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[cppeace]

I've got 8 viable duck eggs left out of 11. They will be be Rouen and black swede rouen crosses. One was infertile, one got the ring of death week one and one died a few days ago. The oldest is due out the 19th and then pretty much every day after for a week lol

 

[WVduckchick]

I've got 8 viable duck eggs left out of 11. They will be be Rouen and black swede rouen crosses. One was infertile, one got the ring of death week one and one died a few days ago. The oldest is due out the 19th and then pretty much every day after for a week lol

Sweet! You are in for a fun week. Ducklings are the most adorable! Post some pics when they arrive please.

 

[cppeace]

I'm sure I shall take loads of pics as this is my first individual incubation and first ever with ducks My dad raised several breeds of chickens for years and has a huge cabinet incubator. I couldn't afford one I wanted so made my own and am liking it. Will be making more I'm sure. I want to hatch turkeys and geese next.

 

[FridayYet]

Re:  Dr. Pepper and Rootbeer.  Don't knock it until you've tried it!  The mix is better than either one of them alone.

I was reading too fast after training the other day. The page started with someone drinking Budweiser for breakfast and other alcohol & soda combinations. I read it as Dr Pepper and Beer!

 

[cppeace]

icky

 

[AmyLynn2374]

Well, I locked down 11 eggs this afternoon. Added some water, went out to dinner and came home to about 60% humidity. Added a little more and got it up to about 70. Went to the neighbor's house and came home to about 50%. All this time the temp had been holding steady. Woke up at 4 a.m. and the humidity is fine, but the temp had dropped to 90! Now I have been sitting for an hour trying to get the temp to hold. Decided I had better catch up on the thread while I wait. Now I have a heat lamp over the bator trying to hold the temp up. Had to crank the set temp up to 39C, which is about 102, just to keep the inside near 99. But I'm afraid to leave it there, because if it actually kicks in and works right (like it did before) then it will be too high. So far, I don't think I've cooked them too high, so they might still survive, but it looks like I'm going to have to babysit it all weekend to get there. And I'm worried that the heat lamp will cause hotter spots! Ugh...

Air cells looked good, activity looked good, a few look like they might come out sticky, weight loss was a bit excessive on 6 eggs. I'm hoping to see if the excessive weight loss caused any issues, but I think my temp issues are going to keep me from getting an answer on that.

Guess I better work on my cooler-bator today.

Hope you get it worked out!

I was reading too fast after training the other day. The page started with someone drinking Budweiser for breakfast and other alcohol & soda combinations. I read it as Dr Pepper and Beer!

It started with a SC saying I was drinking a Bud for breakfast and I corrected him that it was a cherry Pepsi, then the drinkers added alcohol....lol YUCK!!!!!

 

[scflock]

thats what I saw the first time too scfl and I'm a WOMAN

SEE!!!!! And Amy thought I was just poking fun at her. The nerve

 

[RubyNala97]

I have one more batch of turkey eggs cooking, and another batch collecting.

I have no idea how many birds I have right now, but I will take a guess:

turkeys 4 adults, about 90 juvenile, hoping for 25 or so more to hatch
layers 170 production reds, about 30 Easter Egger juveniles
broilers 20 in the freezer, 17 nearly grown out, 25 just hatched
8 bantams...quote of the day from DH "Are you sure all those chickens came from big eggs?"  

So there's a few birds around here.  Now all I have to do is market them.

Circumstances have put me in the position where I can buy a good incubator.  So my dilemma is do I buy a fully loaded Brinsea 40, an Ova-Easy 100, a fully loaded GQF or Dickey, or try the used market and upgrade something?

I thought about it today while weeding the garden and I need to be able to incubate 4 times as many eggs as I hatch, and all counts are based on turkey eggs.  I want to have the capacity to hatch 25 turkey eggs a week minimum, and the Brinsea 40 would be the smallest that could do that.  But with the 40, I'd still need to use my homebuilt bator to cook for the first three weeks.

