Recent content by Born2teachuga

Well I came in this morning and the humidity was high to the point my hydrometer couldn't even read it. Must have happened overnight. Opened it up again and took out the wet paper towels and that brought it down to 74%. I just don't know what to do. I stink at hatching.

Ok so I'm already preparing myself in the event of a late delay but I'm having problems with keeping humidity in my Little Giant. I can get a good temp going but once I put in a very thin square burp cloth in the incubator for the chicks (That's what they said use. A piece of cloth or rough...

We set our eggs on the 20th of April around 9:30. I have been taking them home with me each weekend and making sure they get turned. The temp looks steady at 99.5 in our little giant still air and the humidity has stayed constant between 40-50%. I'm going out of town this weekend and can't find...

I don't know of anyone in my area that is doing a project like what I am doing. So unfortunately, project pairing isn't an option and I wouldn't even know where to begin to try and stage a hatching. The ones that were fresher...if I ask and the farmer says that the hens hadn't begin to lay on...

I stored half the eggs in an egg carton and the other half in a shoe box. I just don't know if they were stored at a cool enough temperature before I set them. I know the parent that sent them to me said that the older ones had been already sat on for about 2 weeks and the eggs that were the...

This is my second time hatching eggs in my classroom and I have yet to be successful. Today is Day 2 of the incubation process of hatching chickens. A parent brought me some eggs from a local farmer on Monday wrapped in a towel inside a cooler, but I had not set up my incubator yet so I took...