The 5th Annual BYC Easter Hatch-a-long!

[Sally Sunshine]

I want to play again, count me in!

Count me in, this will be my first year to join in.

Greg

Hello all.... I got yesterday my 25 fresh hybrid brown hatching eggs, there resting now till saturday. I plan to setup my RCOM 20 this evening and have it run till saturday morning and then set 20+ eggs.
Can I join?

Hopefully I have on easter 15+ brown chicks and 1 or 2 white ones....... altough the odds are the opposite!

 

[coopsbyty]

Ok quick question for everyone with a brinsea spot check. I ordered one last week got it yesterday for the coolerbator I built and I think the darn thing is broken. I put it in my brinsea 20 to test it's accuracy before putting in the cooler and the darn thing just sits there with an L on it. I read this indicates the temp is out of range for it to read but I know the brinsea20 is working just fine because I just pulled the last of my last sets out of it and they are hatching normally. Any insite would be greatly appreciated since I am not comfortable loading the cooler without a good accurate thermometer. I currently have an accurite in it that is reading 99 but do not wanna risk the Easter hatch!

 

[Sally Sunshine]

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I thought turners did a turn every hour or something? You know when I made the cabinet cooler incubator I was going to buy auto turners and put them on shelves so I had better turning. But in the end I was too cheap, but I knew at any point I could add a motor turner OR auto trays. turning is so important and the 3x a day is hard on them and we do see malpositions because of it unfortunately

You know, as much as I love my hens, at this stage in my incubation knowledge I trust my eggs with myself before a hen any day. I have seen them crushed, pushed out, pooped on, ignored and on and on! ha ha ha. I wish I could take that route out of not having to care for a brooder box full of chicks, but in my situation its not feasible, nor do I have the eggs to "waste" in the not so known future with a hen. Some hens are fantastic some are not, most of mine havent been! even my best was a serama who had 12 eggs, she only had 8 hatch

 

[Sally Sunshine]

I shared this on the Diary thread, will share it here as well.... I think its a cool read to understand what the chick is doing at hatch and why!

Development of motor patterns in avian embryos:
Control of hatching behavior

http://www.int-ornith-union.org/files/proceedings/durban/Symposium/S46/S46.1.htm

 

[chicken pickin]

I thought turners did a turn every hour or something? You know when I made the cabinet cooler incubator I was going to buy auto turners and put them on shelves so I had better turning. But in the end I was too cheap, but I knew at any point I could add a motor turner OR auto trays. turning is so important and the 3x a day is hard on them and we do see malpositions because of it unfortunately

You know, as much as I love my hens, at this stage in my incubation knowledge I trust my eggs with myself before a hen any day. I have seen them crushed, pushed out, pooped on, ignored and on and on! ha ha ha. I wish I could take that route out of not having to care for a brooder box full of chicks, but in my situation its not feasible, nor do I have the eggs to "waste" in the not so known future with a hen. Some hens are fantastic some are not, most of mine havent been! even my best was a serama who had 12 eggs, she only had 8 hatch

Hmm auto turners sound good too. How would they go about staying on each level, maybe shelves made out of hardware cloth and then set the turners on them? where would the cords run out to be able to plug them in? DH and I are planning on starting our cooler bator this weekend, well hopefully. I think I like the sound of using auto turners.

 

[Sally Sunshine]

Sorry Ty I cant help as mine isnt here yet! I pray I dont have a broken one coming!! ughhhhh


IRRITATED!!! I ordered this the same day oz told me to, and it said at first 3-5 business days, and now I go track and it said 20-25th and its the 27th and its still not here?????
This one will be getting a rating from me on Amazon!!

 

[jbher]

Ok quick question for everyone with a brinsea spot check. I ordered one last week got it yesterday for the coolerbator I built and I think the darn thing is broken. I put it in my brinsea 20 to test it's accuracy before putting in the cooler and the darn thing just sits there with an L on it. I read this indicates the temp is out of range for it to read but I know the brinsea20 is working just fine because I just pulled the last of my last sets out of it and they are hatching normally. Any insite would be greatly appreciated since I am not comfortable loading the cooler without a good accurate thermometer. I currently have an accurite in it that is reading 99 but do not wanna risk the Easter hatch!

I also just got a spot check last weekend and am having trouble with it. It's reading 1 to 2 whole degrees different from my others! I went and bought a new battery and today a water wiggler is coming in the mail so I'm hoping I will get better readings this way. So frustrating since they are supposed to be SPOT on!

You can see, from left to right - 99.9, 100.3, 99.7 and then the spot check shows 102.4!! Ahhhhhh!!! I have tried moving it around in multiple locations within the incubator. Same thing happens. I also rotate my other thermometers too.

 

[Sally Sunshine]

Quote: plenty of room in the rear wall for a electrical "stick" for easy pluggin and unplugging, or even on the side perhaps would work better!
yes a frame with wire would work, air flow is a must.

 

[jbher]

Sorry Ty I cant help as mine isnt here yet! I pray I dont have a broken one coming!! ughhhhh


IRRITATED!!! I ordered this the same day oz told me to, and it said at first 3-5 business days, and now I go track and it said 20-25th and its the 27th and its still not here?????
This one will be getting a rating from me on Amazon!!

You should contact Avianweb as I believe they are the shipper, not Amazon. That is where my friend got our spot checks too!! She ordered on Amazon but Amazon is acting as the 3rd party really - they're not selling, nor shipping them.

 

[Sally Sunshine]

Quote: plenty of room in the rear wall for a electrical "stick" for easy pluggin and unplugging, or even on the side perhaps would work better!
yes a frame with wire would work, air flow is a must.
if you want I can hold one in this coolercabinet and show you basic dimentions so you can judge it before ordering them? I couldnt find anything cheap, I think they are expensive but may in fact be well work the pricing, but till you buy three or four you could have a motor turner like a cabinet???