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50% hatch rate on my first hatch. Not too shabby. 48-50% humidity for 18 days then 65-70% for lockdown. Lovin these babies!!!!

Good to know. Thanks.

Also the temp during lockdown should stay consistant with temp during incubation correct? Forced air Hovabator. I got my humidity down pat where I would like. Thank you!!!

Going into lockdown tonight with silkie eggs. First hatch for me. Can I get a consensus on who hatches upright in modified egg carton and who lets them hatch on side and your reasoning? These have been in a turner throughout whole incubation. Thank you!

I hear ya! I have a few under my pullets as well and Hubby keeps saying... She's not freaking out about the hygrometer!!!!

Ok makes sense! They have been in egg turner so will probably do an egg carton. My humidity has been stable from 43-50% tops. I am happy with that. Air cells actually look rather large after candlind last night compared to the 'charts' you find online. I am excited! But will try try again if i...

And do you hatch in modified styrofoam egg cartons? Or on side? Just curious!

Pent, can you tell me when exactly you pull the vent plug? The chicks have to dry out right. My plan was to bring humidity up with vent plug open. Hmmmmm. :/

Hi! I have two due to hatch Friday!!! (out of 4... not too bad!) Finally figured out the humidity. Basically... DO NOT FOLLOW INSTRUCTIONS THAT COME WITH HOVABATOR! LoL! I filled the 3 middle troughs and it worked beautifully! Now to get humidity just right for lockdown! Wish me luck! ;)

Hi all! I have a new Hovabator 1583 with egg turner. I am having a terrible time keeping the humidity stable! I have placed a digital hygrometer (temp and humidity) which I calibrated before putting in. The temp is staying completely stable at 100 degrees. I live in Florida where humidity is...

My vet seemed to think an injury that is trying to heal itself. She said that unfortunately the beak will most likely split but there us not much she can do as acrylic patches do not hold well on these kind of beaks :(. The malalignment may be from the way we are holding her.

My 7 month old Silkie has a hole in the bottom of beak. Eating, drinking, acting healthy! Looks great. Any ideas as to where this came from?

I sure hope so!

Very protective of the others, trying to play rough and 'strut stuff', I sent pics to it's breeder. She is unsure just from the pics and she hasn't seen him/her in 3 months. It is also much bigger than the others. I understand this doesn't mean 'she' is a 'he' lol. I am actually going to run...