The 4th Annual BYC Easter Hatch-a-long

[RedIII]

I was thinking, if you had a really big cardboard box to put the incubator in, it would hold the heat that escapes from the bator and still have enough air for the eggs. The space around the bator would warm up and provide a buffer between the 99* temp and the 63* temp in the room. I know you would lose the heat when you opened the box, but it would take less time for the smaller space to heat up. Maybe? I saw a cabinet in a science lab that was a melamine cabinet with a light and plexiglass doors, I though, that would be a great place to put an incubator! First, you could lock it against malicious kids, and second, you could keep the air around the bator warmer. I don't know if the fluctuations when the door was open would do more harm than good, but in a cool room, it would take less time for the internal air to recover. Just a thought..........

Oooh, I like this idea! I like it a lot. Thank you so much for pointing it out. I think I'm going to hunt down a large box (or cabinet) of some type to house the incubator in!

 

[CayuseRanch]

I am using my Hovabator Genesis for the first time and am on day 13... I hatched twice before in the still air hovabator, and I am having a really hard time keeping the humidity stable in this one.  The temps have been great!!  I'm hatching at work, so I will be gone overnight and when I come back, my humidity will be at 12%, so I add water and it spikes up to 50%.  I just can't seem to get it stable...  Any suggestions?

I heard feminine products work well.

 

[Sally Sunshine]

Quote: YES finally someone else is picking up on her!! Look at her comb!!! I am stumped!

and look how tiny.....

 

[Sally Sunshine]

Quote: Mich your bad! LOL I dont know if I want that pic with my name on it!!!

 

[Jessshan8]

I noticed there are allot of blank spaces of the number of eggs set on the first page......

curiosity is killing me what are you guys guessing as the number set?

Thank you to whomever is updating the list! I would not relish that task.

 

[mstricer]

Quote: Mich your bad! LOL I dont know if I want that pic with my name on it!!!
I couldn't resist. My poor lonely rooster, is looking a little better, but comb isn't red yet. He perk up a little today after the rooster booster, still has not crowed. Maybe mites got his tongue, oh yeah he doesn't have one.

 

[chiques chicks]

I noticed there are allot of blank spaces of the number of eggs set on the first page...... curiosity is killing me what are you guys guessing as the number set?

Thank you to whomever is updating the list! I would not relish that task.

There is a guess the number set contest on the contest forum.
Don't say how many you are setting until after contest (March 1, I believe)

 

[CaptGus]

Count the Captain in!

 

[Sally Sunshine]

I noticed there are allot of blank spaces of the number of eggs set on the first page......

curiosity is killing me what are you guys guessing as the number set?

Thank you to whomever is updating the list! I would not relish that task.

Not I

Count the Captain in!

Welcome Cappin! argggggg

 

[delisha]

I want some of those, just don't have the room. So did any of you math geeks figure out my dilemma on the rooster booster

I am so far behind thsi has been answered 100 times

Quote: Might be something in the coop..snakes, rat, mice, blue jays..all kinds of things steal eggs.

Sally..nice baby's..glad you hatched your own..they are adorable