Incubators Anonymous

[NYRIR]

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Well, here they are...and it wasn't me building it....DH did it...I just fill 'em up! Here it is...the small one! LOL

 

[mbleily]

I am new to this but am fitting right into the incubators anonymous.......I have a mixed bag of chickens now and have usually added to them from the local hatchery......but this year I was reading all about making incubators and thought .......why not?? So son and I colaborated and made an ice box incubator. It was really easy with his ingunuity and my cheering him on. So I loaded it up and went to lock down. I knew I would not have all them hatch because I have only one roo and 30 plus hens. He has his favorites but I don't know which are those eggs so it was a guessing game.

I candled and threw out and candled and threw out. ended up with about ten eggs, some I couldn't see into so didn't know what was happening. I ended up with four hatching. I finally opened the others and had four more that looked fully developed and two unfertile ones. So I went to the hatchery and got 4 to go with the 4 I hatched. But I couldn't stop there.....I talked to my Sister in law and she wanted some hatched so we filled the bator again. They are still there and will hatch good Fri. with the easter hatch. That didn't make me happy though because I knew I wasn't going to get a good hatch again.....even though I put the roo with just a few select hens...The bator started glitching on me. The light will flicker and not totally turn off. It didn't do that the first time around.

So I just had to go and order and new Genesis 1588. That wasn't good enough either I wanted to be sure I had some good eggs so I had to order some.....Got them today from BunnyMamma and they are all in great shape. I can see inside them and the air sacks are not scrambled like I have hear here. Right some I couldn't find but most were on the top just a little irregular. She sent more than the order and a couple of surprise eggs....So now I will have two bators going after these are ready to go in and I can't have just a small amount in there I want to fill it up.......sigh.

My husband is shaking his head and son is complaining we didn't need another bator cause his was fine just need a little loving care. And everyone but me agrees we don't need more chickens. Every one but me!! So I am a hatchaholic and may need help. What am I to do. I want more eggs!
My new hatching eggs from Bunnymomma.

 

[mohillbilly]

Well, here they are...and it wasn't me building it....DH did it...I just fill 'em up! Here it is...the small one! LOL

nice brooder tho it is my incubator they were talking about wanting to see pics of

 

[DMRippy]

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I wanted to see that! That is great! DH did a great job. I love the light peg thing GENIUS!

 

[ki4got]

ok here they are! 11 dorkings so far, and 3 more eggs thinking about doing something. the rest of the eggs were quitters probably prior to lockdown from the looks of them. right now i can't tell which ones are silver grey vs colored. i know only 1 or 2 sg hatched... time will tell, obviously. LOL and the fuzzyfeets. they came home with me saturday from TSC. (3 buff columbian cochins and 1 white silkie)

 

[DMRippy]

I am right behind you! I had 5 d'Uccle pipped (This is the first time they made it to lockdown

) FINALLY I have 1 Olive Egger that pipped to... from my pullets

I know a couple of Marans pipped to. I may find babies in the morning

I will be over the moon if I get some Lavender Ams to boot!

My Lavender split is laying... finally. I have about 7-8 eggs to set in a few days.... more Lavs

I also called my neighbor with SLW and he had 5 doz eggs for me

so this will be a test hatch and see if they will even develop. Kinda a big test hatch huh? That is why I read this thread

The guy that is doing some bobcat work for us to keep the rain out of the breeding pens, his brother has quail.... her we go... I told him to just bring me the eggs and I will hatch them for him.

How do you hatch quail?

 

[NYRIR]

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I wanted to see that! That is great! DH did a great job. I love the light peg thing GENIUS!

Thanks, I loved that idea too...it works really well.

 

[NYRIR]

ok here they are! 11 dorkings so far, and 3 more eggs thinking about doing something. the rest of the eggs were quitters probably prior to lockdown from the looks of them. right now i can't tell which ones are silver grey vs colored. i know only 1 or 2 sg hatched... time will tell, obviously. LOL and the fuzzyfeets. they came home with me saturday from TSC. (3 buff columbian cochins and 1 white silkie)

ADORABLE! Now I need Dorkings...

 

[NYRIR]

I am right behind you! I had 5 d'Uccle pipped (This is the first time they made it to lockdown

) FINALLY I have 1 Olive Egger that pipped to... from my pullets

I know a couple of Marans pipped to. I may find babies in the morning

I will be over the moon if I get some Lavender Ams to boot!

My Lavender split is laying... finally. I have about 7-8 eggs to set in a few days.... more Lavs

I also called my neighbor with SLW and he had 5 doz eggs for me

so this will be a test hatch and see if they will even develop. Kinda a big test hatch huh? That is why I read this thread

The guy that is doing some bobcat work for us to keep the rain out of the breeding pens, his brother has quail.... her we go... I told him to just bring me the eggs and I will hatch them for him.

How do you hatch quail?

LOL....good thing there is a whole other section on here for that!

You are surely on the right thread......5 dozen as a test run!!

 

[mohillbilly]

I am right behind you! I had 5 d'Uccle pipped (This is the first time they made it to lockdown

) FINALLY I have 1 Olive Egger that pipped to... from my pullets

I know a couple of Marans pipped to. I may find babies in the morning

I will be over the moon if I get some Lavender Ams to boot!

My Lavender split is laying... finally. I have about 7-8 eggs to set in a few days.... more Lavs

I also called my neighbor with SLW and he had 5 doz eggs for me

so this will be a test hatch and see if they will even develop. Kinda a big test hatch huh? That is why I read this thread

The guy that is doing some bobcat work for us to keep the rain out of the breeding pens, his brother has quail.... her we go... I told him to just bring me the eggs and I will hatch them for him.

How do you hatch quail?

the best way i know to hatch quail is with an incubator.