Little Giant problems----UPDATE----

[tail_feather]

100!!!!

and i am toen up over my 16!!

Good luck William!! Keep us posted!!

 

[jvls1942]

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LOL I did a double take at this post. It looked like what I have written in the past.. I also have 6 LG and I do not baby sit them.. I also have 2 sportsmans.. right now I have just under 300 eggs going with more waiting to go in.. I have geese ducks, a few turkeys and 170 chicken going..

starting next sunday, I am going to be real busy....

You folks who are going to throw your LG 's away,,,,,,,throw them this way.......

I will share them with william....

....jiminwisc............

 

[tail_feather]

LOL! JVLS! Im gonna get my money back. or I would be glad to throw them ur way!

just curious...what do u do with all ur chicks?

 

[jvls1942]

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I sell everything and keep only a few breeders for the next year..

Next winter I am cutting way back on the breeders also.. It cost us a small fortune to feed them through the winter..

I kept 55 hens for eggs..

I also have a dozen guinea hens but they have not begun to lay yet this season.. I sold 150 baby guineas last year..

....jiminwisc..........

 

[dancingbear]

Installing the fan kit does wonders to stabilize an LG, and mostly eliminates hot/cold spots. It makes a huge difference. I'll never use a still air again.

 

[mitzymomof8]

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I'm also a homeschooling mom living at 8700 feet. This is my first hatch and I have had a heck of a time. Not sure the little one's are still with us. Woke up one morning about a week before day 18 and the power had gone out at 2:30 am. I was in a panic when it finally dawned on me that if the power was out, my incubator was also off! I candled and disposed of the eggs that were obviously gone but now the ones that were alive are not pipping. Day 21 was on Monday, I've read and read and see that the hatch can be delayed from a power outage. . . but how long. I see some little wiggling of eggs, not as much as Sunday and Monday. . .but I can't bring myself to give up.

I need to invest in a hygrometer, the thermometer is at 101 at top of eggs, 97 at bottom of inc. I believe the humidity is good, but don't have a number.

Open. . . open. . . open

No peeping, just slight wiggles. . .I just don't know. . .

 

[mylilchix]

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I'm also a homeschooling mom living at 8700 feet. This is my first hatch and I have had a heck of a time. Not sure the little one's are still with us. Woke up one morning about a week before day 18 and the power had gone out at 2:30 am. I was in a panic when it finally dawned on me that if the power was out, my incubator was also off! I candled and disposed of the eggs that were obviously gone but now the ones that were alive are not pipping. Day 21 was on Monday, I've read and read and see that the hatch can be delayed from a power outage. . . but how long. I see some little wiggling of eggs, not as much as Sunday and Monday. . .but I can't bring myself to give up.

I need to invest in a hygrometer, the thermometer is at 101 at top of eggs, 97 at bottom of inc. I believe the humidity is good, but don't have a number.

Open. . . open. . . open

No peeping, just slight wiggles. . .I just don't know. . .

I'm using a thermometer with the hygrometer built in. My humidity ranges b/n 30-50% depending on the weather. Ugh!!

I know most say don't help. I'd just wait and see. Our first hatch was a bust!! Not a single one hatched

. We had a couple of temp spikes, and once I figured out the problem things this time are going well.

Wiggles are good, but if you try to help them out it may cause problems for the chicks.

Mitzymomof8, where do you live?

Sonja

 

[mitzymomof8]

Actually, we aren't to far from each other, I'm in NM not far from the Colorado border. We live in a ski resort town (Red River) now but will be moving to forty acres soon about 2 mi. from Co. border. There we will only be at 7770 ft. Hoping to start a farm.

Yeah, after reading some of the posts I was wondering if I should help them out or not. But it sounds scary so I think I will wait on faith.

 

[mylilchix]

You're lucky moving to 40 acres!! We're only on 4, and I'd love more. We're just outside of Denver.

I'd post a question about your eggs. I'm not sure what to do. I've had a few chicks not make it and cracking the eggs to see development was brutal!!

Good luck and

!!!

Sonja

 

[rhythmicgoldfish]

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I'm also a homeschooling mom living at 8700 feet. This is my first hatch and I have had a heck of a time. Not sure the little one's are still with us. Woke up one morning about a week before day 18 and the power had gone out at 2:30 am. I was in a panic when it finally dawned on me that if the power was out, my incubator was also off! I candled and disposed of the eggs that were obviously gone but now the ones that were alive are not pipping. Day 21 was on Monday, I've read and read and see that the hatch can be delayed from a power outage. . . but how long. I see some little wiggling of eggs, not as much as Sunday and Monday. . .but I can't bring myself to give up.

I need to invest in a hygrometer, the thermometer is at 101 at top of eggs, 97 at bottom of inc. I believe the humidity is good, but don't have a number.

Open. . . open. . . open

No peeping, just slight wiggles. . .I just don't know. . .

I'm using a thermometer with the hygrometer built in. My humidity ranges b/n 30-50% depending on the weather. Ugh!!

I know most say don't help. I'd just wait and see. Our first hatch was a bust!! Not a single one hatched

. We had a couple of temp spikes, and once I figured out the problem things this time are going well.

Wiggles are good, but if you try to help them out it may cause problems for the chicks.

Mitzymomof8, where do you live?

Sonja

if they were due 5 days ago i would open one up ( TURN OFF ALL FANS CLOSE ALL WINDOWS AND MAKE SURE THE HOUSE IS WARM) take a pair of tweezers to the large end of the egg and chip away slowly only takeing the eggs out one at a time wraped in a warm wet paper towel only take them out for 15-30 minuets tops once you have a big enough hole look inside if you see lots of veins and an aditional membrain STOP and put the egg back in the bator, jack up your humidity i soaked paper towels and put them on every inch of space that didnt have an egg, progress slowly my guess is that they cat get out due to low humidity but i am no expert...just try the eggs one at a time and slowly incase they really do need more time