have a lot when I agree with him!

 

[Arielle]

Ok, this has nothing to do with poultry but today I became a grama!!!!

Congrats !!

 

[Arielle]

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if anyone said a prayer for the self blues, THANK YOU ! ! ! ! !

bantam cochin btw... if you didn't guess. LOL

Love blues!!