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[NanaKat]

 
I am just sick tonight.... Merlin managed to get one of the grow pens open this afternoon and I can't even think about all the dead and injured birds I've been dealing with for the last hour, all about 8-12 weeks old and most of the dead ones are girls....  I know you guys understand....  praying I let him LIVE through puppyhood.... he's been bored because of the rain/cold and no one to play with and that makes him destructive...

   Sadly I know how you feel, it is so much worse when it is your own dog that does it.

So sorry to hear that news...that is hard to take.

 

[NanaKat]

I really like my Hova-bators and once I was going to step up into the 20th century so I got a new one with an electronic thermostat.. Shrink wrapped the chicks as yours is doing. The difference in the old and new Hova-bators is that the ones with the electronic thermostats the fan ran constantly, the old wafer models the fans are only on when the heating elements are on. Changed the new bator back to the old wafer and re-wired the fan and that did it, good hatches after that.

Hello Les! So good to see you again. We are having POOPS on June 14 in Tahlequah. Sure hope you and Teva can join us.
I like my Hovabator too with the wafer.

 

[cathiesue]

I am just sick tonight.... Merlin managed to get one of the grow pens open this afternoon and I can't even think about all the dead and injured birds I've been dealing with for the last hour, all about 8-12 weeks old and most of the dead ones are girls.... I know you guys understand.... praying I let him LIVE through puppyhood.... he's been bored because of the rain/cold and no one to play with and that makes him destructive...

Oh you sweet girl! I'm so so sorry!

 

[Kassaundra]

Coral how's your hatch going, any more jubilees out?

 

[mjgigax]

Awesome!!!!!!!! can't wait to see them.

I have 2 out this morning. Several pipps

Mottled NNs! Do they have black skin?

 

[CayuseRanch]

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I use a dry towel, not a damp towel. Now if humidity is low, I will put water thru the vent holes on the towel, but I worry about a damp towel on the eggs, because of it possibly sticking to the eggs.

What was the room humidity? That in itself can vary a lot in a day's time. Try either running a humidifier in the room or putting the incubator in a small space like a closet where it's easier to control the envoroment. Candling eggs before they are set can be useful too as you can see porous eggs which lose way too much moisture. Weighing the eggs during incubation to check for weight loss is a more accurate method of checking humidity, they should lose weight at a set rate. There should be tables here on BYC someplace, I know that I have ran across them here before.

I have used a humidifier in the room as well and am always surprised at the difference it makes.

i just did my taxes. I'm crying. I need a hug.
I'm not kidding.

I feel your pain. I believe we will pay more in taxes this year than I made the previous year. Its absolutely atrocious.

 

[Kyzmette]

i just did my taxes. I'm crying. I need a hug.
I'm not kidding.

Great bigs hugs and a basket of chocolate covered caramel marshmallow bunnies!!!! And another hug. And a cup of hot tea. And a tissue.

 

[shelbydog]

I am just sick tonight.... Merlin managed to get one of the grow pens open this afternoon and I can't even think about all the dead and injured birds I've been dealing with for the last hour, all about 8-12 weeks old and most of the dead ones are girls....  I know you guys understand....  praying I let him LIVE through puppyhood.... he's been bored because of the rain/cold and no one to play with and that makes him destructive...

Sorry about the pup troubles. I've had 2 hens jump into the dog yard and had their backs plucked.

 

[mjgigax]

It is when the membrane dries out during hatch and shrink wraps to the body of the chick, immobilizing and suffocating it. It usually is to high of temp, to low of humidity, or opening the bator during lock down, or to dry of incubation. But in my case it is my bator, it has done it from day one no matter what I do about temps and humidity. Every hatch I have had has shrink wrapped all but one or two at the most. If it happens you have to assist hatch, there is no way for them to hatch on their own or to survive.

Do your's pip?
I had a bad hatch - temp. spikes in the hatcher
It is the first time using this hatcher and my advisor, Jack, thinks the wafers are dirty. I'll clean it befor I lock down the next eggs on Wednesday. If that doesn't work, my Birthday present will be a multi turn!

 

[mjgigax]

So sorry to hear that news...that is hard to take.

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