Official Squatch Watchers

[21hens-incharge]

I am hanging in there rooting for Sam's bitty babies to pop!



I am impressed with homemade bators and how well they work.

 

[TexasSam]

I saw your post but didn’t want to comment there. How long has it been since you saw the pip?

Today when I got home around 2

 

[TexasSam]

Word to the wise, these ones are super finicky and one of mine doesn’t regulate temps well.

Good to know. I think I will build one with a fan and a larger ice chest

 

[TexasSam]

I am going to make a wooden box with styrofoam insulation to set mine in. I put a bit of water in because humidity was low and now its way high. I need to get it stabilized so i can put the guinea eggs in. Shooting for tomorrow .

I had that problem until i went with a sponge in a bowl

 

[TexasSam]

I am hanging in there rooting for Sam's bitty babies to pop!



I am impressed with homemade bators and how well they work.

I am too i really had my doubts but whala here i am. I want to try with no shell and hatch one.

 

[BantyChooks]

I am hanging in there rooting for Sam's bitty babies to pop!



I am impressed with homemade bators and how well they work.

I love DIY bators! I have a pretty snazzy one, if I do say so myself. Only $45 too.

 

[Redhead Rae]

Today when I got home around 2

If you aren't seeing signs of things gumming up around the pip, I wouldn't bother it. If it isn't hatched tomorrow afternoon I would seriously consider widening the pip at least. I started helping one of my last hatch about 5 hours after I saw the pip because it pipped in the side of the egg and fluids were gumming up around the poor thing's beak and nostrils. I don't think she would have survived if I didn't help. I also helped another when I saw blood and a malpresentation. He pecked through his blood supply. I don't think he would have made it either. So now I have 6 11 week old chicks running around instead of 4.

 

[BantyChooks]

I am too i really had my doubts but whala here i am. I want to try with no shell and hatch one.

 

[CapricornFarm]

Word to the wise, these ones are super finicky and one of mine doesn’t regulate temps well.

No wonder, they use so much plastic. Same as mine. I have not figured out how to regulate the temperature with this digital contro

I love DIY bators! I have a pretty snazzy one, if I do say so myself. Only $45 too.

Pictures or it never happened!

 

[BantyChooks]

https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/building-the-binbator.72074/

No wonder, they use so much plastic. Same as mine. I have not figured out how to regulate the temperature with this digital contro

Pictures or it never happened!