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silver1313 said:
ok ill try that ty for the idea... may put two smaller bricks in .. i dont turn again til morning anyway and am not wandering around in the yad with a flashlight this time of night at the brick pile .... lol too many spiders out there ...ewww
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good idea,,,, and you have a plan... just avoid opening the incubator while the power is off,,, I think it would be more critical if they were even closer to hatch time

perhaps even try to warm up your bricks a bit before you put them in,,, put them in warm/hot water for a bit,,,, keep the incubator more stable even now
 
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off to bed here,,,, Patrick should be online after work shortly I'm guessing.....

A big hello to "grandpa" !!!!

when he gets online

he's got some catching up to do....LOL
 
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thanks Silver,

and Sally,,, let me know if you plan to hatch another batch,,, maybe I'll put the Marans eggs aside for you if you split the wealth when they hatch.
 
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Ray from PA said:
Thinking 10 or 15 minutes should be OK,,,, the eggs/embryos do not cool off as fast as the air around them in the incubator,,, not really that different from the hen or duck leaving the nest to eat and drink

if you have room in the bator, perhaps some rocks or something to help keep the temp up,,, takes some time for the rocks to cool off,,should help maintain temp

of course put the rocks inside well in advance so they are good and warm too !
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I have ummm HAD rocks in my bator (small slate pcs I bleached to clean all in the bottom) kind see some here.... THANK God because even though we have a generator and back up plan, I DIDNT WAKE UP in the middle of the night!!! SO it saved my and Chads eggs!!!! also HOTHANDS I will keep handy from now on!!!


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Don't forget to place a cloth, crinoline is best, on the screen floor of the incubator. This protects the navel, the place where the abdomen closes after surrounding the remains of the yolk, from injury. It also makes cleaning the incubator easier. The longer eggs are held before setting, the lower the fertility will be. Try to set eggs before they are ten days old. At three weeks, the fertility will drop to zero.http://urbanext.illinois.edu/eggs/res21-poorhatches.html

I did not have this, or paper towels was on that wire rack.... I wonder if this is why the chick bled today, it stopped immediately after I patted corn starch on his butt. And cant even tell anything was wrong now!
 
Ray from PA said:
thanks Silver,

and Sally,,, let me know if you plan to hatch another batch,,, maybe I'll put the Marans eggs aside for you if you split the wealth when they hatch.
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AWESOME!! Blue copper marans for those eggs and love the look! AND CREAM LEGBAR are the top of my list!!!

HOWEVER just not ready,as much as I love my flock of many breeds from May, I just wish I would know what I know now!! I would have breeder pens!! ohhh what incubating can do to a person! LOL

We are making another pallet coop this weekend for the Blue Partridge Brahma specifically. Then I need to figure out where the others that hatched are gonna go!!! LOL Stupid township wants to charge 75 bucks for a small shed permit... wth is that!! I can get a used shed cheap but then have to pay them to have something on MY PROPERTY!! ugggggg its a messed up world...
 
Ooh hot hands there is a great idea sally .. and they arent harrd to come by and arent pricey either may try a few of those in there temporarily on sunday JIC
 
Sally Sunshine said:
AWESOME!! Blue copper marans for those eggs and love the look! AND CREAM LEGBAR are the top of my list!!!

HOWEVER just not ready,as much as I love my flock of many breeds from May, I just wish I would know what I know now!! I would have breeder pens!! ohhh what incubating can do to a person! LOL

We are making another pallet coop this weekend for the Blue Partridge Brahma specifically. Then I need to figure out where the others that hatched are gonna go!!! LOL Stupid township wants to charge 75 bucks for a small shed permit... wth is that!! I can get a used shed cheap but then have to pay them to have something on MY PROPERTY!! ugggggg its a messed up world...
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yeah it is .. PA charges for everything it seems .. i will not miss that when I move back to ga but I will miss all my PA chicken friends
 

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