The 6th Annual BYC Easter Hatch-a-long!

[QuailGuy88]

I have to express my incubator rage to my fellow online poultry folks...My family doesn't quite share the same passion as I do. My old hovabator incubator will not keep a stable temp! It ranges about 4 degrees, in fact, just this morning I woke up to find it at a min of 97.3 and a max of 101.4!
I find it interested that the problem has developed during the incubation...didn't give me a problem during the start..oh well all I can do now is ride it out.
I have a new wafer thermostat being shipped to me by Monday so hopefully that should solve the problem. Fingers crossed that I can make it through the weekend..

 

[millielynn]

I set 43 on March 14th

 

[RedIII]

You will understand, only if you are around my age..see if you can read it without singing it..

I love that song. And cheese! Perfect.

I have to express my incubator rage to my fellow online poultry folks...My family doesn't quite share the same passion as I do. My old hovabator incubator will not keep a stable temp! It ranges about 4 degrees, in fact, just this morning I woke up to find it at a min of 97.3 and a max of 101.4! I find it interested that the problem has developed during the incubation...didn't give me a problem during the start..oh well all I can do now is ride it out. I have a new wafer thermostat being shipped to me by Monday so hopefully that should solve the problem. Fingers crossed that I can make it through the weekend..

Oooh I hate that! That was why my still air got demoted. Thing spiked all over the place.

 

[LadyHawkeAvry]

You will understand, only if you are around my age..see if you can read it without singing it..

Best earworm ever!!!

 

[campingshaws]

Tomorrow is Day 7!
I have to wait until dark to candle..... But I did take a little peek yesterday

And everything looks good! I just did a quick spot check when I turned the top layer. I think I've finally hit a good groove with the LG.

 

[Aprildeesunshin]

I almost forgot today is Saturday! LOL! Thanks for reminding me, I was about to set everything up for lessons today. We will just have to make today a cleaning day. The house is long overdue for a good scrub down.
It's good to meet a fellow homeschooling family. My kids usually get a bit burned out with school once the weather starts to warm up. They just want to be outside playing. So, I try and incorperate as much "fun stuff" as I can to keep them interested. I have a set curriculum but it uses a weekly schedule instead of a daily schedule. The nice thing about this is the room available for extra-curricular lessons and activities. Take yesterday for example. Instead of having a sit-down math lesson; we had math for breakfast. With five people in our house a simple waffle recipe must, at least, be doubled. This lead to an object lesson in multiplying fractions. Another lesson the kids have been enjoying, at my expense, is data recording and analyzing. How many times does Mom sneeze on a daily basis vs. how many times does Mom sneeze when she remembers her allergy medicine. LOL! I did not start this lesson or encourage it. Thanks, kids. When this hatch-a-long came up I saw an opportunity for another lesson. Alongside the "Incubator Wars" competition there are several other lessons involved. The old saying of "don't count your chickens before they hatch" is the basis for a short study in probability and what factors affect it. Learning is everywhere. If my kids continue learning and growing well beyond their school years then all this investment will be worth it.
They have wanted to join the local 4H and raise a couple cows and goats. I told them that to get involved there would need a prerequisit study in fence building. They weren't to happy about that, but a little determination should carry them a long way. Fence Building 101 will most likely start up this summer, and end when the fence is finished.
Chores don't go over very well at our house either. Alongside brushing teeth is getting dressed. Although, I may have my next lesson. Where does all the dirty laundry come from when the kids almost never change out of their pajamas? LOL!

I soooo agree!

 

[kandkjbm]

Welcome! How many did you set???

We have 16 in the hova.

 

[Aprildeesunshin]

I have to express my incubator rage to my fellow online poultry folks...My family doesn't quite share the same passion as I do. My old hovabator incubator will not keep a stable temp! It ranges about 4 degrees, in fact, just this morning I woke up to find it at a min of 97.3 and a max of 101.4!
I find it interested that the problem has developed during the incubation...didn't give me a problem during the start..oh well all I can do now is ride it out.
I have a new wafer thermostat being shipped to me by Monday so hopefully that should solve the problem. Fingers crossed that I can make it through the weekend..

We also have the hova bator. I think I was able to correct the problem I was having with ours fluctuating. The thermometer that came with it is not accurate. I put a GOOD thermometer in and the one that came with it is about 6-8 degrees off. No wonder my chicks were dying. When it fluctuated degrees I had 2 problems. One was the I accuracy of the thermometer and the other was the condition of the room I had them in. We heat with a wood stove and let it go out over night. I have had so many chicks ready to hatch and died over night. The incubator wasn't able to sustain the difference of the temperature in the room. Now we have it in a room where the temperature does not fluctuate as drastically, although it is on the chilly side. The bator is now stable and only 7 of the 30 or so eggs are died. When the temperature dropped, my thermometer read 97 but it was really way below that which is why they didn't make it. I expect much better results now. Blaw! Fluctuating temps are frustrating!

 

[Heartful]

Can I join? I set my eggs last week in Saturday. 12 BBS orpingtons. My first attempt and hopefully a successful one.

 

[Razadia]

You will understand, only if you are around my age..see if you can read it without singing it..

Great, now I have to go listen to the Eurythmics.