good morning,, I checked in on the incubating thread,, I am sufficiently riled, now, so I un-subscribed.. the Bull Sh advice is starting to fly . the clincher for me was somebody saying to not put the plugs in at lockdown because that would suffocate the chicks..
It has been a few years since I used a styro bator,, I am going to fire one up just to reconfirm my beliefs in them.. I have read so much Bull S that I am beginning to have doubts in myself..
there is nothing wrong with the styro baters.. I have said this numerous times..
rule #1, throw the mfgrs instructions away..
rule $2 set the temperature before you set the eggs.. and make sure the bator is DRY when setting the initial temp.. and with the plugs OUT..
If you cannot get a stable temp or humidity,, TAPE the seams.... that is what God invented duct tape for in the first place..
Mel, a drop in temp is better than a rise.. You do not want to go over 100*F ..
and 97*F won't hurt a thing..
we had a power outage here last night.. IDK what happened.. usually it is a blown transformer somewhere down the line.. one other time it was a car that snapped a pole off..
I have to go and take the tires off the old Blazer.. I am going to junk it out.. but I just bought new tires for it..
........jiminwisc..........
It has been a few years since I used a styro bator,, I am going to fire one up just to reconfirm my beliefs in them.. I have read so much Bull S that I am beginning to have doubts in myself..
there is nothing wrong with the styro baters.. I have said this numerous times..
rule #1, throw the mfgrs instructions away..
rule $2 set the temperature before you set the eggs.. and make sure the bator is DRY when setting the initial temp.. and with the plugs OUT..
If you cannot get a stable temp or humidity,, TAPE the seams.... that is what God invented duct tape for in the first place..
Mel, a drop in temp is better than a rise.. You do not want to go over 100*F ..
and 97*F won't hurt a thing..
we had a power outage here last night.. IDK what happened.. usually it is a blown transformer somewhere down the line.. one other time it was a car that snapped a pole off..
I have to go and take the tires off the old Blazer.. I am going to junk it out.. but I just bought new tires for it..
........jiminwisc..........