So... I want to make a Crock Pot Incubator...

[Ruby Rogue]

Congrats!

 

[NorthernMIFlock]

Woo Hoo! Welcome little crock pot baby! Maybe you could name them high and low

 

[yakitori]

Woo Hoo! Welcome little crock pot baby! Maybe you could name them high and low

Consider it done

 

[yakitori]

Little penguin chick
The mom has mottle coloration, which explains the penguin pattern I think.

She has a little pimple like protrusion on the head, I hope it’s nothing serious.

 

[HappyClucker7]

Little penguin chick
The mom has mottle coloration, which explains the penguin pattern I think.

She has a little pimple like protrusion on the head, I hope it’s nothing serious.
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So cute! Welcome to the world little crock pot baby!

 

[Sauron1]

Cute! Congrats!

 

[yakitori]

5 toes! dad must have some silkie in him...

 

[yakitori]

To keep her comfortable and quiet, I made her a little box inside the crockpot, and put the towel over her to mimic the conditions of being under the broody. I think it really helps that my first experience with hatching was a broody hatch... I learned a lot just by watching the behavior of mommy and her chicks

 

[Little Baby Bean]

So cute! I'm glad it worked!

 

[yakitori]

I had the privilege of watching the second one zip and hatch

It’s now resting in the second little box in the crock pot. I turned down the thermostat to 37C.



I’ll make a temporary brooder from the crock pot until I figure out exactly how I want the brooder set up to look like.

I wasn’t expecting just two to hatch initially, so the cage I had prepared is a little large :/

The inside of the second egg is a lot wetter than the first, I think it’s due to the larger pip hole and high humidity...?