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How did your hatch go?

Thanks for the encouragement, folks. I agree with try, try again. My shipped eggs are in the mail today! We'll see what that adventure brings. Meanwhile, I'm thinking about tweaks: We just did our eggtopsies. 11 didn't hatch. Here's what we discovered, by category of ills: First: Of the 11...

So, I ended up with a 50% hatch (from lockdown), which is OK for a first attempt but not great. We have yet to do eggtopsies but I don't blame the Incuview at this point. This was my first time, and I know that during the first week I had way too low humidity, and I also struggled with...

Taking PD's advice, I went to bed exhausted at 8 PM last night. As of 6 AM, we have 11 eggs unhatched, so that's 11 chicks hatched so far. This is day 21, but none of the rest of the eggs show pips currently...however, its not broad daylight and the pips could be wrong side down. The chicks...

5 so far with more pips showing. :-)

Right! I knew the source, just not if the elevated humidity was at all a problem for the remaining eggs. Thanks!

So, I need some more help please. When the eggs started hatching the humidity rose dramatically inside the incubator. Concurrently, the hydrometer that I have inside the incubator has a probe, and the new chicks, who are not yet dry, keep sitting on the probe, so it's not accurate. The reading...

2 chicks are OUT! 6 others have pips that are looking good! I wasn't expecting any checks today. How fun! My grandson got to watch the second hatch via FaceTime via iPhone. He is three and he was really into it! True confessions: I am itching to put my hand in there and take out the broken egg...

We have an abundance of hay left over from this mild winter. I'm going to switch out the shavings that I have in there for are nice soft fluffy hay today.:D

Day 20 has dawned. I have chirping and 4 external pips, all but one in great positions, and one not-so-good is in the side of the egg (not on the air sack region but not all the way at the narrow end either). Since I have 22 eggs, we still have a ways to go, but its really encouraging so far!

I've never heard of the possibility of chicks eating shavings.... Is that a danger?

I could be wrong, but i think newspaper gives rise to splayed legs...? Someone correct me if I'm wrong!

Paper on top of the wood chips? Paper towel or newspaper?

That's how mine works. I use the thermometer you see on the window sill in the picture, putting the probe ubder the light. I raise/lower the light, getting a floor temp of 90° under the lamp to start. The picture's a little deceptive. It's a big trough so there's plenty of room between the...

CHIRPS!!! No pips yet, but definite chirps!

Thanks for the tip! Yeah, well, we live on a farm and all my feeders and lamps that i used last season were kind of scattered in our storage 'cause we moved/built barns last summer. I wanted to make sure that I had everything, and also to play with how high above the shavings to hang the lights...

Out of 25, I had three quit very early. My brooder is an old, plastic, 100 gallon stock tank that has a crack in it so it doesn't hold water. We simply suspended two lights from a board that we laid across the top. It's nice because it's deep enough that the chicks can't jump out, so we don't...

I'm no expert, but would it help to give the incubator some kind of baseline if you did add a little water to the trays? You could always take it out if it was too much...? Just an idea. I haven't purchased the humidikit, so I really don't know what I'm talking about. What do the folks at...

I'm on Day 19. I readied my brooder last weekend~ So much fun! This is my first hatch so I'm hovering near the 'bator, slightly obsessing about the humidity. I think my eggs did pretty well from candling last night, but only time will tell! I hope you have a great hatch!

Here is a shot of my lockdown, with flannel shown.