Little Giant Incubator Tricks

[bwalden]

Nice job--how many hatched? Or are they still at it??

Well looks like my hatch is done. I think it will be 9 total. I got 24 eggs off eBay and hardly any of them hatched. I also put a few of my own eggs in with them and most of those hatched. Here's a pic of some of them.

 

[LilyWhite]

Does anybody know the latest a chick can be vaccinated for Marek's disease because I didn't know about this until now and was wondering if they could still be vaccinated for it even thought they are over a day old...

 

[LilyWhite]

Does anybody know the latest a chick can be vaccinated for Marek's disease because I didn't know about this until now and was wondering if they could still be vaccinated for it even thought they are over a day old...

 

[LilyWhite]

Sorry about that the screen froze and I kept pushing submit and it added it too many times

 

[bradselig]

Thanks to your guys encouragement, I finally decided to give my little giant a try. I took apart an old computer I had and wired up a fan in the LG. I'm calibrating my hygrometer to verify accuracy. I had the temp preset prior to adding the fan, but had to reset it as it was getting way too hot. Believe I got it set as close as I will get it. I have quail eggs ordered and going to try them before my chicken eggs arrive in mid February. I still think ill be getting the genesis, but would love to have a second bator as well

 

[gabrielle1976]

Remmber that putting eggs in the incubator usually drops the temp as they are cooler DO NOT change the temp the bator will go back up to normal after a few hours .

 

[cmom]

Remmber that putting eggs in the incubator usually drops the temp as they are cooler DO NOT change the temp the bator will go back up to normal after a few hours .

I agree. Resist temptation to adjust the thermostat. After a few hours have past you may have to tweak it. I use one incubator for incubating and another as a hatcher. As for the fan, I hope you aimed it upward. I mistakenly originally had mine blowing down but as soon as I discovered it, I changed it. The temperature stayed more steady.

 

[bradselig]

After I installed the fan (yes blowing upward), the temps jumped to 110F. I don't have any eggs in it yet. I let the incubator run for several hours maintaining the 110f temp before I adjusted it. Now I have it were it should be. Just making sure there is not big drop or spike in temps. Couple more hours until the hygrometer is done calibrating. I think it will be pretty accurate as it is 69% right now and still has 2-4 hrs to go until its been in the bag for 8-10 hrs.

I'm now trying to figure out the best way to hatch the eggs. I'd like to put them in an egg carton so I can just tilt the whole unit and minimize the number of times I'm opening it, but I don't have a quail egg carton. Not sure how they will fit in a standard egg carton. Ill have to improvise.

 

[cmom]

Quote:
If you don't see anything don't despair. Sometimes it isn't easy to see the embryos. Day 10 to 12 you should definitely see something.

 

[Arielle]

Quote: Ohhhhh . . very cute. I have had mixed results on shipped eggs: 0-75%