Still Air Bator

[natchlaly]

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thanks Goddess my kids think i have lost the plot. while walking round the house i am constantly telling myself ( out loud ) to STAY AWAY FROM THE BATOR.

 

[GreenGoddess]

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LOL... I can't stay away from the bator now, constantly checking temps and humidity everytime I get up, and even just getting up for no other reason then to check it... I don't know *what* I am gonna do once there are eggs in there...

Goddess

 

[natchlaly]

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LOL... I can't stay away from the bator now, constantly checking temps and humidity everytime I get up, and even just getting up for no other reason then to check it... I don't know *what* I am gonna do once there are eggs in there...

Goddess

I am ok til around day 16/17 when they start rocking, then it gets even worse when they start cheeping at you. I would get locked up if anyone walked into my house to find me sat talking to a box of eggs. Now I have a pip there is no hope for me

 

[GreenGoddess]

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Stay away from the bator... Go do the dishes... Mow the grass... Do the laundry... Clean the coop.... *anything*... But get away from the bator!!!! Remember.. A watched pot never boils!!!! I'll be your support if you'll be mine when mine hatch... lol...

Goddess

 

[PECULIARPETE]

still air bators can run at 102 and be fine. I`ve actually read that in several chicken books. a wet bulb thermometer is good to have in there, also I keep a water wiggler in there too to get a closed idea of what approx temp would be inside the egg. Forced draft bators are more critical bout temp. So far I`ve hatched out several batches of chicks runnin about 80% including culls, also 150 quail, 2 dozen ducks, and 9 turkeys. My bators are homemade and I`ve added fans. Using muffin fans out of computers work great and even better if you use a variable power supply that you can get at WM for bout 9 bucks. 12v is hi speed and run it down to 5 v for lo speed. Happy Hatchin to ya. Pete

 

[GreenGoddess]

Well, I have two thermometers in there right now... The digital one is bouncing between 100.8 and 102.4... But, the outside mercury thermometer has been holding steady at 100.6-100.8.. I put the ghetto egg turners in there and put the thermometers on top of them.. I also have a small pill bottle full of water in there and after leaving it in for a few hours I checked the temp with a fever thermometer (only thermometer I had left in the house) and it read 98.9... SO, being that would be the reading inside an egg, would it be sufficient for hatching?

Goddess

 

[GreenGoddess]

Hmmm... Anyone??

Goddess

 

[GreenGoddess]

Also, wanted to add that when i go to bed between 12:30am and 1am, all is fine and the temps on both thermometers is perfect (100.6) but when I get up around 7-7:30, the mercury thermometer is reading the same temp (100.6) and the digital dips down to 98.6.. And yes, the mercury thermometer does move.. It's an outside thermometer so we've been using it to test the outside temp, the temp of the pool water and anything else we need it for...

I switched the thermometers around when I got up this morning to see if maybe the temps were different on different sides of the bator.. Although, they are on the same side away from the light so it shouldn't make a difference.. but, who knows...

Goddess

 

[2txmedics]

Hello Green G....so are we ready for this bating?....Mine are set this morning, I had severe storms yesterday all day long with heavy winds over 60....so I set mine this a.m....good luck and here we go....

 

[GreenGoddess]

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I *should* be getting eggs on monday

Mail runs around 10:30am so will be monday night when I put them in the bator.. But, USPS hasn't updated the tracking yet so I'm on pins and needles waiting... Sill says it's been received but not sent out yet...

I'm only gonna be a few days behind ya though!

Goddess