Set eggs February 12th! Hatch a long with me!

[NYRIR]

I'm with you about the weather down in Virginia--WAY TOO HOT and HUMID for me. There ae some beautiful places in Virginia, but I just can't stand the weather! I lived there for 12 years befoe heading back up north...

I think if you are raised there, you are used to it....but if you come from New England, like I did....it's just too hot with the humidity. If it were drier it wouldn't be bad.
Good place to visit for me, but not to live!


Eggs are lookin' good so far....lockdown for me isn't until Sunday. Seems to be taking FOREVER!

 

[Baggagolers]

Day 19 and I see a egg moving already. I have three different thermometers in the incubator, and three different temp readings.

 

[speckledhen]

What you need is one good incubator thermometer, not a household thermometer, especially if you plan to hatch on a semi-regular basis. Then, you avoid all that stressing over differing temps on different thermometers.

Spot-Check (also sometimes labeled as Egg-Temp) is super reliable, extremely accurate and made specifically for incubating. That and a calibrated hygrometer are all you need.

 

[Squawkbox]

Mine are day 18, i'm going to put them in lockdown soon. I see some eggs rocking around!

 

[NYRIR]

Mine are day 18, i'm going to put them in lockdown soon. I see some eggs rocking around!

Soon enough you'll have peeps! We want pics!

Is anyone else as far behind as me?? Mine aren't due to hatch until the 6th....

 

[BuffyGRL]

Mine are due the 7th.

But I have been hatching a few every weekend for the last few weekends

 

[Baggagolers]

What you need is one good incubator thermometer, not a household thermometer, especially if you plan to hatch on a semi-regular basis. Then, you avoid all that stressing over differing temps on different thermometers.

Spot-Check (also sometimes labeled as Egg-Temp) is super reliable, extremely accurate and made specifically for incubating. That and a calibrated hygrometer are all you need.

Thanks I'll have to look into the Spot-check. I have been using an acu-rite and the regular thermometer that came with the incubator. They have been running very close to the same reading, and then yesterday after lock down the acu-rite dropped way down. That was after I added some warm wet sponges, so I thought that was why it dropped. I wasn't sure which one was reading right so I put in the one I use for meat on the grill. I just stuck the probe into the incubator, and that one is running close to the mercury one that came with the incubator.

 

[NYRIR]

Mine are due the 7th.

But I have been hatching a few every weekend for the last few weekends

Lol...so what breed are you hatching?

 

[Squawkbox]

I just locked 'em down! All 10 eggs are going completely nuts in there, they are all rocking like crazy!

 

[NYRIR]

I just locked 'em down! All 10 eggs are going completely nuts in there, they are all rocking like crazy!

Ummm...I think you'll have chicks by tomorrow or the next day maybe!