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[Kiki]

No more waiting.

I colored 3 to weigh.

 

[Kiki]

Day 5 vs just hatched

 

[Kiki]

Day 5 vs just hatched

 

[eddie_van_quailen]

Where are you planning on ordering eggs from?

Do have have laying birds now?

Our "simulated hatch" will be done on Tuesday, at which point I'll finish my chart and make sure I'm feeling confident in my ability to control the incubator (so far keeping the humidity at 65% has been challenging). I'm not sure yet where I'll order from... I only want to add a few birds to my flock, and most of the places I've found only sell 20-30+ eggs minimum, so I'll have to process or rehome the rest and I need to make sure my fiancé is prepared to start processing birds that soon.

 

[007Sean]

Our "simulated hatch" will be done on Tuesday, at which point I'll finish my chart and make sure I'm feeling confident in my ability to control the incubator (so far keeping the humidity at 65% has been challenging). I'm not sure yet where I'll order from... I only want to add a few birds to my flock, and most of the places I've found only sell 20-30+ eggs minimum, so I'll have to process or rehome the rest and I need to make sure my fiancé is prepared to start processing birds that soon.

Why are you trying to keep the humidity at 65%?

 

[Oob Child]

The eggs I wanted are all pre-ordered for another week
I've ordered them but they might not come for a while. It's not a problem, but it's still annoying.

 

[eddie_van_quailen]

Why are you trying to keep the humidity at 65%?

Oh, I guess because I thought that was the recommended humidity for "lockdown?" I see so many conflicting recommendations though (and just finished reading through the big "dry hatching method" thread, too). The only stable values I seem able to keep for more than a day at a time are 25% (no water added), 55% (one well filled), or 75% (2 wells filled). The Hovabator instructions said 45-55% for setting, 65% for hatching, so that's what I was shooting for.

 

[Kiki]

Oh, I guess because I thought that was the recommended humidity for "lockdown?" I see so many conflicting recommendations though (and just finished reading through the big "dry hatching method" thread, too). The only stable values I seem able to keep for more than a day at a time are 25% (no water added), 55% (one well filled), or 75% (2 wells filled). The Hovabator instructions said 45-55% for setting, 65% for hatching, so that's what I was shooting for.

I find that eggs do better if you keep the humidity lower...
at 35% through out and only bump it up once you see an external pip and then only to 50ish%.


As far as how much water you need to put or not put in your bator to make these numbers....is something you will have to play around with and learn.

 

[eddie_van_quailen]

I find that eggs do better if you keep the humidity lower...
at 35% through out and only bump it up once you see an external pip and then only to 50ish%.


As far as how much water you need to put or not put in your bator to make these numbers....is something you will have to play around with and learn.

Hm... okay. Then I will need to do even more research it seems I haven't really been able to replicate any stable values other than 25%, 55%, or 75%, and that seems independent of quantity of water added (I read it has more to do with surface area than quantity of water anyway, and I've experimented with most of the wells at this point). Maybe I'll try a bowl of water instead... Although that would be dangerous during lockdown/hatching so I would have to find another method for those days anyway.

 

[Oob Child]

I'm really excited for my 12 jumbo eggs coming today! I ordered a colour mutations mix. These include pearl fee,( My favourite ) Falb fee, silver, Tuxedo pied, and varied celadon mutations
It also includes eggs from a beautiful silver Pharaoh quail named Esmeralda, who has a rare mutation of ruffled feathers under her neck, which sounds really cool.

They were meant to come tomorrow but I just had an email from Australia Post saying they were coming today!