Incubators Anonymous

[Penny Hen]

Help!
There are some Blue Isebar eggs fro sale on Ebay calling my name! I suck at hand turning eggs because of my ADD. I have been putting off hatching till I order a an egg turner. But they are currently only 21 hours left and no bids and Free Shipping!

 

[Sydney Acres]

Help!
There are some Blue Isebar eggs fro sale on Ebay calling my name! I suck at hand turning eggs because of my ADD. I have been putting off hatching till I order a an egg turner. But they are currently only 21 hours left and no bids and Free Shipping!

Well --- can you afford the egg turner???

 

[misbhaven]

If i was closer i would lend you a broody... free egg turner LOL

 

[insanity]

Help!
There are some Blue Isebar eggs fro sale on Ebay calling my name! I suck at hand turning eggs because of my ADD. I have been putting off hatching till I order a an egg turner. But they are currently only 21 hours left and no bids and Free Shipping!

Set an alarm clock to remind you to turn them. Habits can be formed in a few days. Repetition is the key.

 

[ladycat]

Help!
There are some Blue Isebar eggs fro sale on Ebay calling my name! I suck at hand turning eggs because of my ADD. I have been putting off hatching till I order a an egg turner. But they are currently only 21 hours left and no bids and Free Shipping!

I have Asperger's (a type of high functioning autism) AND I have ADHD. You think you've got problems LOL.

Here is what I've learned over the years: always get set up with the proper equipment BEFORE you jump into something.

I know it's very very hard to not do things backwards. I want coturnix quail. The eggs are cheap. I see the auctions for them and my hands desperately want to take over the keyboard and mouse and buy them. But nope. I'm not going to do it until I have cages made for them and all the proper feeding and watering supplies on hand.

I have the Brinsea that tilts back and forth, and I have the auto turner in my Hovabator. I have to let the incubators do the work because I will go days without remembering to turn the eggs. I barely remember to check the wells every few days to make sure there's water in them.

If you do things backwards you will experience untold frustration and disappointment. (BTDT) Get the turner first, even if you have to save up for it. THEN start looking at the hatching eggs.

 

[Penny Hen]

I have Asperger's (a type of high functioning autism) AND I have ADHD. You think you've got problems LOL.

Here is what I've learned over the years: always get set up with the proper equipment BEFORE you jump into something.

I know it's very very hard to not do things backwards. I want coturnix quail. The eggs are cheap. I see the auctions for them and my hands desperately want to take over the keyboard and mouse and buy them. But nope. I'm not going to do it until I have cages made for them and all the proper feeding and watering supplies on hand.

I have the Brinsea that tilts back and forth, and I have the auto turner in my Hovabator. I have to let the incubators do the work because I will go days without remembering to turn the eggs. I barely remember to check the wells every few days to make sure there's water in them.

If you do things backwards you will experience untold frustration and disappointment. (BTDT) Get the turner first, even if you have to save up for it. THEN start looking at the hatching eggs.

Thank you for the splash of common sense in the face.

I needed that. I am saving for the egg turner. It is the one that goes in a Reptipro. I have a homemade fish tank incubator and It will fit in it just perfectly. I have had 4 miserable hatches with 0 live birds. Finally one of my hens went broody but after the first chick hatched she wouldn't finish sitting the rest so I brought them in and managed to get two more to hatch. One more tried to hatch but was upside down and drowned and then I had a temp spike which did the others in. In reading every thing here and looking at the eggtopsys of the eggs that didn't hatch (from all the hatches) I have determined the most likely cause of non-developing eggs (the majority of the eggs didn't develop past bean size) was that they were not getting enough turning early on. Every one of the broody's eggs had a fully developed chick in it.

Here is a picture of my broody with her chicks.

 

[sonderah]

I stopped setting in my incubator when I left to go out of town for a month. My sweety still had 1 set in the hatcher when I left, and 2 more sets he had to move to the hatcher, 1 each week, but then he wouldn't have to deal with it anymore. He just called and told me that he set 60 eggs in the bator last night!!!! On Friday even!! Which is my normal set day! So I can keep things going when I get home in 2 weeks! He sure does ROCK!!!

 

[calichicken]

I stopped setting in my incubator when I left to go out of town for a month. My sweety still had 1 set in the hatcher when I left, and 2 more sets he had to move to the hatcher, 1 each week, but then he wouldn't have to deal with it anymore. He just called and told me that he set 60 eggs in the bator last night!!!! On Friday even!! Which is my normal set day! So I can keep things going when I get home in 2 weeks! He sure does ROCK!!!

That's awesome...love that he supports your chicken obsession...LOL!!!

 

[sonderah]

That's awesome...love that he supports your chicken obsession...LOL!!!

And it sooo IS an obsession! But I'm ok with that!! LOL

 

[Sydney Acres]

Thank you for the splash of common sense in the face.

I needed that. I am saving for the egg turner. It is the one that goes in a Reptipro. I have a homemade fish tank incubator and It will fit in it just perfectly. I have had 4 miserable hatches with 0 live birds. Finally one of my hens went broody but after the first chick hatched she wouldn't finish sitting the rest so I brought them in and managed to get two more to hatch. One more tried to hatch but was upside down and drowned and then I had a temp spike which did the others in. In reading every thing here and looking at the eggtopsys of the eggs that didn't hatch (from all the hatches) I have determined the most likely cause of non-developing eggs (the majority of the eggs didn't develop past bean size) was that they were not getting enough turning early on. Every one of the broody's eggs had a fully developed chick in it.

Here is a picture of my broody with her chicks.

What a precious picture! Your tame broody obviously trusts you.