INCUBATING w/FRIENDS! w/Sally Sunshine Shipped Eggs No problem!

[watsongang]

Do you know the brand? Im using a hovabator genises and i just hatched 11/12. One died after hatch. So you might want to look into getting one of those.

its a little giant

 

[Akrnaf2]

You should reduce the temp to 37-37.2 C in hatching the humi. Is correct.

You are talking just about lockdown temps, right?  The first 18 days should be 37.7 to 38.3 C?

Ofcorse! only lockdown ! incubating is at 37.7C optimum!

 

[watsongang]

I am still having trouble in my styro bators.  Things got a little better with heat sinks.....I filled small/flat mason jars with warm water and put them in.  That helped keep my temps a little more stable.  I have seen people that wrap the incubators in blankets or clothes - making sure you leave the vent holes clear.  If you go to the first page of this thread and click on the links for helpful notes in Hatching 101 - look for the section that talks about what went wrong...

Good luck!!!

thanks

 

[lozerface79]

its a little giant

I dont have any experience with a little giant.. sorry. You might want to ask around and see if you cant buy a better one. If you have the money ive heard amazing things about the brinsea brand

 

[watsongang]

Welcom
Is it a DIY bator?What are you using to heat the eggs?

it's a little giant incubator from tractor supply. It's a still air incubator, but I added the egg Turner the 2nd time, but it didn't seem to help any.

 

[flocktastic]

Ofcorse! only lockdown ! incubating is at 37.7C optimum!

Ok wait lol do I need to change the temp right now?! Sorry I'm confused...its 99.8 right now

Also, how long do you leave chicks in the bator after they hatch? I know some say until dry but others do differently??

 

[BantyChooks]

***Warning- Gross pics***




Okay, did the eggtopsy.... It was dead, thankfully, no life. (I didn't kill it! Yay!) It was malpositioned. Pics are in backwards chronological order, (so start at the end, sorry!) nd I tried to keep large end up while the chick was in the shell, for clarity. It was perfect, intestines internalized and yolk almost fully absorbed but it had tucked its head between its legs, instead of under the wing!

 

[Akrnaf2]

You should reduce the temp to 37-37.2 C in hatching the humi. Is correct.

Really? I ran 100-101 F when i was doing this hatch. Just wondering, why is that the most ideal temp?

only in lockdown !

 

[watsongang]

GUYS I HAVE AN EGGCITING NEWS!!!!
The art teacher here in town wants to give me eggs to hatch. He says he wants to start doing that for people in town, giving them eggs. Nothing is final yet but im really excited for next month. Maybe we might hatch some nice breeds!!

that sounds awesome! Very nice of him

 

[lozerface79]

http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B001O...nesis+1588&dpPl=1&dpID=31UBFCA6wCL&ref=plSrch
Not sure if yours is better or not, but here is the kind i have if youre interested.

thank you