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Hey gfcm, we're neighbors. I'm in Black Jack.
I set 23 on the 23rd (coincidence) in a little giant someone gave me. It was beat up, no windows, needed lots of repair but I finally got it to hold heat so I decided to give it a try since I had roosters.
I don't have a good means to candle and there are Welsummer, JG, Rock, Wyandotte and Ameracauna eggs in there. So I candled the Ancona, Minorca and Jaerhon eggs which looked OK so I'm just winging it.
I am worried about temps though.
It maintained heat fairly well, most of the time it stayed between 100 and 102. But it did swing occasionally. Down to 95.6 on day 4 to over 103 a couple times.
Day 16 it went haywire, down to 93.3 at 5AM then up to 104.4 by 8AM so now I'm a little worried. It's maintained between 100 and 102 since then.
No bad smells so I still have faith.
That's cool that we live so close!
No smells = GOOD! I've read that many folks have had fluctuations and still did okay. I had some too, in the beginning. It's weird, because the close I get to lock down, the more stable they become. Maybe because the chicks are filling up more of the eggs; therefore, the chicks are an added thermal mass? Makes sense to me, anyhow. Very glad of it, too! My eggs are from the Black Sex Link hens I got that were with a Black Sex Link roo. So they'll be RIR and Barred Rock probably. Not sure what the parents were. And that's fine with me---they are both good layers. I really want to get some Buff Orpingtons and Blue Wheaten Ameracaunas to hatch in the near future. I would LOVE to have blue eggs lol I like the looks and personalities of the Buffs.
