Set eggs 4/6, EDD 4/27 & 4/28...wanna hatch with me??

[clothdiaperingmom]

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I agree, I think it was the LG. I (for some unknown reason) was determined to get my LG to "work". So last hatch I realized that I can't get the LG to work, no matter what I do. I tried to hatch out cochins last year but they didn't make it. I actually bought several batches of eggs online that didn't make it. It's ashame, but I learned my lesson. I'm already having much better luck with the Hovabator, since my last batch 3 hatched out, and I lost one due to my stupidity - humidity dropped when I was at work.

I too am eyeing the Brinsea!

But I want to see what I can do with my Hovabator before I go spending any more money.

I love my hovabator. The only reason Im eyeing the others is because of presets and less sress about temps. Though with my hovabator, I have very little temp changes and I can get my humidity up. My only concern on the brinsea is that it only holds 24 eggs, and the hovabator holds 42 with the turner.
Im contemplating breeding sex links next yr. And possibly silkies. This year Ive gone willy nilly hatching everything!! It started out to be a challange and a good homeschool lesson. Its by far passed that. Now, Im more excited about setting more eggs and hatchings then my kids are! LOL.

 

[wyo-helpmeet]

I'm down to 9. One got broken, so I had to go out & clean it up.

Thankfully we're only on day 4 or so, so it wasn't grody!

 

[Fairybee]

was almost

today went to see a man Kara happily calls the quail man an so does everyone else,
this man breeds quail and am now seeing what people mean by becoming obsessed he has had to move 3 times and everytime because of his quail he has the biggest quail buisiness in the whole of the westmidlands and i made the stupid question of asking how many he had

he just laughted at me and took me to his incubation room, hatchery room and broodery as he called it.

the rooms where bigger than his own lounge where he had 18 incubators on the go each with around 250+ eggs in 7 of them they where all really posh and new this year he was using OVA-EASY 380 Advance EX then in his hatchery he had 4 sets he had taken out and put on lockdown some pipping and others zipping i even got to see 12 hatch in the space of 2 mins then he took me to the broodery it was a barn! with 30 diffrent brooders of diffrent ages and stages i couldnt beleive it and he started off with 24 eggs from a local farm where only had a hatch of 4 but decided to sell his biusiness and start breeding full time.

Now thats what i call obsession

was really good to see though
and he offered me some japernesse quail eggs for free but i dont wanna over do it my first time and i think 3 sets is enough he told me to come back anytime and grab as many as i wanted though

may be an idea for later maybe

 

[Fairybee]

OMG my god daughter has just come to see me and has just told me she has volunteered me to go and give a talk to her class about me hatching eggs this year her teacher even told her mom that she would love it if i could do it even if it was only for 15 mins

what do i do i dont know that much about it myself may hijack Kara and take her with me may even Hijack a few chicks off Kara too, take em with us dont have to say much just let them enjoy the fluffies and

looks like getting my old school records out to see what is expected for a 9-10 year old science class

 

[Sweetfolly]

I should join in - I have 8 Indian Runner duck eggs due on the 28th!

 

[Fairybee]

Have decided what to do have dragged kara from her normal day to come help me where going in next friday with 3 of kara's silkies and we have asked for 4 more embden egg's which Kara say's she may try and turn her hand too off the nice lady who i brough my set off we will take them with us as she has promised to send the latest to the date she has next wednesday Kara will do the talking and has wrote some key points down to do with eggs and hatching with broody's and with bators and so i didnt feel left out she asked me to write a poem or something nice and easy as children respond more to easy listening at that age or so im told so i got 8 day's to write a poem but i need your help please tell me what you think and if ive missed anything major out that needs to be said.



I am an Embden goose,
of that you can be sure,
I have a very long white neck,
and webbed feet on the floor.

I lay some very special eggs,
all large and white and round,
and if where at a duck pond,
there the largest to be found.

Yet be warned dont get too close to them,
be warned and stay away,
for if you get to close to them im sure to hiss and sway

so if you want to see us all,
small, round and fluffly,
i'll tell you to be patient child
it doesn't happen in a hurry.

to see us all so soft and sweet,
it'll take you 31 days
and only if you put us in
an incubator made

it has to be quite perfect,
for us to hatch out right
with lots of warmth and water
even a night light

yet if you can be patient,
and turn us thrice a day
you may be rewarded
when you candle us tenth day

for if you see red veins appear
inside within my shell
its my way of showing you
im growing very well

now carry on turning us
dont leave us all dejected
and maybe on the 16th day
you'll see my shadow reflected

we are over half way there now
so dont sigh and turn away
keep turning me three times a day
and listen to what I say

day 26 has finally come
your hard work now has ended
candle us one final time
and see how we've extended

then put us back and lockdown tight
our incubator that day
for we need no further help
we know the natures way

and when the 29th day comes
dont be at all suprised
if you are near our incubator
and hear us cheep inside

so if you see a little dent
then appear upon the shell
this is called me pipping
as I break the airsac's swell

I break the membrane carefully
and very soon I'll zip
dont worry if it takes me long
sometimes I stop to kip

when finally im out of my shell
dont steal me straigh away
I need to dry my feathers out
its better off that way

yet when all is said and done
and I am nice and dry
take a look at me
yes look at me
how beautiful am I?

let me know what you think.

 

[clothdiaperingmom]

I like it! I thinks its great!

 

[Fairybee]

thanks not bad for ten mins work

 

[clothdiaperingmom]

Wow, youre good! 10 mins...

 

[Fairybee]

im a writer by nature song's, story's, poetry people can give me a topic i give them a poem here is a little special one im writing as it think free writing its not planned

My ode to back yard chicken. by Natalie Davies

oh from my very first starting hatch,
back yard chicken was my perfect match
with storys, pictures the forum to share
a helping hand, people who care.
people who know what your going through,
people to help, telling you what to do

a friendly smile

a little cheer

fingers crossed

symperthetic ear

friends for life are found and made
for all those who incubators brave,
even those with a broody hen
can find help and advice no matter when.

so if you find your in a flap,
turners bust, or tempreture laps,
humidity has gone and went
your finding all your energy spent
i have fom good advice for you,
until the end, to see you through.

logon, join up, come on in
ask all your qeustions

dont feel so dim
back yard chickens for all of us
for all those with the mothering touch

the father and mothers from chickens to geese
be it poultry or waterfowl to say the least,
you'll find a friend, your problems you'll share
the good

and the bad times

with people who care.

and when your chicks are all round and fluffy
your bators empty, your playing mummy
you know you'll not be turned away,
for when you join your here to stay

so listen to me do as i say
for back yard chicken is an
'egg'citing way

tell me what you think people three cheers for back yard chicken and to all you lot who make back yard chicken what it is today