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Oh yeah, pack some sparkling cider, some nice bread and cheese... some yummy fruit. Now, if you can arrange this trip without kids, you've got it made!

My hubby is definitely NOT, so VERY NOT invested in this chicken thing. But, he'd jump at the chance to spend a Saturday driving to get chicks, plants, trees, lumber, or anything else instead of staying home to do "honey do" projects.

Don't even spend any money on a hygrometer until you've calibrated the one you have. Do a thread search on Salt test, or find it in "hatching 101" in the learning center. If you read the entirety of that section, you'll be an incubation expert... well, maybe not, but well on your way! I give...

My second and final hatch of the year is over. This was the best hatch ever. Set 26. Eliminated one clear, one mid term quitter, one stinker. 23 to lock down. Moved 4 to spend the night with my broody. One hatched under her, one was stripped of shell, but left in an intact leathery...

I think the pipping on the wrong end is mostly due to the size of the chick in comparison to the egg. When I did my vitamin experiment, my hatch rate was down, with a lot of malpositioned chicks. I surmise that it was b/c the chicks were too big to turn to get into good pip position. I did...

That would keep the egglets from rolling around, but would there be any issues with air circulation in your bator using that?

That would surely end my winning streak. Never bought one, never intend to. IMO, it's a voluntarily tax, most often paid by the people who can least afford it. (I count myself in that category) But, I've won a couple of scratch tickets found on the ground, and one given to me. OK, I'll get...

It was a good night: Current hatch numbers: Set 26 eggs. Eliminated one clear, one mid term quitter, and one stinker. 23 to lock down. One was the membrane chick. I worked on that one a bit last night, but the inner membrane, while intact had red blood vessels. So, I wrapped it in a wet...

All my girls are covered by an EE roo. Jack takes his job seriously! I boosted the humidity with an other sponge, and they started popping out like popcorn. So far, there are 4 under the HP, and 7 more waiting to be pulled. There are a couple of mal-positioned babies that will have to be...

http://joyreactor.com/post/522131 5 babies stumbling around in the incubator now. 7 more pips plus the membrane baby. I think I started lock down with 23. 4 of those went out to the broody, and came back in this morning when she went AWOL. The one that hatched under her is my long...

And, I would be saying... whaddya mean you want some tylenol??? Do your lamaze breathing. That's all you need. Are you talking about the gun, or perhaps something else??? Definitely Princess bride. any body want a peanut?

My broody has been fired. I went out to check. she was off the nest, taking a leisurely snack. Evidently, she's in love with the idea of sitting on the nest, but not so keen on parenthood. I can relate! They're so much easier to take care of before they hatch. Her one hatchling was laying...

First inside baby out of the shell. Has white wing tips. About 6 more visible pips. I think one of broody eggs has also hatched. I'm tempted to slip a few more under her, but hesitate to disturb them this close to hatch. Time to go do some gardening. Moving slow today. Got food poisoning...

Let the fun and games begin. My bator is chirping. I've kept it dry from day 14 until now. Just added water to the 2 shallow dishes in the bottom, have a sponge and 2 dry wall screws at the ready to screw the sponge to the wall over yet an other ventilation hole! This time, I'm prepared with...

Day 19. Still running dry as my air cells are too small. I have 23 live chicklets. I think I've eliminated one clear, one mid term death, and one stinker. And I actually set one last egg a day after the others, because it was so pretty. Put a milk carton baffle in the far corner last night...

No. With chicken eggs, in theory, they don't need to be turned after day 14. I believe duck eggs are more tolerant of the humidity issues that would be more problematic in a staggered hatch. If you had a second incubator handy, and could candle the eggs well (I don't know how easy it is to...

You all know how I love an experiment!!! Bring it on!

My goal has been 30%. I'll tell you about the last hatch first: I think my last hatch (66%) was partially due to eggs being too wet, and temp fluctuation in the bator between high and low temp spots. I did rotate the eggs around to help accommodate for that. There was also a huge discrepancy...

Egglets slowly but surely moving forward toward lock down. Eggs are filling nicely, but air cells are way too small. Next time, I'll be sure to go back to using a sponge instead of putting water in a container. So much easier to control humidity with a sponge. I'm thinking of taking all eggs...

Are your lamps double secured, so that if one attachment fails, they still won't fall. IMO, you only need one lamp for your brood of chicks. Ditto PP regarding putting a cover over the boxes. Also, leave the lamp running for an hour or so, and then check to be sure that there's not enough...