Very clever! I'm doing one--many thanks!I was asked to post these pics here. I put my 3 week old chicks out in the outside coop when the nights were still in the high 30's and low 40's. They were used to the feather duster broody chicken in their inside brooder, and I wanted them to feel comfortable and at home in the big coop, so I made a brooder bucket out of a 5 gall bucket and some polar fleece. The holes were drilled about the size of a pencil. They love this bucket.
That is exactly what I need! Im making a brooder outside and couldn't think of a way to keep them warm.I was asked to post these pics here. I put my 3 week old chicks out in the outside coop when the nights were still in the high 30's and low 40's. They were used to the feather duster broody chicken in their inside brooder, and I wanted them to feel comfortable and at home in the big coop, so I made a brooder bucket out of a 5 gall bucket and some polar fleece. The holes were drilled about the size of a pencil. They love this bucket.
OK...Day 18 and last night to be turning....except...the air cells do not look like day 18 air cells. They haven't advanced much past the 14 day mark and most are barely even tilted over, so I'm thinking this hatch is going to go over a day or so. What do you all think? I know Pete had said that at the time of hatch the air cells for his dry hatch are almost 1/3 the total egg area and mine are most definitely not even close to that.
Anyhoo....marked them anyway and have tried to put the most dippy portion of the air cell upright in the nest. I have a feeling I'll be candling~carefully~in the following days to see how and if those air cells enlarge a bit and start to tilt more so I can see the most likely to pip areas.
Nest temps are trying to get a little hot on me in these warm temps but I've solved that a bit by using a fan in the room to move that warm air out. It seems to be working quite well. It's not aimed at the nest box but rather towards the middle of the room.
Getting excited!!!e
Okay...I think I missed something somewhere or my brain is fuzzy tonight...hatcher? There are separate areas in an incubator or do some folks just remove the egg turner or is there a whole separate unit called a hatcher? Pics?
OK...Day 18 and last night to be turning....except...the air cells do not look like day 18 air cells. They haven't advanced much past the 14 day mark and most are barely even tilted over, so I'm thinking this hatch is going to go over a day or so. What do you all think? I know Pete had said that at the time of hatch the air cells for his dry hatch are almost 1/3 the total egg area and mine are most definitely not even close to that.
Anyhoo....marked them anyway and have tried to put the most dippy portion of the air cell upright in the nest. I have a feeling I'll be candling~carefully~in the following days to see how and if those air cells enlarge a bit and start to tilt more so I can see the most likely to pip areas.
Nest temps are trying to get a little hot on me in these warm temps but I've solved that a bit by using a fan in the room to move that warm air out. It seems to be working quite well. It's not aimed at the nest box but rather towards the middle of the room.
Getting excited!!!
