incubator advice

  1. MotherDucker3

    Hi, I'm new here :). First time incubating eggs and concerned with humidity

    Hello, I am new to incubating eggs. Currently I have 4 duck eggs in my EZ simply incubator. This incubator does not have a build in hygrometer so I bought one to try and keep track. From what I have read online, humidity for the first few weeks should be about 55%. I have been having issues...
  2. M

    ER HELP!! Is it time to get her out?!?!

    She's currently my my only egger chick, and my only seemingly troubled hatch (out of a hatch of 12/18 if she hatches & survives). The incubator temp is 99% and humidity is 60%. She pipped about 30-31 hours ago, but we're going on 24+ with the zip line and half crack away. The exposed membrane...
  3. mizzhoneybee

    Help! Incubation mix up

    I’m hatching chicks and ducks with my homeschool group and made a grave error. I forgot that ducks and chicks have different hatch lengths and I put them together all to start. Everyone was progressing nicely. I put them all in lockdown for three days and raised the humidity. We got nine out of...
    • mizzhoneybee
    • Thread
    • ducks hatching incubator advice
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Ducks
  4. Dr Evy

    How do I know if this hydrometer is working properly?

    Hi all, So I’m planning on hatching more eggs soon, this will be my second time. The first time I hatched eggs I don’t know if my hydrometer was working properly the whole time. The reading it gave me just didn’t make sense. I only had like 3 tablespoons of water in the incubator until lockdown...
  5. Firsttimecrazychicklady

    When is the best time to take out hatched chicks?

    Hi! I have 7 eggs in an incubator and yesterday, Saturday 1st May, one chick hatched. I’m not sure at what time because I didn’t see it happen. I noticed the chick this morning and it was nearly entirely fluffy. There are 3 more pipping at the moment which I’m expecting to be fully hatched by...
  6. LoreWalker

    Incubator - thermometer hygrometer way off?

    So, after nog yielding an single developing egg from my first try at hatching chicks in an incubator, I decided to test my incubator's hygrometer and thermometer. I also bought a 2nd thermometer/hygrometer, intended for use in terrariums, to use alongside the ones built-in in my incubator. More...
    • LoreWalker
    • Thread
    • calibration humidity incubabtion incubator incubator advice incubator off newbie temperature thermometer-hydrometer
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: Incubating & Hatching Eggs
  7. N

    Incubator help

    Ok guys so I built a cabinet incubator and got the incukit thermostat heater and fan in one from incubator warehouse .com. We loaded our first mess of 200 eggs and at 21 days nothing. Every egg was only what seemed a few days developed. We didn’t have any ventilation other than a two inch gap in...
  8. T

    Shipped Guinea Eggs

    *This is my first time using incubator* I bought some guinea eggs and they were shipped out on Monday- they arrived today. I was told wait 12 hours before putting them in- which will be about 10:30PM tonight. Is there anything else I should be doing to help this be as successful as possible...
  9. N

    Plastic Mesh in Incubator

    Hi All, I moved my eggs from the egg turner to the plain plastic mesh in my incubator two days ago. It's now day 20. 1. It's hard to position them to remain large side up, and two should I put a dishcloth or paper towels between the mesh and the eggs? Should I have put something under the egg...
  10. M

    I’m unsure what I did wrong with hatching

    So, this was a couple years ago I bought eggs around the state to hatch for pets. Crazy part is almost all of the eggs like 30-40 of them except for two hatched. I’m not sure what I did wrong at the end though. Everything went great until they started hatching and then the moisture in the...
  11. Hookedonquack

    Kebonnix power cord

    I have the 12 egg incubator by Kebonnix and have misplaced the power cord. Cant find a site to save my life. Does anyone know the power cord specs for it?!
  12. I

    How long can my incubator be below recommended temp?

    Hi everyone, We are incubating a batch of Columbia Rock X eggs, about a week in right now. I was at work (24 hr shift) and my husband drove into the city to fly out for work the next day - so the house was not occupied after yesterday evening. I returned home today around noon and our furnace...
  13. M

    1st time hatching eggs....have a temp ??

    I am using a barrowed incubator see photo. I bought a humidity and temp comb to put inside the incubator to monitor everything. My question is this: My incubator is saying the inside temp is 102 degrees F but my thermometer is laying on the screen next to the eggs is reading at around 96...
  14. BrahmaMom1797

    R-Com Standard Version Q&A HELP!!

    Edit: Humidity is falling, from 27 to 25 UGH I have recently received an unused R-Com 20 Standard Version. It is running but I’m unsure if it’s running right. The only light that is on is the water empty light (water is full lol). The temperature is slowly seeming like it is rising. Started at...
  15. ButtonHoarder

    Please Help Me Choose An Incubator!

    Hi all! I was going to get the genesis hovabator, but then I started hearing bad things about styrofoam not being very consistent with temperature, even though it's a really great incubator in other ways, and I'm at a loss of what to do. I'm looking for an incubator that is very reliable, and...
  16. Andersonflora

    New incubator recommendations needed!

    Hey there! We need recommendations for a new very good incubator appropriate for both chickens and turkeys? I’m so fed up with this generic foam still air starter one we have. It’s wasted so much of our time and energy because we’ve learned the hard way that the sensors are completely...
  17. I

    Will my eggs hatch after 21 days?

    Hi there, I had 6 fertilised eggs in my incubator and only 2 have hatched. All the eggs are completely black when candled but it is now day 24 and 4 eggs still haven’t hatched. Is there anyway to tell if the chick has died inside the egg? Also, how many days after day 21 should the eggs be...
  18. SilkieEasterAustralor

    Need help with my home made incubator

    Hello I’ve made this incubator I’m just testing it out without eggs of course it’s a big styrofoam cooler from petco. The bottom is 13x21.5. The top half is 17.5x25 I have one 40w bulb and water dish and a thermometer that has the temp and humidity gages. The glad is from a picture frame...
  19. RosemaryDuck

    Incubator humidity to high?

    Hey guys! Just wanted to ask a question and see if I'm being paranoid 😅. I've got Indian runner duck eggs currently in lockdown. I've had stable humidity and temps the whole time. When I placed then in lockdown this morning, I added a tiny bit of water as the humidity had dropped when I opened...
  20. Celeste Cannon

    Do I transfer the quail eggs to a better ‘bato

    I received 18 quail hatching eggs last Friday, five more than expected 😬. This left me needing to use my really bad incubator that barely maintains humidity and temperature. I got a better incubator today, an automatic turner. The other incubator 12 of the eggs are in is a manual turner, so do...
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