November/December "Hatch-a-Long"

[MrsJenSmith2007]

You can put an oral themometer in a glass of water in the incubator. It takes awhile for the water in the glass to reach the temp in the incubator.

Why didn't I think of that?? LOL

Things like this are why I LOVE BYC! When I have blond moments there is always someone to guide me in the right directions!!

 

[Krischick]

A washcloth an a tiny cup of warm water and Im boiling a pot of water its not working uggg.

did you add a sponge or blob of wet paper towel to try and get it up?

 

[sweetappleacres]

My roo situation is getting serious. They're starting to draw blood.... I need to find these boys new homes ASAP!

 

[chickydee64]

My roo situation is getting serious. They're starting to draw blood.... I need to find these boys new homes ASAP!

How old are they?

 

[sweetappleacres]

[COLOR=008080]How old are they?[/COLOR]

They're between 6-8 months old

 

[Farmer Viola]

I tried wet rag, you think paper towels work better? I could try that too. I will try to move it to another room also. I just switched to a 25W bulb instead of the 40w. I'm SO upset that I seem to have WAY overheated my eggs last hatch. I mean, I couldn't help what I didn't know, but still makes me sad! Sure I will have a better hatch rate this go round!

WOW! This thread does move fast when you're away from home lol Just caught up on the last few pages, and on your humidity issue Jenn, I was wondering if you could maybe take a pic of the holes in your incubator? I was thinking that too large of holes (or too many unplugged) might make the humidity too hard to maintain by causing too much airflow?

the holes in the bottom of my store-bought styrofoam incubator are small, maybe a little bigger than a pinhead. the holes on the top of my incubator are about 1/2" diameter with removable plugs. I'm not even sure what your incubator is made of? so our ventilation needs might be different.. but basically, my incubator has very small ventilation holes!

Could yours be too big and releasing the humidity?

 

[rtho88]

Out of the incubator and in the brooder and they love it. Eating drinking and playing. 4 out of 7 are happy and healthy. One died mid hatch and two are day 25 no cracks yet.

 

[Heidisgran]

Quote: can you separate the boys from the girls? or just keep the one roo with the girls...that's what they are fighting about

 

[Heidisgran]

well my 1 little blue splash and 1 little black splash are in the hatcher bator!!

one of my 2 week old leg horns has quite the red comb growing...I can't wait to put him with my lavender orps next year

 

[MrsJenSmith2007]

WOW! This thread does move fast when you're away from home lol Just caught up on the last few pages, and on your humidity issue Jenn, I was wondering if you could maybe take a pic of the holes in your incubator? I was thinking that too large of holes (or too many unplugged) might make the humidity too hard to maintain by causing too much airflow?

the holes in the bottom of my store-bought styrofoam incubator are small, maybe a little bigger than a pinhead. the holes on the top of my incubator are about 1/2" diameter with removable plugs. I'm not even sure what your incubator is made of? so our ventilation needs might be different.. but basically, my incubator has very small ventilation holes!

Could yours be too big and releasing the humidity?

Well my humidity has stabilized at 41%, but my temp is so tough to gauge. Working with 2 thermometers, one says 108 and the other says 100! To me it feels more like 100, but when I checked them against my thermostat as suggested, the one reading 108 was dead on. Obviously 108 is WAAAAAYYYY too high. It's still air (homemade foam incubator) so shooting for 102. I keep opening the lid slightly to see if that helps, and it does. I have 4, 1/2 inch vent holes, 3 of which are covered at this point because that is how I got humidity under control. Realllllly hoping that I can get this straight. Really want a good hatch this time!! Frustrating!