Little Giant Incubator Tricks

[SunnySkies]

There is a Swedish flower hen breeder in PA, Claysburg. He sells a lot on ebay. Seems rather good to work with. I had 50% and it was my first time hatching.

I will have to look for him. I got some froma BYCer for my next go around, and I found a place in TN with some, but she won't have any for another month.

 

[SunnySkies]

Well, here we go again! I'm not doing a staggered hatch this time! I added just a bit of water and will leave it alone.

 

[cmom]

Well, here we go again! I'm not doing a staggered hatch this time! I added just a bit of water and will leave it alone.

Good luck...

 

[cmom]

Well, here we go again! I'm not doing a staggered hatch this time! I added just a bit of water and will leave it alone.

Is your incubator a still air or circulated air? Also are you using a turner?

 

[SunnySkies]

Turner with fan. Makes life easier.

RH of 40% and temp is 97 after putting eggs that felt a bit cool to the touch in, and it had dropped to 93 while I was putting the eggs in. It was only a couple hours ago or so. I won't fuss about temp until tomorrow.

 

[cmom]

Turner with fan. Makes life easier.
RH of 40% and temp is 97 after putting eggs that felt a bit cool to the touch in, and it had dropped to 93 while I was putting the eggs in. It was only a couple hours ago or so. I won't fuss about temp until tomorrow.

The temp will be ok. If left for a day or so the eggs could hatch a few hours to a couple of days late. The humidity is good. It take hours for the eggs to come up to temp internally, so I agree, check the temp tomorrow. If you do adjust it it could go too high when the ideal internal temp of the eggs is reached.

 

[SunnySkies]

It's come up nicely to 99. and so the wait begins again!

This time around, I took a bit of thin surgical tubing and a syringe and put the tubing through the hole for the fan wire and laid the free end in the well in case I need to add water. I'll do the same to the hatcher so I can easily increase humidity. I had trouble with that last time and had a very difficult time keeping RH up the last 3 days.

 

[cmom]

I think you have a great idea. Here are some pictures of how I deal with the humidity especially during lockdown. Good luck...

I put the jar in the corners opposite the fan and thermostat.



I use a wash bottle with a straw like you do with the tubing.


This is how I keep the jars filled with water during lockdown. I have some different size wash bottles.

 

[SunnySkies]

The wash bottles are actually where I got the idea, but I couldn't find any like that. But I was going through some stuff yesterday left over from my littlest baby's last surgery and thought hmm, I could adapt this, since I don't have any jars to hold sponges. I'll have to get a photo.

 

[SunnySkies]

is what I set up.