Simulated Natural Nest Incubation~Experiment #1 So it begins....

[Cowpoke]

Well my eggs started hatching out yesterday evening and last night and still hatching out now. Got a bator full of chicks. now I better hit the bed so I can see what's happening tomorrow.



ALSO I had one stick to the egg turner and would NOT turn free and I wound up breaking it trying to get it out. Must have been a hair line crack in it or something. ??? when it broke it went on one egg and that's all I thought it got on. This was the 10 day I was candling them. I had meantioned this on another page and couldn't remember if it happened at night or morning but now I remember when.....So the next morning I was going to take the turner out wash and clean it as well as the pan so it wouldn't get to stinking...... I start taking out the eggs when there is yet another one stuck and I had no clue but it came out and some of the shell was left stuck onto the turner. About and inch wide and 1/2" the other day and the membrane was still in tact. So I put some scotch tape over the hole and I didn't get quite high enough on the top side so I used 2 pieces of tape on it. Well it started pipping this morning and it hatched out tonight. I was sooooo excited to because it was a little RIR.

I was so worried it wouldn't hatch but I had read of someone doing that and theirs hatched so I said well what have I got to lose? It worked!

Great job RoseMarie! I'm Glad it worked out for you! Please keep us informed on the rest of this hatch and the other one. Good Luck!

 

[Tumbleweed Farm]

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[enola]

That's why I'm incubating also...not sure of this broody and if she will go the distance and seriously need chicks from this pair or my breeding project is up in smoke. 

So you are doing WRs too!!!  Yay!  I love this breed and it's good to know others are loving them as well.  As we can't participate in Fred's PR thread now unless we use correct terminology, we might have to just chat together about our fave breed. 

I actually put an apology on the thread - concerning my use of the word rooster Fred is out of town now so I sent him an apology. I hate what has happened to his thread. I know I am not really the reason for the uproar. ........

 

[Zombified]

Another update and a question for you, Bee. I learned that you can also check temps by feeling your forehead and then feeling the eggs. The egys should feel slightly warmer than your forehead. I'm pretty sure my thermometer is off, because it's been pretty solid around 99-100F, but the eggs themselves feel cold. The ones closest to the light feel kinda warm, but not warm enough. So I moved all of them closer to the light and moved the thermometer to the eggs furthest away from the light. I'm thinking I'll want it at 97-98ish.

Bee, didn't you notice that the inside temps of the eggs is a couple degrees cooler than the outside air? If that's the case, shouldn't I really be aiming for 102-103?

 

[Beekissed]

I actually put an apology on the thread - concerning my use of the word rooster

Fred is out of town now so I sent him an apology. I hate what has happened to his thread. I know I am not really the reason for the uproar. ........

All that stuff really makes me tired...it's elitism, pure and simple, and I never could stand it. I'm as bad as the next one when wanting folks to refer to chickens as chickens instead of babies, children, boys or girls, but I don't put anything on a thread telling folks they can't say those words. I'm not the word police. It's such a controlling thing to do simply for the reasons of control and nothing more...to me, those folks need to step back and look at the world and the more important things in life. What a small world they must live in when they have to control when someone says "rooster". Weird!

Another update and a question for you, Bee. I learned that you can also check temps by feeling your forehead and then feeling the eggs. The egys should feel slightly warmer than your forehead. I'm pretty sure my thermometer is off, because it's been pretty solid around 99-100F, but the eggs themselves feel cold. The ones closest to the light feel kinda warm, but not warm enough. So I moved all of them closer to the light and moved the thermometer to the eggs furthest away from the light. I'm thinking I'll want it at 97-98ish.

Bee, didn't you notice that the inside temps of the eggs is a couple degrees cooler than the outside air? If that's the case, shouldn't I really be aiming for 102-103?

Not just a couple...when temps inside were 99.5-100.5, the surface temps were 106-107. Much, much hotter than my forehead or even someone with a really high fever.

 

[Oldmomma]

just a quick hi, going to see houses today so I will be busy.

 

[Beekissed]

just a quick hi, going to see houses today so I will be busy.

I hope you find what you are needing!

 

[Zombified]

Sigh. I really feel like a failure. I almost want to give up. Bee, I'm not gonna lie, I thought you were exaggerating the stress of incubating, but experiencing this for myself... Wow.

Okay, let me explain my set up. I have an old heat lamp that has to be held against the wall by a brick. The brick is on top of the windowsill. The box is up against the wall. I was trying to adjust the heating lamp, momentarily forgot about the brick....

I lost three. Two were Thoth's. The two that had life in them. There are four more eggs that were scratched, but not completely busted. One is pretty bad, but I didn't see any blood. I'd read about people using tape and putting it over eggs that were cracked, but I don't have tape. So I used soaked shredded paper... kinda like paper mache or however it's spelled. I haven't candled yet. I'm honestly afraid to.

Agh, it was such a mess... I had to clean everything... >.<

I'm definitely going to be trying to find a new way to mount this stupid lamp.

I'm with you, Bee. Never. Again. There's just way too much evidence that suggests I freaking suck at caring for helpless things.

Also, it was a bobcat that got Thoth and Pyrrhos. My dad saw it last night. He chased it off with a rock because he didn't have time to grab his gun. We'll be on the lookout tonight. Only issue is, we live in a neighborhood. A nice one. People would flip if a gun went off. And our neighborni

 

[Zombified]

Sorry, on my phone.

Our neighbor is a cop. I do plan on talking to him, but just in case, anyone know any cheap, quiet ways to keep a bobcat from getting anymore of my ducks?

 

[Tomtommom]

Sorry, on my phone.

Our neighbor is a cop. I do plan on talking to him, but just in case, anyone know any cheap, quiet ways to keep a bobcat from getting anymore of my ducks?

https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/652063/human-deterrent-against-bobcat