Progress in my homemade incubator updated with **PICS**

[Three Cedars Silkies]

Congratulations! A great hatch percentage...and I'm betting on those last ones too.

I noticed you have a new baby in with the "older" (what, 6 hours??) ones. I had problems with the "older" ones pecking at the "new" ones so I took a 6 inch high piece of hardware cloth about 12 inches long and curved it to fit one corner of the brooder and just used duct tape to secure it to each side. Then I put the "new" ones in there until they dried and started walking well, then put them in with the rest and put more "new" ones in the little corral.

 

[Jaybr]

Thanks,

I'll remember that next time

Their all walking fine now and no damage done. The BR chicks are way bigger than the guineas, but I hatched them for a friend's wife so they're all getting picked up tomorrow.

 

[greenthumb89]

looks like theres a lot of roos in there lol

 

[Jaybr]

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I think they all have dark legs, so who knows. They're leaving here anyway so it's not my problem

 

[Jaybr]

I pulled the last 2 eggs this evening and shut down the bator. I still haven't decided wether or not I want to open them up and see what's in there.

 

[MissPrissy]

Congrats!

 

[Jaybr]

Another great hatch.

I took the bator over to a freinds with 11 partridge rock eggs.

They threw out 3 clear eggs at 2 weeks, all 8 of the others hatched yesterday right on time day 21.

I had been thinking about finding an old freezer and making a different bator with some of the parts I used in this one, but this one is working so well I think I'll just keep it in tact.

 

[chickenfanatic]

congrats on another great hatch sounds like ur bator is doing its job well for sure let us know if u persue ur freezer project and how it goes