Setting eggs 6/11 and 7/4 - Join me! - Page 18

I hear peeping!

I'm still very quietly following along this thread and cheering y'all on :)   Last we checked we still had a few over 30 eggs that were developing right along.  This styrofoam incubator has given me a few panic attacks with temps shooting way up, but I'm crossing my fingers we caught it before it caused to much damage.  When I started this project, my girls (teenagers) were looking at me like I had lost my mind, but I'm pleased to report they are just as invested in these little eggs as I am now. 

Not to much longer to wait here... 

Happy Hatching y'all!

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Originally Posted by TAMMACLEAN 

Update.....Now there are 3!!! I still have 2 eggs in the incubator that are alive but being stubborn I guess. I keep checking on them. I'm hopeful that they will hatch today.

Adorable!

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Originally Posted by ReneB 

I'm still very quietly following along this thread and cheering y'all on :)   Last we checked we still had a few over 30 eggs that were developing right along.  This styrofoam incubator has given me a few panic attacks with temps shooting way up, but I'm crossing my fingers we caught it before it caused to much damage.  When I started this project, my girls (teenagers) were looking at me like I had lost my mind, but I'm pleased to report they are just as invested in these little eggs as I am now. 

 

Not to much longer to wait here... 

Happy Hatching y'all!

I am having issues with my styrofoam incubator too. Temps are fluctuating between 95-104. Think I am going to make a home made bator for next year.

I woke up to lots of Peeping  So far I see 9 chicks.... I will try to get picture later. I dont want to open the incubator until I have to...

Good luck everyone

The three due to hatch on the 4th are looking good. I just got a shipment of eggs, and should get another tomorrow.  I don't have a hatcher, so we'll have to divide off and temporarily raise the humidity some. I'll probably put a humidifier in this room, since we have circulated air in the incubator, making raising humidity a pain in the rump.

The three due to hatch are silkies and a possible showgirl from Cjexotics.  The shipment today was heavy on d'uccles, some cochins (maybe frizzles), a couple rapanui, and some barnyard mixes of OED, Japanese, and the other listed breeds.  The shipment I'm expecting tomorrow should also be heavy on d'uccles, and will have some serama, silkie, cochin/frizzles, and seabrights.

On a bright note, the post office actually called me to come pick up the eggs! Yay!  The man at the counter was pretty cute.  He said they had a shipment of chicks today, too, so they put the chicks and eggs next to each other. They figured the chicks could talk to the babies in the eggs. Then he carded me and said "Can't just send babies off with anyone." :)
 

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Originally Posted by LakeBird 

I am having issues with my styrofoam incubator too. Temps are fluctuating between 95-104. Think I am going to make a home made bator for next year.

Do you have a fan in the incubator? The fan brings some problems of its own, but it helped stabilize temperatures for us.

I have a chick!