My leghorns are in lockdown. I also have a couple silkie eggs, few hona eggs and a EE and a couple cross eggs. I guess I should be making some new brooder accommodations. I hate to use those 250 watt red lamps. I have three brinsea ecobrooders but all in use.
Going to get busy busy busy soon.,...
You can do dry hatch method where you let the ambient air be the humidity for the incubator. I tried this once in dry winter CNY and my hatch didn't do well. But, that doesn't mean it won't work for you in Ca and lots of NYC members have great luck with that! Many suggest changes of 5% at a...
Wow- What a range!
Speaking about ranges...The Barbezieux that I set on Feb. 27th are hatching....It's like day 24. This is the weirdest thing...granted they did travel 2000 miles to get to me & my humidity pump crapped the bed on Friday leaving me with humidity at 30% here and there. I did...
I don't have an answer for that. I leave mine in 2-3 days longer but they never hatched anyhow
Well, the humidity pump crapped out on me last night. Time for a new water plastic tubes. I hope it didn't ruin my barbezieux eggs...I just need one rooster and today was day 21 and no action. I...
Oh- Next crew is due Saturday. Shipped eggs from Washington -barbezieux...which I reall really need to hatch a roo. A couple of my hona eggs and some mystery ones. 12 together.
I wound up with 6 speckled sussex from the last crew. I left the eggs in there anyhow because they were due...
I hope this is the charm too!!!
... How did they look at the final candle before lockdown? I had a terrible time with duck eggs but they were also shipped from Ca. to NY So, there was not a whole lot going for them.
Congrats on your hatch! That is great.
I have good luck with my...
Not a bit. My Honas are strong hatchers for me. The Swedish is my first that I incubated. Def will be doing more. So cute!
Busy week...more to come! I had a busy day wrapping hatching eggs to get out in the mail. Tomorrow my Greenfire shipment of isbars and Queen Silvia come in. Always expect...