Originally Posted by Bradmac 
Later last night, my daughter's other grandmother gave her a bird egg she'd found. That meant I was to spend the next couple hours creating an incubator consisting of a styrofoam cooler lined with tinfoil, and a C9 Christmas light (I couldn't resist!) in the side wall of the cooler. She popped out of bed this morning to check on her egg, and to roll it to get warmth on all sides. She love it
hi every nice but really hard to do. we hand rear baby parrots from birth there is little advice hope you dont mind
the temp needs to be about 29 c during the whole time and the egg should be turned about every 2 hours to keep the inside from sticking to the shell and keep turning it the same way all the time. ie if you started turning it to the front of you keep dong it that way dont go front and then back again if you no what i mean
And humidity has to be round 50 this stops the egg from getting to dry. if your not using a brooder you can put water in a flat plate or use a damp cloth.
the egg shoud not be turned with your hand as the fine pores on the egg can get blocked we use a spoon
Later last night, my daughter's other grandmother gave her a bird egg she'd found. That meant I was to spend the next couple hours creating an incubator consisting of a styrofoam cooler lined with tinfoil, and a C9 Christmas light (I couldn't resist!) in the side wall of the cooler. She popped out of bed this morning to check on her egg, and to roll it to get warmth on all sides. She love it
hi every nice but really hard to do. we hand rear baby parrots from birth there is little advice hope you dont mind
the temp needs to be about 29 c during the whole time and the egg should be turned about every 2 hours to keep the inside from sticking to the shell and keep turning it the same way all the time. ie if you started turning it to the front of you keep dong it that way dont go front and then back again if you no what i mean
And humidity has to be round 50 this stops the egg from getting to dry. if your not using a brooder you can put water in a flat plate or use a damp cloth.
the egg shoud not be turned with your hand as the fine pores on the egg can get blocked we use a spoon
I hope everyone's monday is going by fast and is good...I remember when I use to have monday's off...I use to love those days because I could get groceries and shop and do alot of stuff without having to fight the crowds like I do now on the weekends. I may go back to having mondays off soon too... I use to have mondays and thursdays off.! that also makes the work week go by fast when your days off are split up...Have a good afternoon everyone!
