2019 may hatch a long!!!!!!

[Tbjenkins2007]

just a bit of advice... Those cartons that you have the eggs in are going to soak up a LOT of the humidity because they are like cardboard, so I would recommend using a PLASTIC, not cardboard egg carton...

I had an 80% hatch rate with my last hatch. I haven’t had any humidity issues. I watch my incubator like a hawk, and those come out during lockdown

 

[MagpieDucks]

I need Silkies.

 

[jas humbert]

@Rockporters- no new baby pictures until tomorrow. The last hatchling took forever to hatch and is still a little weak and sleepy but looking stronger than two hours ago. Buff naked neck- nice deep gold. I'm putting everybody to bed and not messing with them until morning.

Regarding splash. Yours might be? I have found they don't look splash so much when born-at least mine generally haven't. This is a chick of mine from a few years back- he was my first splash and I had no idea he was splash until he lost his baby fuzz. (yes he had a naked neck in the first picture-just all scrunched down). I was thinking some kind of partridge at the time? And he got splashier- more pronounced light and dark splotchy as time went by. But I've had some splashes since that were more grayish very early. You may have a few color surprises as they grow.

 

[Rockporters]

@jas humbert I hope all of your chicks are doing well this morning.

What a lovely NN! Wild color change! I have a blue 8 week old.

I’m sure you’re right, there will be color surprises for sure. The “maybe” splash is one of the chicks I plan to keep. I am looking forward to seeing how it turns out.

 

[LilyD]

Okay guys help me out here. Hatching Muscovy ducks and we are now currently on day 29. Not sure how it happened but while I was outside working on repairing fenceline the incubator got unplugged. When I plugged it back in it ready 78.5 humidity was still at right around 58% please tell me my chicks still have a chance. In 8 years of hatching eggs never had this happen.

 

[MagpieDucks]

Okay guys help me out here. Hatching Muscovy ducks and we are now currently on day 29. Not sure how it happened but while I was outside working on repairing fenceline the incubator got unplugged. When I plugged it back in it ready 78.5 humidity was still at right around 58% please tell me my chicks still have a chance. In 8 years of hatching eggs never had this happen.

What are trying to keep your humidity at? It should still only be around 40%.

 

[LilyD]

I was told with Muscovy to keep it around 45-50% until lock down then up to 68% for lock down until hatch. Have done that so far in hatches and have had great luck but never had my incubator turn off mid incubation

 

[LilyD]

We have had pretty much straight rain since I set the eggs with a day or two off here or there but humidity in the normal air is around 40-50% so hard to get it below that.

 

[MamaLiss]

Morning hatching friends! I handled some eggs today as the incubator was smelling a bit off. I think I found the culprit. Does this look like a quitter to you?
Same egg, 2 angles.

 

[LilyD]

Got the hatcher up and running last night reading 72% humidity currently and temp at 99.5 Day 32 starts at 6:30pm tonight so eggs will go into the hatcher when I get home from work around 7:30pm - 8pm. Excited to see them hatch. Candling tonight also. Fingers crossed hatching goes well.