APRIL Hatch-A-Long 2015: PLEASE READ FIRST POST

[Kendrain]

Make that 3 pips and one zip now.

 

[NobleFarming]

Why must my incubator go on the fritz lockdown time..... WHY?!?!?!?

 

[HerbGir1972]

4/12 Sebastopol

 

[Wrightsx4]

Day 18. I've removed two eggs this week, one was a no-start, one looked like it quit around day 7. So I have 8 remaining going into lockdown tonight. I can't wait to see these little ones! They're hatch date is Thurs - my daughter's 13th bday. She's pretty excited to see what her silkie/cuckoo marans chicks look like.

 

[LBKS]

102 will not cook them, their moms body heat is higher than that, worry if it gets to 105-107, your should be fine. how long they spend at the higher temps may make a difference on development if a critical protein is denatured.

I thought the kill point lowered to 102 in forced air incubators? Is that not the case?

 

[Lucky Lemon]

Make that 3 pips and one zip now.

Day 20 here also! I'm so excited!

 

[mollybuck]

today is hatch day, but ALL 17 eggs that went into lockdown hatched last night!!

we set 28 eggs on the 7th, (or.. the afternoon of the 6th) 2 quit (1 of those got dropped while candling, just enough to crack the shell... ) the rest werent fertile!

I would say that the cooler bator my hubby made me is a huge success!!!

good luck to all who have pipping and zipping!!

 

[Puddin Fluff]

Candled this weekend and took out two eggs. My broody has 9 eggs to handle.

Two more weeks.

 

[paris_r]

I thought the kill point lowered to 102 in forced air incubators? Is that not the case?

time at temps is also a factor-so you couldnt incubate them successfully at that temp, but *according to my thermometer* in my lg table top i got spikes in the 105-111 range a few times, now the 111 was what it was when i got home but not when i left 5 hours before, that killed more than half my then developing bantam eggs-late development stage, but not all. in the cases of 105 spikes i still had 'plenty' survive. by plenty i mean it happened multiple times and i didnt keep track. i gave it all up about a month ago and bought a sportsman. i lent the table top to my friends who have a stable house temp and they got a spike up to 103-104 once that i know of and they hatched 11 out of 16.

 

[paris_r]

i woke up today to little islands of fluff in seas of eggs....