Incubators Anonymous

[gimmie birdies]

first chick coco maran mix girl- small dark comb and dark feet. didn't stick to shell. moist. day 21

 

[tlpounds]

first chick coco maran mix girl- small dark comb and dark feet. didn't stick to shell. moist. day 21

Congrats!

 

[ddpbk1]

I need to get your opinion on whether this 100 Watt IncuKit :Egg Incubator Digital Electronic Thermostat Fan Heater Combo would work for a cabinet incubator approximately 30 tallx30 deepx18 wide. It currently has the wafer and heating element with a fan. Do you think I should stick with the wafter? Thanks for your help.

 

[yo burrill]

DM Rippy what type of thermostat do you have? It looks like a digital water heater thermostat? I haven't seen one like that.

 

[gimmie birdies]

2 more look like this one hatched- one tried to squeeze between box and wire dangling by fuzz and belly see the hole left top wire pic? I had a blanket on top like below, she is okay though.


when the blanket is on top you cannot see the hole she found it though.

 

[DMRippy]

DM Rippy what type of thermostat do you have? It looks like a digital water heater thermostat? I haven't seen one like that.

I don't have any with WHT anymore. I had a hatch of chicks go south and don't trust them anymore. I lost all my hatch.

I use this one in all my incubators, hatchers..... thought about using it in brooders too.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/110V-120V-D...545?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item4ab600a559

One thing I like most about this is it has a COOL function and it will turn on a cooling exhaust fan or something when it gets too hot. That is what killed my chicks...... 118 when I found them.

 

[ki4got]

I collect eggs for a week and set eggs on Saturdays and lock down on wednesday or thursday EVERY WEEK.... keep it easy that way.

I set weekly if I can, but CAN set up to 5 days apart or so, if needed. I like to have an extra day for 'just in case'... 3 days for lockdown, 1 extra, and 1 to clean and dry the hatcher.

though this time around, it'll be another 2 weeks or so for hatching, because the cold killed so many eggs. the 2 batches that would be due to hatch this weekend and next were all clear - not a speck of red among any of them, while the week previous all hatched fine.

 

[DMRippy]

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I collect eggs for a week and set eggs on Saturdays and lock down on wednesday or thursday EVERY WEEK.... keep it easy that way.

I set weekly if I can, but CAN set up to 5 days apart or so, if needed. I like to have an extra day for 'just in case'... 3 days for lockdown, 1 extra, and 1 to clean and dry the hatcher.

though this time around, it'll be another 2 weeks or so for hatching, because the cold killed so many eggs. the 2 batches that would be due to hatch this weekend and next were all clear - not a speck of red among any of them, while the week previous all hatched fine.
I was setting everything 3 days and I am just NOT going to do that this time.

 

[roostereggs]

I think I belong in this thread...ever since the NYE hatch-a-long which was my first hatch I have wanted to set more eggs and knew there was no way to make it until the Easter hatch LOL. Our neighbors behind us are finishing up their coop, so I JUMPED on this perfect opportunity! I have the bator purring away again almost ready for some eggs tomorrow! What a lovely sound it is.

There was only a 50% hatch rate with my barnyard mixes, so I am hoping for higher this time. I have a feeling it is because my layers that I acquired with this house are older...3 to 7 years old. So not much I can do about that, but will put 24 in the Brinsea. I learned with my last hatch NOT to tetris stack, because there were 5 still stacked at lockdown and though it went OK...was very anxiety provoking.

Anything I can do to increase the hatch rate of older layers? Fertility is not an issue...we are 95% bullseyes!

 

[ozexpat]

I think I belong in this thread...ever since the NYE hatch-a-long which was my first hatch I have wanted to set more eggs and knew there was no way to make it until the Easter hatch LOL. Our neighbors behind us are finishing up their coop, so I JUMPED on this perfect opportunity! I have the bator purring away again almost ready for some eggs tomorrow! What a lovely sound it is.

There was only a 50% hatch rate with my barnyard mixes, so I am hoping for higher this time. I have a feeling it is because my layers that I acquired with this house are older...3 to 7 years old. So not much I can do about that, but will put 24 in the Brinsea. I learned with my last hatch NOT to tetris stack, because there were 5 still stacked at lockdown and though it went OK...was very anxiety provoking.

Anything I can do to increase the hatch rate of older layers? Fertility is not an issue...we are 95% bullseyes!

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