lockdown

  1. KikiLeigh02

    Lockdown Humidity Question

    I've been trying dry incubation, the eggs are on Day 16 right now. The humidity has been between 30-35% during incubation. What's the best way to get the humidity where it needs to be for lockdown without going to high? I'm still new to incubating so if you have any other lockdown tips you...
  2. Trinitydraco

    Lockdown confusion! Help!

    So this is my first time hatching eggs and I thought I understood what lockdown meant but now I am really confused and it's kinda important because I am in lockdown! So I am seeing all these posts about internal pips and candling air sacks and it's all after day 18. Soooo I thought lockdown...
  3. Trinitydraco

    Going into lockdown 12 hours early due to cracked eggs.

    So I have 3 cats...I bet we can see what happened here! Yup, they were racing around and even though I keep my incubator well out of the way and tucked back they still managed to hit it. 2 eggs knocked into each other and cracked. It is half way through day 17 and even though I tried to repair...
  4. Bates

    HELP - Incubating Shipped Coturnix Eggs

    I bought some Coturnix quail eggs a few weeks ago and have been incubating them with a Brinsea Maxi II Advance. It’s the 20th day and there’s been no progression. What should I do? Here is the timeline: June 13th - I collected the eggs from the post office. They weren’t packed very well and I...
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    • coturnix eggs coturnix quail incubate hatching lockdown overdue hatch quail quail eggs
    • Replies: 37
    • Forum: Quail
  5. HomeHatcher22

    Humidity Problem!!!! Help!!

    This is my first time hatching quail eggs, I have a medium sized incubator and I just can't seem to be able to get the humidity over 45, I am on day 15 and can't seem to get the humidity up for lockdown!!!!! PLEASE HELP!
  6. HenniesInMyHeart

    HELP! MALPOSITIONED CHICK TRYING TO PIP INTERNALLY AT SMALL END!

    Yesterday was Day 21 for my viable cochin eggs. I just candled and one appears to be trying to pip internally in the correct position, but I am TERRIFIED because the other chick is almost certainly malpositioned! Candling shows MOVEMENT at the SMALL END! Membranes are intact, but when this guy...
  7. Carolei

    Does a broody hen go into lockdown?

    I have a broody sitting on four eggs in the main coop. She rarely leaves the nest, so I've been taking her off the nest once a day. I'm wondering at what point I should stop taking her off the nest as hatch day approaches. Also, I set the eggs under her on Sunday night, June 10. Does that mean...
  8. Clucklandia

    HELP! Lockdown with a Broody!

    :frowHello! My broody hen, Hiromi is going into lockdown. It's day 18. Hiromi is a Japanese Bantam so I'm expecting an early hatch. I have a few questions about lockdown with broodies. (She has 8 eggs) 1- She coated a few eggs in poop. Is this normal? Is there a reason? I was wondering if it...
  9. chantels1

    Lockdown - Shipped Eggs

    I am preparing for lockdown in a few days. I have 10 eggs in cartons. 1 aircell remained detached, but rest are stable. Some look normal, and about 1/2 are saddled. I gave been incubating in cartons and tilting the incubator 5 times a day. I had a reduced hatch the last time I hatched my...
  10. HenniesInMyHeart

    PLEASE HELP! Chick Pushing Against Membrane: Help Or Wait?

    I have made external pip holes for my silkie chicks because I keep losing babies at the end and just figured out because I am at high altitude, they don't get enough air in lockdown! I made holes in the top of the shells because I don't want to lose these babies. My question is this: If my baby...
  11. Jmcggnj6

    Has anyone made something to keep eggs from rolling during lockdown?

    Just curious rather or not anyone here has fabricated something to keep eggs from getting rolled around as much during lockdown? I know a lot of people use egg cartons and hatch upright but I am talking about something to hold them in place on their sides? I am considering gluing wooden dowel...
  12. BabySweetsTurkeys

    End of day 17 lockdown?

    I won’t be home at all tomorrow and was wondering if it’s okay to start lockdown late day 17 or 14 hours early day 18?
  13. Rubberducky3

    Question about hatching

    I have 5 eggs. The first egg pipped on day 25 and took 49 hrs to hatch. Then 3 more hatched after that. I have one left to hatch. It was 24 hours so I moved the ducklings to a brooder. The last one is still in the incubator. I hear him peeping in his shell but the incubator is so dirty and...
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    • duckling hatch a duck incubating duck eggs incubator lockdown pipped
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    • Forum: Ducks
  14. S

    Please help me! Need an answer ASAP! Chick hatched before lockdown! Humidity low and turner still in

    Ok so this is a crazy situation that I need help with right away! I am incubating eggs in my classroom, and I am actually out of town today so I'm nowhere near the school. The sub just called me to say that a chick is almost all the way out of its shell! They are not supposed to even go into...
  15. S

    Incubator lost power and turner--does that change lockdown day??

    I'm a teacher, and I keep my incubator in my classroom. Yesterday, our school lost power from about 1pm to about 10pm. I was out of town, so my principal went into the school around 3pm to put warm water bottles next to and on top of the incubator and cover everything with a blanket. The...
  16. H

    New and Nervous!! HELP please

    This is my first ever batch that I’m incubating. I have 10 Rouhen duck eggs at day 26. I had 3 pip yesterday!! I am concerned about the humidity. I did not realize the importance of a hygrometer since I’m new at this, so I never bought one. I’ve been watching their air cell and adjusting...
  17. ohgoodnessguineas

    guinea eggs close...unsure of day, leave em in the turner or take em out?

    one of our guinea hens was scared off her nest by a wild animal or dog. she had put herself in a pretty nice hiding spot, so we decided to let her stay there instead of taking her eggs from her, but we also aren't entirely certain of the exact day she started full incubation. she's alive, but...
  18. S

    Day 18 questions

    Hello all, So I have eggs in an incubator in my classroom right now. I set 8 this past Wednesday and 5 more on Thursday (I know it's not ideal, but that's the situation). I should've counted the days more carefully and planned better because I just realized that day 18 is on a Sunday and what's...
  19. DuckityLove77

    New to Ducks – Day 24 Help with Decision about Humidity in Lockdown

    Hi! My 11-year-old daughter and I are new and posting together here as we try for the first time to hatch Rouen ducklings! We are using a Genesis Hova-Bator styrofoam incubator with a fan. We have spent hours over the past weeks reading in the learning center, printing articles, reading forums...
  20. treslilbirds

    Lockdown time!

    I set 6 eggs on March 25th and all 6 of my babies made it to lockdown! :wee Now the hard part begins...I’ve gotten so addicted to candling and talking to them, it’s tough not opening that lid! I’m really, really, really excited to see what these little mitts look like. The eggs are from some...
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