The Incubators Thread!!! Come Join And Learn!!!

[chelseajgoss]

I will. You won't believe it... my incubator somehow got a hole in the bottom and started leaking water everywhere!!!! Lucky i was there and had some tape to tape up the hole..... crisis averted!!

Omg i feel your pain! When i first put mine together, i just dumped a whole bunch of water in the bottom of the cooler. And i didnt know Styrofoam leaked! So i ended up with like half a gallon of water leaking onto my carpet! HAH. so i feel your pain. Good thing your sleeping up there huh! That could have ended badly!

 

[AustralorpsAU]

Omg i feel your pain! When i first put mine together, i just dumped a whole bunch of water in the bottom of the cooler. And i didnt know Styrofoam leaked! So i ended up with like half a gallon of water leaking onto my carpet! HAH. so i feel your pain. Good thing your sleeping up there huh! That could have ended badly!

Its actually only 3:30 in the arvo here where i live in Australia

 

[chelseajgoss]

Its actually only 3:30 in the arvo here where i live in Australia

Oh haaha! Didnt even think about time diffrences lol. Im so locked up in my own little world!its nearly 1 am here in arizona

 

[AustralorpsAU]

Oh haaha! Didnt even think about time diffrences lol. Im so locked up in my own little world!its nearly 1 am here in arizona

you need to get some z's!

 

[chelseajgoss]

you need to get some z's!

Hahah im a night owl usually

 

[AustralorpsAU]

No progress... just that first pip, hasn't gotten any bigger... No chirping either but I'm not giving up hope its only been a couple of hours not even

 

[chelseajgoss]

No progress... just that first pip, hasn't gotten any bigger... No chirping either but I'm not giving up hope its only been a couple of hours not even

Probably napping! I wouldnt be concerned for a few more hours or so.
I know i will be a nervous wreak when mine hatch!

 

[Anniebee]

Well, they all at least STARTED growing until day 11. So im not really sure what went wrong.
I keep my chickens at my moms house, and she didnt believe me that eggs can sit out at room temp for a week and be okay so she put them in the fridge until i went and picked them up. I have 4 of the 5 that are in my bator right now werent refrigerated (hopefully)
So i guess its all part of the learning process

I am not a propagator of chickens - under a hen or in an incubator ... .simply because I do not have the accommodation for more little chicks, hen Mummas', or just - any more chickens, at this time..... not to mention, I don't have a rooster !!

However, I have read elsewhere on BYC and on other threads that refridgerating fertile eggs does not hurt - provided ... they are left out later to get back to room temperature, for ( I think ) 12 > 24 hours ??. ... Stand to be corrected on the amount of time to be removed and left to come to room temperature. I am guessing only, that continual extreme temperature changes might not be good ??? In and out of refridgeration - and room temps. Just a guess on my part.

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Wishing all who post here and who have hatchings imminent - do well, and have success. And that most of you do get at least some sleep !!

You are all very brave people to be doing all this. .... I think I would be a candidate for psych. treatment if I were to watch over incubation, and mumma hens. ??

.... My next lot of chickens will come from a reputable breeder at POL. .. when we get the coops and runs organised.

I am a super wimp !! LOL.

............. Cheers all -

 

[AustralorpsAU]

Its cheeping!!! Yay!!! Im soo excited!

 

[jkelly5359]

Hi everyone! I NEED HELP!!! This is my first incubation attempt and it is NOT going well

I started with 28 from our own chickens that refuse to go broody. On bad advice from a friend (who has her own chickens and loaned me the incubator so I assumed she knew what she was talking about) we placed ALL of the eggs pointed side UP... By the time I noticed something wasn't right and researched incubation and how to candle, it was too late! ONLY ONE EGG HAS SURVIVED! All of the others were lost by day 10-11 due to the positioning, my temp and humidity have been spot on and the bator has an auto turner. It is now day 24 for this one, lonely little egg. I have been candling it every morning to make sure there is still life and I can see the little guy moving! BUT, no pipping... not internal or external.. I really want this chick to make it!!! WHAT SHOULD I DO??????? I've read that some people make the first pip manually?? Should I try that? I'm so inexperienced that I'm afraid to take action... HELP!!