Back-Up Power for your Incubator
As we enter the stormy season, you can buy yourself a little peace of mind in the event of a power outage.
I plug the battery back-up into the wall and plug my devices into it. It charges while supplying power to my devices and then, during a power outage, my devices draw power from it. It won’t cover me for a long outage, but it will cover the gap between losing power and getting the generator going.
I started with a less expensive battery back-up, but it wasn’t enough as I frequently have three Brinsea cabinets, a Brinsea 56, a Brinsea 28, three Hovabator hatchers and three humidity pumps going. So I got a more powerful battery back-up, and now I have all the incubators hooked up to the big guy and the peripherals hooked up to the smaller one.
For most home hatchers, the little — and less expensive battery back-up — will suffice, and right now it is 17% off at Amazon
One of the features I appreciate in the big one, is an audible beep that sounds when it is running off battery; this has saved my eggs when the breaker has flipped or the plugger has been jostled.
All my best tips for hatching healthy chicks with loads of pictures and videos.
One of my seasonal chores is a comprehensive flock check — I go out and catch and pick up each and every one of my 100+ birds. I check them for bugs, make sure that no-one feels underweight, ensure their leg bands fit properly, take their pictures, and decide which of the grow-outs I will keep and which I will share.
Watch from pip to zip. 8 seconds time-lapse.
As we enter the stormy season, you can buy yourself a little peace of mind in the event of a power outage.
Squee! Your pullet laid her first egg and it is so pretty and cute and you want more. You want to hatch this precious little egg. But don’t.
We are expecting epic heat wave this week and so many of the things we are doing to help our flocks weather this are untested. Nevertheless, this is what we are doing to prepare:
One thousand, three hundred, and fifty-six chicks later, and I still get excited when they hatch. Live-stream hatching link in the post.