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I would like to know the answer to this as well. I have seen other threads on here referencing a chart, but have been unable to find it when searching. Also, when should you switch from chick starter to meatbird crumbles? I have 11 cornish crosses that are three weeks old still eating...

Had a second pip when I woke up this morning. Pip #1 has a small hole just large enough for the end of the beak to stick out. Has been that way for 8 hours. Do I help? If not, how long do I wait before I help? I can see its beak moving so I know it is still alive.

The first egg has pipped! It is the smallest of my RIR. Must have run out of room!

Indiana. I would think it should not be much further than Texas, but you never know about USPS. I have never ordered chicks thru the mail before. Only hatched them myself or bought locally. Congrats on the new chicks and don't for get to post pics!

I have 18 eggs in my home made incubator right now. Depending on how the hatch goes, I may have to order the surprise!

Well I woke up this morning to another burned out light bulb and a incubator at 80 degrees. If any of these hatch they will be some tough chicks.

congrats

Pips already? Your bator must have been running a little warm. Mine are all in lock down now. Started with 12 White Leghorn and 12 RIR. 4 Infertile RIR, 1 RIR day 10 quitter and 2 WL day 5 quitters. That leaves me with 7 RIR and 10 WL going into lock down. 17 out of 24 seems pretty...

Sounds very tempting. You will have to let us know what you end up with.

Well if I calculated the days correctly, after 1pm today I can candle the eggs for the last time and put them into lock down. When does everyone else go into lock down?

Good luck with the ducks!

How are everyones eggs doing after candling this weekend? I am down to 7 RIR & 9 WL. Most of the RIR were not even fertile. Some eggs look like they are a few days behind while others look right on track.

Too much ventilation will not allow the humidity to build up inside the incubator.

I saw that after I set the eggs. The temp stays within a 3 degree window. I will definately make those changes for my next hatch.

Below is a hatch calander I made with the candling pictures shown in the learning center section. Thought it was neat looking at the progression of the egg development by day.

Fellow hoosier here as well. Live just south of Fort Wayne.

Here are some pictures of my 10 gallon aquarium incubator. My first incubator was made of foam and it made it hard to see any of the hatching action, so I decided to try and use an aquarium. I am currently on day 10 and so far so good. I have a small 1.5" x 1.5" fan blowing across the 100W...