The next cuteness overload !
This is going on in the 2 hatching bators !!!!!!!!!!!!
Diane's prized A/FH chicks
Getting cramped~~~~~~~~~~~
OE-lav Ams, BBS Jersey Giants, Blue Copper Marans, OEx Cuckoo Marans and Wellsummers.
As I write this, most are hatched already.it is crazy hatching here !
The T-birds moved to the brooder room, these babies shown above in tubs in the cabin.YIKES !!
This my friends, is the only cure for hatchititus, overload !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Ok peeps!! I am having one hell of a time keeping the LG on temp!! It either fluctuates to 98 and 102!!! The room temp is about 74 degrees and I put the fan in it! It is driving me crazy!! I am so worried!! I go into lock down on Sunday!! What advice do the veteran LG peeps have on getting this thing to regulate and what tips do you have for lockdown?? I just do not want to lose these eggs!!
You, know, my ladies get fat off anything that is not pellets. I will have to ask my friend who buys it regularly. I'll get back to you.So the chicken wheat is actual seed that can be grown? The site isn't very informative and I'm very obsessive about details!
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Yes put fan where is was recommended and by the holes the only place it would go, I have a digital therm going down the vent hole at egg level and I have the (not sure what a wafer therm is) therm that came with it, ( looks like the glass kind) on top the eggs, for the most part the digital and conventional therm have been pretty close in temp. I knew cooler is better but, if it's dropping to 95 or 96 which it has on several occasions ?? Ok, well I will see if I can find another non digital to put in there too!!
Thank you!!
Julie, give the LG temp control nob is soooooooooooooooo sensitive. You have to move it such a little amount. This is my biggest pet peeve with it! Also, give it a couple of hours to get to it's set temperature, if you keep adjusting it every half hour or hour, you will never get it set to the right temp. If it gets too warm, open the lid a bit to let some heat out. But really let it get to it's final temp, before adjusting it.I'd say 3 hrs or so. Then when it's HOLDING that temp, adjust it as needed, ever so slightly. Then give it time again to get to where it's HOLDING that temp, another 3 hrs or so.....and adjust again if needed. I usually plug it in like 3 days before I want to start my eggs cause it's so freaken tempermental!!!!! Once I've got it right though, I leave it. Mine's been running non stop since Feb!!!!
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Yes put fan where is was recommended and by the holes the only place it would go, I have a digital therm going down the vent hole at egg level and I have the (not sure what a wafer therm is) therm that came with it, ( looks like the glass kind) on top the eggs, for the most part the digital and conventional therm have been pretty close in temp. I knew cooler is better but, if it's dropping to 95 or 96 which it has on several occasions ?? Ok, well I will see if I can find another non digital to put in there too!!
Thank you!!
Julie, give the LG temp control nob is soooooooooooooooo sensitive. You have to move it such a little amount. This is my biggest pet peeve with it! Also, give it a couple of hours to get to it's set temperature, if you keep adjusting it every half hour or hour, you will never get it set to the right temp. If it gets too warm, open the lid a bit to let some heat out. But really let it get to it's final temp, before adjusting it.I'd say 3 hrs or so. Then when it's HOLDING that temp, adjust it as needed, ever so slightly. Then give it time again to get to where it's HOLDING that temp, another 3 hrs or so.....and adjust again if needed. I usually plug it in like 3 days before I want to start my eggs cause it's so freaken tempermental!!!!! Once I've got it right though, I leave it. Mine's been running non stop since Feb!!!!
Great! Thanks!! When ever I have turned it, it has been in micro turns...just barely!! I'm just not used to it, so I will try that! I have opened the lid a few times especially when I walk in and the fricken thing is at 102!! I am just crossing my fingers and toes that no one has fried!! I just put a regular glass type therm in there to make sure it's at the right temp!
Thank Tam!!
I tried to upload pics earlier but BYC was down, so here ya go,
Cuteness Overload !
The Java hen is to the far right in another nest..........
There she is, sitting tight............
Peepers !
More peepers !
only 1 egg failed to hatch, so that means this 1 hen has 11 chicks swimming through her feathers !!
The other Moms are swimming with chicks as well, and are watching the show !
I have to watch the java, if her chicks get out of that box they cannot get back in..............
Some beautiful Mommas here !
Ok peeps!! I am having one hell of a time keeping the LG on temp!! It either fluctuates to 98 and 102!!! The room temp is about 74 degrees and I put the fan in it! It is driving me crazy!! I am so worried!! I go into lock down on Sunday!! What advice do the veteran LG peeps have on getting this thing to regulate and what tips do you have for lockdown?? I just do not want to lose these eggs!!
