Too Early for Feb Hatch-A-Long Thread??

[FortCluck]

What brand brooder plate are y'all using? I'm not interested in making my own at this time. I've always used heatlamps but might try something different this time 'round.

I got mine at tractor supply I love it

 

[BluebirdHomestead]

What brand brooder plate are y'all using? I'm not interested in making my own at this time. I've always used heatlamps but might try something different this time 'round.

I have a Brinsea Ecoglow 20 and I also have one of the ones that Premier1 makes. If you get one from Premier1 I recommend buying the little cord that they sell separately that allows you to regulate the temp because I think it runs a little hot.

 

[BluebirdHomestead]

So cute!
I have 2 olive eggers with pea combs that lay brown eggs. So you never know what you might get

Haha it really is luck of the draw. Good thing I like surprises.

 

[BluebirdHomestead]

What brand brooder plate are y'all using? I'm not interested in making my own at this time. I've always used heatlamps but might try something different this time 'round.

I also have 2 “Sweeter Heaters” out in my coops since I have been moving babies out at 6-8 weeks and it’s cold here. Those can be used as brooder plates as well.

 

[CluckNDoodle]

I have a Brinsea Ecoglow 20 and I also have one of the ones that Premier1 makes. If you get one from Premier1 I recommend buying the little cord that they sell separately that allows you to regulate the temp because I think it runs a little hot.

I've heard the same about the Premier1 brand, better safe than sorry. They really should have that automatically...

 

[BluebirdHomestead]

I've heard the same about the Premier1 brand, better safe than sorry. They really should have that automatically...

Seriously. Pretty annoying it doesn’t just come with it.

 

[livhatcher]

Late to the party but have 4 days to go on just 3 eggs—buff laced polish bantams & 13 days on some black mottled pita pinta asturianas in with a fertility check on my marans. Whew!!!

re: brooder plates: I have 3–a brinsea eco glow, a titan, and a rent-a-coop which I’ve all been pleased with

 

[The Christian chicken Man]

It's 69°F here this morning with a high of 77°F! Warm day, but it's supposed to storm later today. Hopefully not bad enough for power outages with my incubators running...

We've got °7 when I last looked.

 

[FortCluck]

Late to the party but have 4 days to go on just 3 eggs—buff laced polish bantams & 13 days on some black mottled pita pinta asturianas in with a fertility check on my marans. Whew!!!

re: brooder plates: I have 3–a brinsea eco glow, a titan, and a rent-a-coop which I’ve all been pleased with

What's pita punta asturianas? Do you have pics of what they look like?

 

[BluebirdHomestead]

Got all 7 little babies into the brooder and they are cozy under the heating plate after dipping their beaks in the water. I am so in love with them.
Cleaned the egg shells out of the incubator since there are no pips, I wasn’t worried about the humidity drop. I have it back up to 60% now. Kinda worried no more are going to hatch, which I’d be sad about. There are 8 eggs left in there. 3 of them I think may have been clear so I don’t expect those to hatch. One I was 50/50 on. 3 others I’m pretty sure there was life at lockdown (1 OE, 2 Marans) and then my one that survived from the scrambled batch was definitely alive at lockdown. I could see since the egg is blue. But the air cell was still kinda rough so I’m not sure about that one. When should I start worrying about my 4 that I had high hopes for?