11th Annual Easter Hatch a Long 2020

[Phillisy]

It's beautiful!

I've already hatched a plan to buy ducklings and sneak them in the incubator if these eggs don't hatch. I hope I can come by some as easily if needed.

Thank you

Murphy’s law says the key is to not really be looking for them, or to not have the extra room or $$, then they show up everywhere

 

[kelseyk]

How long has it been running like this? It takes time for the humidity to rise if the water was cold when added.

I started it up about 7 PM yesterday with just the wells full. I opened it around 9 this morning to add the sponge in the plastic basket and topped off the wells and soaked the sponge with hot water.humidity has been dropping for a couple hours now at it's max it was 65%.

 

[ronott1]

For chicken eggs. The hydrometer is one I pulled from my Hovabator that was spot on with my other hydrometer. This is my 4 year old farm innovators incubator that I just replaced with the Hovabator...I have always had trouble maintaining the humidity in it. In the past I have put the plugs back in to get it higher, but wonder if the lack of air circulation contributed to my lower hatch rates.

The will suffocate it there is not enough ventilation.

The fastest way to add water surface in an incubator is to use add a sponge in a container

Something like this:

 

[Pensmaster]

For chicken eggs. The hydrometer is one I pulled from my Hovabator that was spot on with my other hydrometer. This is my 4 year old farm innovators incubator that I just replaced with the Hovabator...I have always had trouble maintaining the humidity in it. In the past I have put the plugs back in to get it higher, but wonder if the lack of air circulation contributed to my lower hatch rates.

Maybe as UThobby mentioned water being cold.
I like to run my incubator at 40 percent to start then 60 percent for lockdown. Super hard to control in the foam incubators though. The incubator I have now keeps the humidity for me. It is literally almost hands free.

 

[kelseyk]

The will suffocate it there is not enough ventilation.

The fastest way to add water surface in an incubator is to use add a sponge in a container

Something like this:

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Here is how I currently have it set up. I can definitely try swapping out the basket for a deeper container with more water. And here is the graph showing my temp and humidity in that incubator (hatcher) since I topped everything off this morning.

 

[kelseyk]

Maybe as UThobby mentioned water being cold.
I like to run my incubator at 40 percent to start then 60 percent for lockdown. Super hard to control in the foam incubators though. The incubator I have now keeps the humidity for me. It is literally almost hands free.

I replaced the incubator I am currently having problems with with a Hovabator....and even though the Hovabator is still styrofoam, it is night and day difference on how it holds temp and humidity to my old one! I am really starting to think I should just go buy an inexpensive still air incubator to use for a hatcher and chuck this farm innovators one.

 

[Pensmaster]

I replaced the incubator I am currently having problems with with a Hovabator....and even though the Hovabator is still styrofoam, it is night and day difference on how it holds temp and humidity to my old one! I am really starting to think I should just go buy an inexpensive still air incubator to use for a hatcher and chuck this farm innovators one.

That’s what I tried to do. Now my lockdown incubator is full of eggs. Will be hatching in the better one.

 

[sunshine ducky]

So my call ducks have decided to hatch a day early! And I couldn’t be happier with the results, this is my first time hatching them and 5 out of 7 hatched. They are super cute and small I can’t handle it!!!! Here are some pics of them out of the incubator.

 

[kelseyk]

So my call ducks have decided to hatch a day early! And I couldn’t be happier with the results, this is my first time hatching them and 5 out of 7 hatched. They are super cute and small I can’t handle it!!!! Here are some pics of them out of the incubator. View attachment 2083923View attachment 2083924View attachment 2083925View attachment 2083927

They are so adorable!!! Calls are so cute and I cannot wait to hatch some out myself!

 

[Pyxis]

My first baby is out! A little ko shamo bantam. I've found it's not uncommon for them to hatch a day early so I'm not too surprised. The other ko shamo egg is pipped