fuzzi's May (First Time With Shipped Eggs) Hatch-a-Long Thread, all are Welcome!

[fuzzi]

At 5:45am humidity was 37%, with the vent fully open (it's been halfway).


I didn't want to add more water until I could monitor it. I'll do that tonight when I get home.

 

[Silkiebegins]

My eggs are in lock down today!

 

[fuzzi]

Got home after 5pm, humidity was 34%. I added a little water, a couple tablespoons. When I checked after 6pm it had only gone up to 37%. So I filled the water bottle (1/4 cup?) and added it. Humidity has shot up to 60%, vent wide open as per instructions.


Meanwhile, back in the coop...Tamar was still on the eggs when I got home, but she'd wriggled her way down through the straw to a feed bag near the bottom of the wheelbarrow. It was slick, and I didn't think it was the best footing if she managed to hatch out chicks.

I removed her ("Oh! The Nerve!"), the eggs, the bag, and placed a piece of soft plastic mesh fencing near the bottom. I then rebuilt her nest with straw, placed the eggs in the middle, and then put her on top.

Rahab is still on two faux eggs.

 

[fuzzi]

Incubator was still at 60% almost 12 hours later.

The bottle holds 1/4 cup of fluid.

 

[1muttsfan]

Here are the Mamas and the Papas

 

[Silkiebegins]

Here are the Mamas and the Papas

Lovely birds.

 

[fuzzi]

I just found the real bottle that I was supposed to fill with water and insert into the incubator, and it probably holds a cup!

Humidity is holding at 60%.

Day 21 is tomorrow FRIDAY, technically at night.

 

[Silkiebegins]

I just found the real bottle that I was supposed to fill with water and insert into the incubator, and it probably holds a cup!

Humidity is holding at 60%.

Day 21 is tomorrow, technically at night.

Almost time to hatch!

 

[fuzzi]

Almost time to hatch!

 

[Silkiebegins]

What everyone feels like the day before they're supposed to hatch.