little giant 9300

[TheGeekySheep]

Hot here today and the house temp went up to 75 degrees but the incubator stayed a perfect 99.5-100 degrees today. Much easier to regulate it when the house is on the + side of 70 degrees. Day nine tomorrow I think I'll candle quickly and cull the clears. Hey GeekySheep what kind of thermometer is the yellow outside one and how is your humidity level? Does the yellow thermometer function as a hydrometer too? The built in one on this unit is not accurate outside of the 60%-80% range.

The yellow thermometer is a probe thermometer for reptile enclosures I picked up at PetCo. I also put some glass aquarium thermometers in there to measure the temps around the outside of the incubator but the yellow one seems to be the most accurate and I can rest the probe on top of the eggs. I have an analog hygrometer that's not visible in the picture. Depending on if it's raining or not the humidity on the analog hygrometer reads 45%-65% without adding water, and you're right the built-in hygrometer is totally inaccurate most of the time.

 

[TheGeekySheep]

So this is my first day back at work after setting the eggs and I'm a nervous mess; I keep wanting to get up and check the temp! Guess I'll have to try and forget them until I get home.

 

[only1bgirl]

I would be nervous too, assuming your home is all closed up and staying constant temperature should be ok. That thermometer is neat! Happy to hear you have another hydrometer, woke up today to my inside one reading 27% while the built in said 51% all of the water had evaporated. I just culled the clears out of two dozen eggs one dozen took! Which is great for being shipped from Florida to Oregon. A couple of them have weird air cells, like a half saddle shape, not sure what that means, going to have to keep reading. I marked them so I could keep an eye on them especially during hatch.

 

[only1bgirl]

How's everybody doing? Just hanging around waiting patiently for hatch day here. Nothing too exciting going on, garden is producing some great berries right now and ripe tomatoes are days away.

 

[TheGeekySheep]

I'm waiting *impatiently* for hatch day here, worrying over the incubator eggs. Funnily enough I'm not at all worried about the eggs my broody is sitting on. I figure she must be the expert, whereas the eggs in my room are all me.

I procrastinated caging my tomatoes and they're starting to lean. Think I can get away with staking them?

 

[only1bgirl]

Yes staking them would work, I've done this before three tall stakes and some twine. Did I say patiently? LOL! So neurotic here checking that incubator constantly! The broody sounds nice, I almost got one instead of the incubator but the gal said she was mean a big old sexlink didn't want to fight her for the chicks! Plus I'm on the city and have a five bird limit.

 

[bamadude]

I am trying to order some marans, crested cream legbar, and blue isbar hatching eggs for my 2nd hatch. I feel pretty confident about trying shipped eggs. My garden is starting late. Finally got a tiller. I always stake my tomatoes. I have 2 oregon spring tomatoe plants this year. Ever hear of them?

 

[TheGeekySheep]

Day 4, I just candled and I see veins! I think I have a couple clears but I'm going to a give them a few more days to be sure. It is *really* hard to see through those Welsummer eggs.

 

[bamadude]

Day 4, I just candled and I see veins! I think I have a couple clears but I'm going to a give them a few more days to be sure. It is *really* hard to see through those Welsummer eggs.

excellent!

 

[bamadude]

excellent!

what are u using to candle? I have to find something to shine through marans eggs soon