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The Serama were all DIS as suspected. No more hatches this month. May try one more next month before quitting until spring.

They did spend a week and a half in the cabinet incubator, which it turns out isn’t consistent. They’ve been in the Brinsea since then, and it’s pretty spot on temp-wise. I monitor with 2-3 thermometers/hygrometers, a people thermometer, and the incubator itself. I’ll keep them in for a couple...

Day 21, no pips yet. No chirping or rocking. At least 2 Serama were alive at lockdown. Unfortunately, I don’t think we will see anything from these eggs. I’ll give them a while longer, but there isn’t much likelihood of chicks at this point.

Nice mix of egg colors! Good luck with the hatch!

I go by air cells, I don’t weigh. Some people don’t even candle with Serma, they feel that they are too fragile. The air cells are appropriately sized, except for one that is saddled. The eggs weren’t packed well for shipping, combined with flaky temps for over a week in the other incubator...

Right, today is 17. They went in on 8/25. Day 21 is Sunday 9/15. I don’t usually lock down early unless I’m unable to do it on day 18 for some reason. I recently read that a slightly early lockdown, or stop of rotation rather, might be helpful to eggs with imperfect air cells. Who knows, but...

4 Serama eggs go into lockdown tonight. They have been in a different incubator for a week and a half, but I worry about their time in the other incubator during the first half of incubation. I doubt this batch will hatch early, but I'm doing lockdown just a little early since they were a mess...

@Maiahr Right. I didn’t have humidity problems because I didn’t open the incubator after lockdown. Definitely temperature related.

Well, all bad news here. The hatch was a total loss. 7 eggs went into lockdown alive, none hatched. :hit We had some pips, but none made it to zipping. I let it play out because the cabinet incubator dumps humidity amazingly fast when you open it, and it’s slow to get back up. So many...

@john_wrightson2003 Yay! Congrats! :celebrate

FWIW I don’t find lockdown humidity is ever really too high. I’ve had it spike to near 80% during hatching with no ill consequence. Regardless, consistent humidity and temps during lockdown are important. (Some spike in humidity are obviously expected during hatching.) 50% humidity during...

I’m hesitating opening because unlike smaller incubators, the GQF cabinet drops 30% if you so much as crack the door. It’s slow to come back up, too, even if I ad wet sponges or bowls of water. I’m going to use the Brinsea 28 next hatch, and take this one apart. I’ll send the bits and pieces in...

Good morning! No new action here, which is a little frustrating. Although, to be fair, today is just day 21. Some of the pips are going on over 24 hrs. Amazingly, I haven’t opened the incubator at all, not for lack of temptation. :gig Going to give them a few hrs before going in to investigate...

Still not much happening here. Looks like a couple of new pips, possibly. :fl

@UThobbyfarmer So cute, congrats!

No action yet. BF told me the Serama is dis. Apparently he candled it before lockdown. He also figured out the GQF 1502 is running 1—2 degrees cooler than the temp it is set at. That means I need to set it at 102-103, which I haven’t been doing. No wonder the rare breed hatch was pullet heavy...

Your run and coop look amazing!! What a pretty setting as well. I'm right there with you. I have 2 older Silkies in a large dog cage turned brooder, 15 rare breeds in a large and a small brooder, and 6 Silkie babies (and more on the way) in a small brooder. :thI did get one of the coops we...

The bf made me promise to have all the birds out of the garage brooders by 12/1. So, I have 6+ more Silkie eggs on the way. I’ll sell most, so that I am not totally ignoring our agreement, but one or two might not sell... who knows why no one wants them!?:confused: :lau

I have 1 Serama egg that will likely hatch today or tomorrow, assuming it’s still alive. I did not see movement at the beginning of the week, and someone else put it into lockdown for me yesterday. I don’t know if it is this incubator, or this line of Serama, but I’m starting to get really...

@Compost King Ooh Congrats on the hatches, especially the Ayam and Serama. I had no luck with those last hatch. Hoping Serama do better this hatch.