First Time Incubating​
I chose to buy a LG still air as my first incubator. We got 4 white and 4 black silkie eggs from my sisters 4-H advisor and 16 buff, partridge mix silkies from Ky Chicken Fan. Here is my journal.
3/15
11:00 Pm Put the eggs in
3/16
2:38 Pm 99 degrees 55% humidity, turned to 0
8:51 Pm 99 degrees 56% humidity, turned to x, switched eggs to cartons
3/17
3:09 Am 99 degrees 54% humidity turned to 0, carton method-much easier
1:50 Pm 99 degrees 56% humidity, turned to x
9:11 Pm 100 degrees 58% humidity, turned to 0
3/18
6:36 Am 99 degrees 58% humidity turned to x
2:14 Pm 99 degrees 59% humidity, turned to 0, took out 1 plug to lower humidity some
9:26 Pm 102 degrees 51% humidity, turned to x, Candled 2, W1 nothing yet, S16 dot w/veining
3/19
3:28 Am 100 degrees 50% humidity, turned to 0
2:06 Pm 100 degrees 43% humidity, turned to x
11:03 Pm 100 degrees 44% humidity, turned to 0, candled 9, S1, S2 and W2-4 nothing, B1-4 dot w/veining
3/20
3:50 Am 100 degrees 43% humidity, turned to x
2:24 Pm 101 degrees 43% humidity, turned to 0
9:10 Pm 101 degrees 43% humidity, turned to x
3/21
2:40 Am 101 degrees 43% humidity, turned to 0
12:35 Pm 101 degrees 42% humidity, turned to x
6:30 Pm 101 degrees 43% humidity, turned to 0
3/22
1:24 Am 101 degrees 43% humidity, turned to x
3:04 Pm 101 degrees 41% humidity, turned tp 0
9:23 Pm 101 degrees 41% humidity, turned to x
3/23
3:57 Am 100 degrees 41% humidity, turned to 0
4:34 Pm 101 degrees 42% humidity, turned to x
9:20 Pm 100 degrees 53% humidity, turned to 0, Candled S11-16 Yes
3/24
3:17 Am 100 degrees 43% humidity, turned to x
3:17 Pm 101 degrees 42% humidity, turned to 0
9:23 Pm 101 degrees 39% humidity, turned to x, candled S5,6,8 & 9 Yes S10 Yes but w/less growth S7 No
3/25
5:29 Am 100 degrees 41% humidity, turned to 0
3:14 Pm 100 degrees 46% humidity, turned to x
9:15 Pm 100 degrees 46% humidity, turned to 0, Candled S3 &4 Yes but w/less growth B1-4 Yes
3/26
4:06 Am 100 degrees 44% humidity, turned to x
4:27 Pm 101 degrees 44% humidity, turned to 0
10:07 Pm 101 degrees 45% humidity, turned to x, Candled S1 & W4 Yes, S2 & W1-3 No
3/27
4:05 Am 100 degrees 45% humidity, turned to 0
3:42 Pm 101 degrees 43% humidity, turned to x
10:00 Pm 101 degrees 45% humidity, turned to 0
3/28
7:09 Am 101 degrees 44% humidty, turned to x
2:24 Pm 101 degrees 44% humidity, turned to 0
11:04 Pm 101 degrees 44% humidty, turned to x
3/29
6:10 Am 101 degrees 44% humidity, turned to 0
4:19 Pm 101 degrees 43% humidity, turned to x
10:02 Pm 100 degrees 45% humidity, turned to 0
3/30
4:02 Am 101 degrees 44% humidty, turned to x
4:16 Pm 101 degrees 44% humidity, turned to 0
9:50 Pm 101 degrees 45% humidty, turned to x, candled s10 blood ring, S16,9,3,4, B1 and W4 yes
3/31
6:36 Am 101 degrees 44% humidity, turned to 0
4:27 Pm 102 degrees 44% humidty, turned to x
10:51 Pm 101 degrees 48% humidity, turned to 0
4/1
7:58 Am 101 degrees 45% humidty, turned to x
3:35 Pm 102 degrees 46% humidity, turned to 0
10:31 Pm 102 degrees 47% humidity, turned to x
4/2
5:52 Am 101 degrees 45% humidity, turned to 0
4:06 Pm 102 degrees 45% humidty, turned to x
10:22 Pm 101 degrees 48% humidity, turned to 0, Candled all; S2 and 7, and W1-3 infertile removed from bator,S10 Blood Ring removed from bator, S12 Quiter left it in the bator.
4/4
Approx. 4:30 Pm S4 hatched​
4/5
Sometime in the AM 5 hatched
4/6
Sometime in the AM 1 hatched
4/7
Candled, the other 10 embryos died​