yes that is it! they claim 72% overall hatch rate of their shipped eggs.Which Ohio farm? Myshire? I got a bunch of their eggs May/June and had a great hatch, now some of the eggs from those birds are in the incubator.
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yes that is it! they claim 72% overall hatch rate of their shipped eggs.Which Ohio farm? Myshire? I got a bunch of their eggs May/June and had a great hatch, now some of the eggs from those birds are in the incubator.
Do they have other birds available or just quailies?yes that is it! they claim 72% overall hatch rate of their shipped eggs.
they are all quail.....i ordered rare color assortmentDo they have other birds available or just quailies?
thanks! overall i am very happy with this hatch! 9 shipped eggs (from meyer) 1 dud, 7 hatches....that’s a record for me! i’m a bit upset about #8...wondering if I had left it alone for another day but it probably would have been dIS if I had. risk we take with hatching i guess.Oh Muddy, sorry about #8. Congrats on the 7!!!![]()
Humidity is important. It is not critical that you know exactly what the humidity is. Many people control their humidity without ever knowing what the actual humidity is.
Read the humidity section in Hatching Eggs 101 by @Sally Sunshine
You can monitor the weight loss of the eggs to establish what the proper humidity is for your situation without ever knowing what the humidity actually reads. I guarantee you that no chicken can read a hygrometer or a wet bulb and the broody breeds do a great job without knowing what the humidity is.
+/- 5% accuracy is acceptable. Not knowing what the lower limit for your specific hygrometer can cause problems. I have come across a lot of people that think you cannot achieve 0% humidity because the hygrometer that they are using will only read down to 20% humidity. You can drive the humidity in an incubator to 0% because enough heat can remove all water if there is none to replace it.
If the ambient humidity is 60% in the room that the incubator is located in, you should be able to run the incubator without adding any water during the incubation phase. You would only need to add water for the final stage often called lockdown.
RUNuts, it's a "hit or miss" with any of the cheaper hygrometers. I have so many different brands, styles, and they all have different levels of accuracy. Some have >.1% error others have ( <16% error, I don't use them ) and I have 3 that are "dead on" every time I calibrate. When I perform a salt test on my hygrometers, I let them equilibrate for at least 12 hours, then I re-test to see if I get the same readings. I do this before each hatch, not just one time per season.
Another thing I have on all my incubators, is a humidifier and a regulator. I can set the humidity at any % I need or want and it stays where I set it.
The reason I went to this system is because years ago I hatched many different species of birds and not all had the same humidity requirements. I didn't have to worry if I got to much water in the troughs or to little. Didn't have to open the bator to add water... was just a "no brainer".
Like you, I too am a perfectionist. I setup and turn on my bators a month in advance of setting any eggs. Everything is dialed in and working as it should be before I set any eggs. Yeah, it's alot of work but if I have fertile eggs, I'm guaranteed a great hatch. If you get unlucky and have a bunch of infertile eggs, all the 'high tech' stuff you have isn't going to give you a great hatch but at least I can't blame it on my incubators.