It was warm yesterday and okay this morning but then the storm came to Colorado.
Hey! We supposed to get some of that. Not.
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It was warm yesterday and okay this morning but then the storm came to Colorado.
Don't get me wrong I love the warm weather and I feel bad for all you guys in the snow. But my poor chickens in the heat... I am setting about opposite of most of you in I get eggs all winter and my girls go on break in the heat of the summer. Last year it got 110° for a week straight.
An hour, that is amazing. I need to pay you to build me one that is divided into hatching sections. I only have need of a hatcher right now and it would take me so many hours to just find and order the parts online let alone trying to get it all together correctly.
I'm not kidding, you can expect to hear from me as soon as I find a reasonable sized used wine cooler for under $75, not an 8 bottle cooler but something that could easily have 4 shelves large enough for 20- 30 eggs each.
Someday maybe there will be a way to help spread the wealth of desired weather.
For the cooler bators that stand on their sides so they are taller, what size coolers are best?
Next for those asking about pre-made incubators, little giant has a digital updated still air out. With all of its add-ons, fan, turner, ... it is still on the cheap side at:
http://www.coopsnmore.com/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=1471
And for a bit more money and a bit less space, there is the plastic Rite Farm bator: http://www.coopsnmore.com/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=1947
And for a great view of hatching and plastic incubator warehouse has a nice clear top incubator but it costs more.
http://incubatorwarehouse.com/egg-incubators/combokits/incuview-combo-kits.html
Pictures sound great.I have two Incuviews and I like them a lot. I have turned the heat down one degree on both of them, but I've had almost no trouble with them at all. I say almost because my house is so dry right now, I had a little trouble with humidity, but once it stabilized, it's been rock steady. My newest one is on it's maiden voyage right now, and it did spike to 102, briefly. I turned the heat down and it's stayed pretty consistent since. I have 19 eggs in the first one, due to hatch Sunday. There's 14 in the newer one, due to hatch 6 days after the first. I'll post pics if anyone is interested.