Utah!

[acemario]

Today is official "Post a Picture of Your Eggs" Day!

 

[acemario]

I finally started on my homemade incubator. I have ever thing all ready cut to size just haven't been able to start. I only get the weekends to work on my projects and i have been spending all my time building a small chicken coop to sale.I will have to post pictures of the coop. I wanted to try and build a coop using all used or reclaimed material.So far i the only thing i have supplied is adhesive and screws,unlike my incubator that I'm already into 200+. And this is all i have to show so far. back view front view

I just found out my grandpa has an old cabinet (more of a nightstand) incubator. I hope I get it when he dies. Do you think it would be hard to get working?

 

[LPeaslee]

I finally started on my homemade incubator. I have ever thing all ready cut to size just haven't been able to start. I only get the weekends to work on my projects and i have been spending all my time building a small chicken coop to sale.I will have to post pictures of the coop. I wanted to try and build a coop using all used or reclaimed material.So far i the only thing i have supplied is adhesive and screws,unlike my incubator that I'm already into 200+. And this is all i have to show so far. back view front view

Just out of curiosity, what type of wood do you use? This may be something I'd like to build.

 

[themadchicken]

LPeaslee, this is my first try at a wood incubator. From what i have read everyone uses plywood. I went a different route on mine. I don't like plywood due to its unseen flaws and its natural tendency to warp. I wanted to use something more dense and more workable. MDF was the best choice except if you add water to MDF it turns back into a mushy wood pulp product. So i went with Med ex. Its MDF that has been chemically treated to resist water.But this is only the out side shell or frame work. The inside will be made up of 1-3/4" fiber glass panels that are left over from cutting holes in exterior fiberglass doors for windows to be installed into them. Hopefully if every thing goes right there will be no chance of moister even getting close to the med ex shell. When its done the bottom, sides and back will be 2-1/2" thick

 

[LPeaslee]

Nice! Keep us posted on the progress.

 

[bitsyhorse]

I'm close to Heber! We just moved into Francis, right next to Kamas. We absolutely love it here!

welcome! I have family in Francis and Woodland right now (my sister lives right next to the rodeo grounds, and my parents live at Camperworld (currently).

 

[bitsyhorse]

So.... my silkie decided to go broody (first time for her, and me lol). how dedicated are first timers? thing she'd sit and hatch a couple of eggs? Or is it a completely bad time to have her hatch some... (I don't have a separate pen for her when she does hatch them).

 

[Iluvmysilkies]

So.... my silkie decided to go broody (first time for her, and me lol). how dedicated are first timers? thing she'd sit and hatch a couple of eggs? Or is it a completely bad time to have her hatch some... (I don't have a separate pen for her when she does hatch them).

When Dixie went broody for the first time, she was super dedicated and did a great job. I gave her a couple eggs and she was a great momma covering them all. I have heard some first timers dont know what they are doing and will often side beside them instead of on them, but she was great. She sat 3 weeks straight, not even wanting to get up to eat/drink so it was kinda a pain. I took her out of the coop and put her in a large box on our porch where I could watch her and she could sit undisturbed. Sadly for her, it was all in vain because the babies made it all the way to lockdown but never hatched. I dont know what went wrong but I personally blame it on the time of year. I just feel like it was too cold and she couldnt create enough humidity for them to hatch or something. If it were me, i'd just take the eggs away and try to snap her out of it till spring or incubate them yourself. I am going to wait till spring/summer to hatch anything.

 

[bitsyhorse]

When Dixie went broody for the first time, she was super dedicated and did a great job. I gave her a couple eggs and she was a great momma covering them all. I have heard some first timers dont know what they are doing and will often side beside them instead of on them, but she was great. She sat 3 weeks straight, not even wanting to get up to eat/drink so it was kinda a pain. I took her out of the coop and put her in a large box on our porch where I could watch her and she could sit undisturbed. Sadly for her, it was all in vain because the babies made it all the way to lockdown but never hatched. I dont know what went wrong but I personally blame it on the time of year. I just feel like it was too cold and she couldnt create enough humidity for them to hatch or something. If it were me, i'd just take the eggs away and try to snap her out of it till spring or incubate them yourself. I am going to wait till spring/summer to hatch anything.

I have been taking all eggs away... and I've tried kicking her off the nest a few times... but she is very determined to sit on the nest... I don't have a broody breaker set up... so I figured I'd just keep taking the eggs away... she isn't being mean at all, she just growls at me.

 

[Iluvmysilkies]

I have been taking all eggs away... and I've tried kicking her off the nest a few times... but she is very determined to sit on the nest... I don't have a broody breaker set up... so I figured I'd just keep taking the eggs away... she isn't being mean at all, she just growls at me.

I think it only becomes a health issue if they've been sitting consistantly for a very long time, like over a month or more. But I probably wouldnt even worry myself over it if she's in the coop with everyone and your taking the eggs away. I'd just let nature do its thing, and only intervene if she's still doing it to the point that its killing her.