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[4cats3kids1hubby2many]

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Regarding the incubator stabilizing...Mine does too. My DH opened my Brinsea to get some shells out, I knw that it fixes itself fast, but could this be the reason I have 7 that have not hatched...and that the probably died? Any ideas?

 

[4cats3kids1hubby2many]

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I have never heard of an electric hen. What is this? HOpe your babies do okay, sorry your momma is so cranky.

 

[Zgoatlady]

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Regarding the incubator stabilizing...Mine does too. My DH opened my Brinsea to get some shells out, I knw that it fixes itself fast, but could this be the reason I have 7 that have not hatched...and that the probably died? Any ideas?

How long have them been? Like when was the hatch now or yesterday?

 

[RedReiner]

hoping there is an electrician person on the board here... I am having trouble with my fence charger. my charger has voltage in the ground wire...I know this cause I had a hand on the metal building and put my hand on a roll of welded wire fence which rolled over and touched the ground wire...it shocked the craap! out of me!!

so I unplugged it, cleared all the bushes away from the ground wire, plugged it back in and tested it with a volt tester for the fence. it says 2.0 on the ground wire and 4.0 on the hotwire. why? the fence is clear of grass and weeds. the ground wire has 2 ground rods spaced out to 20 feet from the box. not sure why it shocked me when it never has before....

any suggestions?

 

[Ogress]

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I have never heard of an electric hen. What is this? HOpe your babies do okay, sorry your momma is so cranky.

It is made by Brinsea, I can't remember what it is really called, electric hen is much more descriptive. It is a rectangular thing about the size of a hen, yellow plastic on top and a metal plate on the underside. The rectangular thingy snaps into a set of legs with 3 height adjustments. plug it in and the metal plate heatrs up and the little chickies scurry underneath just like they would a hen. I ordered it a few weeks ago, and both batches of chicks I've used it with really like it. Best of all, it takes only 18 watts of electricity so it is much more economical than the 250 watt brooder light. I do keep a brooder light on somewhere in the coop when the temperatures will drop below 40 because the chicks may not be warm enough if the room temp is too cold. The chicks still wander about the brooder and then dive back under the electric hen when they get to cold. No fire danger, and a big savings in electricity. I think I paid just under $80 for it.

 

[Ogress]

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I have never heard of an electric hen. What is this? HOpe your babies do okay, sorry your momma is so cranky.

Momma was never cranky until she saw the chicks. Bummer. I got them because I thought she would like to raise a brood.

 

[Kaneke]

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I have never heard of an electric hen. What is this? HOpe your babies do okay, sorry your momma is so cranky.

It is made by Brinsea, I can't remember what it is really called, electric hen is much more descriptive. It is a rectangular thing about the size of a hen, yellow plastic on top and a metal plate on the underside. The rectangular thingy snaps into a set of legs with 3 height adjustments. plug it in and the metal plate heatrs up and the little chickies scurry underneath just like they would a hen. I ordered it a few weeks ago, and both batches of chicks I've used it with really like it. Best of all, it takes only 18 watts of electricity so it is much more economical than the 250 watt brooder light. I do keep a brooder light on somewhere in the coop when the temperatures will drop below 40 because the chicks may not be warm enough if the room temp is too cold. The chicks still wander about the brooder and then dive back under the electric hen when they get to cold. No fire danger, and a big savings in electricity. I think I paid just under $80 for it.

it is called the EcoGlow

lots of feedback on BYC about it

I used a ceramic under desk heater that I already had, does very similar work, worked well for the chicks

 

[Chicken Rustler]

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Let me read this a few times and I will hopefully get back with an answer.
You say there is 2.0 on the ground. What 2 points are you connecting the meter to? Disconnect the hot wire and check the ground for voltage. Has this changed with more / less rain? How old is the fenceer is there a chance it is old and may just be at the end of it's useable life?

 

[Chickielady]

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I have a Golden Cuckoo X Black Copper Marans hen who looks like a golden cuckoo Marans covered by a Lavender Ameraucana Roo. The cuckoo gene will only be passed to the males. So the chicks are all black, but the males have a white dot on their head, similar to Barred Rock Chicks. Anyone want a barred Olive Egger roo? I now have 3 and don't need any. One is older, 3+ months. The other two are just hatched. All these olive egger babies are also split for lavender. The older roo and girls I have, have nice big muffs like an ameraucana. In fact, the girls look just like a black ameraucana if they inherit the pea comb! I got pure black am's from CL, and I had to band them all to tell them apart. The barred roo's will be really handsome! I also have 10 more of these in the bator scheduled to be locked down on Tuesday.

Interesting about the sex link marking. I don't suppose that marking would be true for a Golden Cuckoo Marans over light Sussex chick would it? I'm not seeing large white dots on either of these babies. And now CGG has confirmed the chicks parentage, and we've found the black orp had no part in it. The whole genetics world is confusing but fascinating to me.
Thanks for the information about your olive eggers!

You want to really be confused ???
I bred Blue Ameraucana Cock to Blue Ameraucana Hens, and have hatched over 50 of their eggs, and sold/shipped over 50 more, and one day, in a hatch 2 months ago, a weird "splash" chick hatched.
This baby, is not a splash, but mottled..
pips&peeps answered that there is no such thing as a mottled ameraucana....I agree there.
Just look at the standard.
Not only that, she has tufts.
Last time I said this, Ultasol corrected me & said the Ameraucana has "muffs", yes I agree, BUT this pullet has tufts like an araucana!!!!!!!!
I showed the bird to Ogress when she was here.
This is one beautiful pullet.
It proves if you breed long enough, who knows what will hatch out ?

 

[4cats3kids1hubby2many]

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Regarding the incubator stabilizing...Mine does too. My DH opened my Brinsea to get some shells out, I knw that it fixes itself fast, but could this be the reason I have 7 that have not hatched...and that the probably died? Any ideas?

How long have them been? Like when was the hatch now or yesterday?

Friday was day 21. Yesterday, I did the water test that everyone told me about...per the water test - they all looked viable. I took the incubator into the bathroom - hot and steamy so I would not lose much heat or humidity. I just dunno. I figured I would wait until Tuesday - this would be day 25. Nothing smells bad. I am so tempted to candle and see what I can see. drives me nuts.