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Post by d12chandler on Feb 7, 2011 16:53:24 GMT -5
Got my bator ready and pluged up. If all goes good, I'll get my eggs in Tuesday or Wed. I moved that thing 968 miles, pluged it up and it went to 99 deg and clicked off. Must be living right.
I guess we are in for another winter blast, Wed morning 2 deg and 30 mph wind, up to 10 in of show.
Don
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Post by bamachicken on Feb 7, 2011 18:27:13 GMT -5
Yuk, and it has been raining all day again here. My chickens are tired of muddy pens and just small dry areas. I don't envy you and your snow.
I plugged in my old Hovabator after a year and yes right to 100 on the dot. Put three eggs in for hatching. I don't think I am going to load the bator this week. I have only been getting 5to 8 eggs out of the last few doz I have set. Think I will wait a week or so. and start again. Maybe. ;D
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Post by korfuskluckers on Feb 7, 2011 18:45:00 GMT -5
That reminds me I should plug mine in to. My LG's are working good but had to play with the thermostat.
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Post by cowboygourmet on Feb 7, 2011 19:09:03 GMT -5
That reminds me I should plug mine in to. My LG's are working good but had to play with the thermostat. what kind of bator are you using? I have two older sportsmans (GQF) and they are good but sometimes I would like to have a smaller one for small batches. |
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Post by lildinkem on Feb 7, 2011 19:57:54 GMT -5
I had one bator I never unplugged, then Harry sent me 30 eggs and I started up another of these foam bators and it went to 99. Day four for Harry's eggs. All is looking good. I did get one outta 2 to hatch last Monday. That little guy was bitching when a free ranging White pulled the plug on the LiL guys lite. I could hear him from outside. So he is back now fully lit and happy. I should have a few more of his buddies coming out in a day or so. Most likely on the 10th. Then he can be a big shot in his brooder box. lol
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Post by d12chandler on Feb 7, 2011 20:45:15 GMT -5
I have a sportsman also. I guess it's 25 years old, I bought it new and it has never had a major breakdown. I have had to replace the wafers a time or two.
Don
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Post by korfuskluckers on Feb 7, 2011 21:09:32 GMT -5
That reminds me I should plug mine in to. My LG's are working good but had to play with the thermostat. what kind of bator are you using? I have two older sportsmans (GQF) and they are good but sometimes I would like to have a smaller one for small batches. I use the LG or better known as Little Giants and the Hova bator as hatchers. I have a brinsea Octogon 40, and an ova easy 190. I also have sportsman I use. I hate hatching in the cabinets, just gets to messy. The small ones are easy to clean and most of the batches I hatch, I space out so I hatch no more than 100 at a time. |
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Post by lildinkem on Feb 7, 2011 21:18:42 GMT -5
Someday when I think of being more professional I will invest in a fancy cab bator. For now it is my 4 foam bators. I know I will have to make that jump here real soon now that I have 4 standard varieties and who knows what else I am up to. Alot of hatching. For sure next fall I am taking a break from hatching. I HOPE!
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Post by korfuskluckers on Feb 7, 2011 21:27:32 GMT -5
Bill, look at craigslist you can find used Sportmans for a fair price.
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Post by cowboygourmet on Feb 8, 2011 2:40:14 GMT -5
what kind of bator are you using? I have two older sportsmans (GQF) and they are good but sometimes I would like to have a smaller one for small batches. I use the LG or better known as Little Giants and the Hova bator as hatchers. I have a brinsea Octogon 40, and an ova easy 190. I also have sportsman I use. I hate hatching in the cabinets, just gets to messy. The small ones are easy to clean and most of the batches I hatch, I space out so I hatch no more than 100 at a time. Any particular model of the LG or are they all the same? I am not familiar with the LG |
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Post by d12chandler on Feb 8, 2011 13:49:10 GMT -5
I think they are all the same. You can add the fan and that makes it work so much better. I used those Little Giants for several years with great hatches. Like Bill, I just got to needing a bigger unit that done it better. Christina, I place a cardboard in the bottom, to catch all the shell and droppings.
Don
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Post by pinegrov on Feb 17, 2011 21:45:01 GMT -5
I just took 38 chicks out of the hatcher tonight, mostly orps. We are up to nearly 70 chicks so far. This is as good as I have ever done this early, especially as we had 25 below zero when I was bringing these eggs up to the house. I hope everyone else is having good luck.
Vern
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Post by lildinkem on Feb 18, 2011 0:13:51 GMT -5
Okay I definitely need a bigger bator. I had collected about 6 or 7 eggs 3 days ago under my staircase in the basement. I have been meaning to clear out a juvie pen for these 7 pullets and one hen with two 9 1/2 month old cockerels. Now I know they were mad at me. They had tore up an old comforter which was on a folding table in the basement and laid there. On the table. For three days. I wondered where their new place was. Duh!! Right infront of me. Look at how many they laid in 3 days. And one more had rolled off onto the floor. lololol I guess I do not have a vigor problem.  |
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