Recent content by johnj16

Hello all, First of all, I have not found a better forum than this one for getting useful answers to my many questions. Thanks to you all. I have had several successful peeper hatches from my incubator and am ready to tackle a new adventure........Pheasants. My problem is I don't know...

I have been turning it on as it gets dark outside

Hello y'all, I am betting that my questions have been answered on this forum in the past, but out of laziness I post it again in hopes of getting some opinions. I have a 2 leghorn (2 yrs old), 4 RIR (3 of them 1 1/2 year old and one 8 months old), and 2 Buff O's and 2 Jersey Giants (all 8...

I am glad that I found this post. I just hatched out 8 RIR chicks this week. All are doing good, with the exception of one little feller. He has this same thing, other than the color of his leg seems fine. He hobbles around, but is able to eat and drink okay. So if the color of the injured...

Well I guess I got worked up over nothing (as usual)... Anyway, as of this afternoon I have 6 new Rhode Island Reds hatched and at least two more with pretty solid pips. I was able to video one of them hatch. I am working on putting it in youtube and if successful i will put the link on a...

****UPDATE**** ONE JUST HATCHED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I have a gorgeous little Rhode Island Red!! We are so excited. I hope the rest continue to progress. Awesome, simply awesome. I am not as mad at my little one anymore. The little girls were able to watch it hatch. What a great family...

I am so mad right now that I had to just walk out of the house for a bit. We are on day 2 of lockdown. We had 13 eggs set and five had pipped. My five year old decided that knob on the bater looked pretty fun to turn so while we were not in the room she turned it. My wife called me to ask if...

I got my first pip today as well. So now what??? I know I have to just sit and wait but I wanna see that little feller pop out. How long does it typically take a chick to hatch after you see a pip??

Well I am in lockdown right now. The eggs are all home grown Rhode Island Reds. They are due to hatch on Wednesday the 23rd. I started with 15, but after candling I am down to 13. So far I have 1 pip, but I can see 6 other eggs wiggling slightly. Right now my daughters and I are just in...

Aahhh sorry to hear that, but congrats on the hatch.

Went into lockdown 24 hours ago. I can see a few of the eggs wiggling slightly. TYPICALLY, how long do you see wiggling before you hear a peep or see a pip???

I locked down yesterday (Sunday 3-20-11). I am with ya, lets keep those fingers crossed. Good Luck!!

Great advise everyone..........the best being JUST DONT MESS WITH IT. I have left it alone and the humidity and temp have stabilized. I am super excited because I can see at least three of the 14 eggs are moving slightly. No pips yet, but I am less than 24 hours into lockdown. So how long...

Ok, I am still quite stressed, but breathing a bit easier. One thing that I was doing wrong was I had the thermometer/hygrometer sitting right on the rack above the water. I think it was reading too high because it was pretty much right on the water. I took a tuna fish can and set it on...

Little Giant still air with automatic egg turner. So today is day 18. When I began the lockdown process my humidity was 45%. I wanted to get it up to 65% so I added water to the designated areas. I suspect that some water leaked onto the bottom as well. Here is the problem. I removed the...