Incubators Anonymous

[ki4got]

Ive read the splayed legs are from slippery surfaces in the hatching area and brooder. I use one of those anti slip mats that you get for your car or chopping boards etc. theybare cheap,so chuck it away after each hatch they get a bit dirty and seem a little porous.

It might be something else though, nutrition of the parents, genetics passed on. Who knows.

shelf liner material... the rubbery kind.

 

[user213590]

Hi, since you asked... I use the plastic easter eggs. They have pin holes in them so I use duct tape on the outside bottom to keep the water from dripping. Fill a few of these halves up inserting them as if they are eggs in the egg slots to be incubated and walk away. They are good for a week. No hovering over checking the humidity.

 

[Pooman]

Yeh the rubbery shelf liner stuff, kinda like mesh, holes in it

 

[Pooman]

I've discovered an easy fix for shrink wrapped chicks. I wrap a warm sopping wet paper towel completely around the egg except I keep a hole open around the pip hole so they can breathe. In a very short while the membrane is moist and pliable again and they have no trouble hatching out. Or rather, they have no trouble if you do that quick enough after catching the problem. If they've been struggling for two days already, they are too weak to get out of the egg.

Good one, think ive lost some chicks from this before.

How long is a very short while? Few minutes/hours? More...

 

[ladycat]

Good one, think ive lost some chicks from this before.

How long is a very short while? Few minutes/hours? More...

I haven't actually timed it. Maybe an hour, maybe two hours at most? I think maybe more like an hour. I guess next time I could time it.

 

[ladycat]

Hi, since you asked... I use the plastic easter eggs. They have pin holes in them so I use duct tape on the outside bottom to jeep tge water from dripping. Fill a few of these halves up inserting them as if they are eggs in the egg slots to be incubated and walk away. They are good for a week. No hovering over checking the humidity.

You're kidding! I'll try that next time I have empty egg slots. How the heck do you get empty egg slots when you have more eggs than incubators lol

 

[user213590]

Ok if you have more eggs than egg slots go pop some under your Cochin Bantams. All my Cochin Bantams are broody girls!
I buy the best stock I can get. That way my chickies are the highest quality, I dont want to loose any.

 

[ladycat]

I don't have cochin bantams.

 

[user213590]

Sounds like you need;
A foam egg carton with lid removed
Insert into a plastic type shoebox with holes punched in it.
A small container of water in plastic shoebox.
A thermometer in the plastic shoebox
Set Under a lamp you are going to leave on for 21 or more days depending on the eggs type. Happy hatching!

 

[user213590]

Cochin Bantams are great broody hens.
I bought Blue Ribbon winners and now I do not want to let go of their baby chicks. I found I had to rehome them when very young (so I sell them cheaply) or I get attached to them. I have so many I absolutely must rehome them when they are young and I am not too attached to them. I bought quality and I have quality but I also have too many. The only way to move them quickly is to sell them cheap. So don't let the low prices fool you! Also I am selling them bc it counts towards declaring our place as a farm. It will not be a poultry farm. I am not into selling chicks as a living. My POULTRY is my hobby.