Who else is setting... I wanna see pics!

[Paganbird]

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LOL!!! No...not IN... ON! On top of the crates.

(You'd have broken eggs for sure if the bricks were in the nests!)
We actually used something like that in the beginning. We used 3 crates, tied together side-by-side, with a piece of OSB board on top. The OSB board had bricks on top of it to add weight to the crates and keep them in place.

ETA: corrected grammatical error

 

[2txmedics]

ok ok pagan....I meant when the crates were open end up...they would tip the over, have since put them on there sides...but they turn them over also...dahhh...silly bird you are...but we needed a good laugh as we sit, wait and watch our eggs in the bators.....

at least Im not as chicken dumb as I was when I was a NEW EGG with one post....

 

[Sissy]

Im still waiting and watching, set my silkies eggs
in the bator on the 21st. First time with silkies .so im expecting a hatch on Sept.12 or maybe the 11th.
LoL they may get anxious to meet me.

I hope I get lucky.

My cochin hens dont want anything to do with milk crates so
Iuse buckets from cat litter hooked on to the wall easy on and off for cleaning. onl;y 3 inches off the floor the buckets have a lip on it that keeps the eggs from rolling out. and the shavings stays in.

 

[Paganbird]

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Good Luck!
I hope they hatch... I love pics of silkie chicks!

 

[Sissy]

I have pic of my cochins and hope to get the silkies buttttt
have them in my cell so I will transfer them to here.
dont know how to use my camera duh. but Iam trying,, Lol

 

[Emilys3guppies]

I love silkies! Can't wait to see your babies!

Still holding strong here too.

Bator holding temp and humidity steady. Woot.

 

[Paganbird]

I was given a candler with my new incubator. I thought about trying it out tonight - to make sure it works.
The pea eggs are on day 5. Duck, guines, and chicken eggs are on day 4.
I saw veining in 2 of the pea eggs, one of the guinea eggs, one duck egg, and about 6 of the chicken eggs!!
Hooray!
I guess my candler works.
I'll candle "for real" on day 9 (10 for the peas) and give a definitive report. I didn't even mark the fertile ones...it's too early for me to make judgements.

 

[2txmedics]

wooo, lucky you ...a candler!!! wow....well I left the house today for dr. appts...my LG has been doing great holding its temps/humidity just right...I leave and am gone...left at 930am...check bator...99.6 40%....came home at 230pm and it was 98.8 40%

You think this hurt my eggs???? I adjusted the a/c in the room...and back at 99.5-100.2

 

[Kiwi Chicky]

Hello to all Hatching!!

I am currently waiting for my bator to hold temp so I can set my first ever hatch!!
I'm so excited!!!!

I brought my hovabator from KagedGoddess from BYC - she sent it to NZ for me.
And I got the transformer to drop the voltage today.

Even hubby is getting excited, he keeps checking to see if its up to temp.
Setting tomorrow morning 27/8/09 so will be due to hatch 16/8/09

will be setting eggs from my barred rock and EE, nice green ones

Will be the first hatch of my season, - we're just coming into spring

my Lambies arrived yesterday!

 

[farrier!]

2txmedics Your eggs will be fine...

After hatching through two power outages I realized a short timed problem is no problem..

Kiwi Chicky Cute!!!!!! Do you teach them to lead with the harness?

I love to candle but am using just a flashlight. Paganbird what kind is your candler? I keep thinking bout getting one but don't want to spend money on one and have it not much better then my flashlight....

I spent yesterday trying to find the old electric fencer...

No luck yet...the new one died and I have horses getting out. I still have a corner of the garage to look in. (stuff was literally dumped when we moved, poor help)

I also need to make a new brooder for the quail and chukers that are due now and get a frame made and the other quail outside!!! Also have 2 shoeing clients to squeeze in, one 1 1/2 hours away...I need more energy and more daylight!