The Ova Easy, GQF or Dickey would probably be smarter choices with my job.  I want the redundant temp controls, auto humidity during hatch, and a glass (or acrylic) large viewing window.

If my current hens are typical turkey broodies, I will keep doing the incubation by myself.  Those girls are flakes!

When I first decided to buy my incubator, I knew nothing! But I sat down and did a few hours of research online. Reading the pros & cons of each one. Once I narrowed it down, I read personal reviews. It was good to hear what people that had used them had to say as feedback. I'm very happy with Brinsea but there are a few others I've read good things about. On another thread I was reading about one I never heard about. It was for bigger scale and they loved it. I will look it up when I get a chance and let you know which one it was. It was on a peafowl thread. And peafowl hatchers seem to need really dependable incubators from what I've read. I'll let you know.

Well, I locked down 11 eggs this afternoon.  Added some water, went out to dinner and came home to about 60% humidity.  Added a little more and got it up to about 70.  Went to the neighbor's house and came home to about 50%.  All this time the temp had been holding steady.  Woke up at 4 a.m. and the humidity is fine, but the temp had dropped to 90!  Now I have been sitting for an hour trying to get the temp to hold.  Decided I had better catch up on the thread while I wait.  Now I have a heat lamp over the bator trying to hold the temp up.  Had to crank the set temp up to 39C, which is about 102, just to keep the inside near 99.  But I'm afraid to leave it there, because if it actually kicks in and works right (like it did before) then it will be too high.  So far, I don't think I've cooked them too high, so they might still survive, but it looks like I'm going to have to babysit it all weekend to get there.  And I'm worried that the heat lamp will cause hotter spots!  Ugh...

Air cells looked good, activity looked good, a few look like they might come out sticky, weight loss was a bit excessive on 6 eggs. I'm hoping to see if the excessive weight loss caused any issues, but I think my temp issues are going to keep me from getting an answer on that.

Guess I better work on my cooler-bator today. 

Oh no! That would drive me crazy, especially so close to hatch. Keep an eye on it. Like you said, cooler is better then hotter. I really feel for you! I'll say a little pray for your eggs. How's it holding now??

 

[scflock]

When I first decided to buy my incubator, I knew nothing! But I sat down and did a few hours of research online. Reading the pros & cons of each one. Once I narrowed it down, I read personal reviews. It was good to hear what people that had used them had to say as feedback. I'm very happy with Brinsea but there are a few others I've read good things about. On another thread I was reading about one I never heard about. It was for bigger scale and they loved it. I will look it up when I get a chance and let you know which one it was. It was on a peafowl thread. And peafowl hatchers seem to need really dependable incubators from what I've read. I'll let you know.
Oh no! That would drive me crazy, especially so close to hatch. Keep an eye on it. Like you said, cooler is better then hotter. I really feel for you! I'll say a little pray for your eggs. How's it holding now??

Everyone knows how I feel about Brinsea, and I would love to have an ova easy, but from all I have read, if I ever get into to 180 egg and higher category, I would have to strongly consider the GQF

 

[WVduckchick]

When I first decided to buy my incubator, I knew nothing! But I sat down and did a few hours of research online. Reading the pros & cons of each one. Once I narrowed it down, I read personal reviews. It was good to hear what people that had used them had to say as feedback. I'm very happy with Brinsea but there are a few others I've read good things about. On another thread I was reading about one I never heard about. It was for bigger scale and they loved it. I will look it up when I get a chance and let you know which one it was. It was on a peafowl thread. And peafowl hatchers seem to need really dependable incubators from what I've read. I'll let you know.
Oh no! That would drive me crazy, especially so close to hatch. Keep an eye on it. Like you said, cooler is better then hotter. I really feel for you! I'll say a little pray for your eggs. How's it holding now??

Seems to be holding now. I've got a camera monitoring it, so I'll check it while I'm gone today and hope for the best. Thanks!

I might have missed if you said what happened with the rest of yours?

Everyone knows how I feel about Brinsea, and I would love to have an ova easy, but from all I have read, if I ever get into to 180 egg and higher category, I would have to strongly consider the GQF

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