12 days in... Nervous and frustrated!! Need someone who can help me!!!

[jfulcher]

Tyvm ^_^ I am really hoping to get some hatching soon. No peeps but lots of small wiggling.

 

[jfulcher]

Also does anyone know when a relatively decent hatch day would be? 06-07-11 was lay date for 3 of them. So it is day 12? And what should my humidity safely be as tonot drown the younger eggs?

 

[JJMR794]

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Oooh...are we not supposed to use markers?? I used permanent markers on all the eggs both times I incubated.... Poor hatch first time, none second. I realize there were many other variables, for ME, but now I am wondering...Definitively, should you not mark with a marker on these eggs?!?!

-Jessa

PERMANENT MARKER IS FINE... 30 ODD YRS AGO IT HAD A SOLVENT IN THE MARKER INK THAT WAS TOXIC. IT WAS TAKEN OFF THE MARKET NEVER TO BE SEEN OR HEARD FROM AGAIN IN 1974... DONT WORRY ABOUT MARKER. DONT WORRY ABOUT PLASTIC, STYROFOAM, OR PAPER EGG TRAYS AND THEY DONT NEED VENT HOLES. ACTUAL FOAM IS NOT A GOOD IDEA... BUT MOST OTHER STUFF IS FINE

 

[jfulcher]

Good thing to know!

 

[JJMR794]

ON A SIDE NOTE.... IF BY ANY CHANCE ANYONE HAS A MARKS ALOT PERMANENT MARKER FROM THE PRE 1974 ERA THAT STILL WORKS? I WANT IT! THESE CHEAPIES THEY SELL NOW A DAYS DONT LAST MORE THAN A WEEK. I GO THRU MARKERS LIKE A MANIAC AROUND HERE JUST MARKING BOXES FOR SHIPMENTS- I'D LOVE TO FIND A DECENT SET OF MARKERS FOR SHIPING THAT LAST A GOOD WHILE AND DONT COST ME A FORTUNE

I USE THE SHARPIE ULTRA FINE POINT MARKERS FOR EGGS.... STANDARD SHARPIE PENS FOR BOXES ~~~ NOTHING LIKE TRYING TO MARK A DATE ON AN EGG THE SIZE OF A MARBLE WITH A MARKER POINT THE SIZE OF A .22 BULLET... GET DONE AND YOU CANT READ IT! LOOKS LIKE SOMEBODIES KINDERGARTNER COLORED THE WHOLE STINKIN EGG

 

[jfulcher]

Haha I will keep my eye out for you! Okay I have another question, I have a smaller egg unsure if its a fart egg or not

Its only 3 days old so I cant tell outer movement yet... Also what shoud my humidity be at right now? Wednesday is my hatch day for my older eggs. Oh and top left is the small one.

 

[JJMR794]

Doesnt Really Look Like A Fart Egg To Me... Looks Like A Primagravida Egg--- Or New Layer Syndrome. As The Ladies Mature And Get Laying Miles On Them The Eggs Will Continue To Slowly Get Bigger Over The Life Of The Hen

 

[jfulcher]

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She is only 10 weeks old... Also I see u have butler bobs.. Laying???

 

[JJMR794]

HUMIDITY IDEALLY FOR GAMEBRDS IS 45-55% FOR INCUBATION AND 60%+ FOR LOCKDOWN. DOING A STAGGERED HATCH LIKE THIS I WOULD THINK ABOUT JUST TRYING TO STAY AS CLOSE TO 50-55% AS POSSIBLE THROUGHOUT AND LET 'EM RIDE. ALSO YOU'LL GET BETTER HATCHES IF THEY ARE UP RIGHT (SMALL END DOWN) THIS HELPS PREVENT DROWNING DURING THE HATCH. SO IF YOU CAN FIND SMALLER CUP EGG CARTONS YOU CAN SET THEM IN IT AND THEN TURN BY SIMPLY ROCKING THE ENTIRE CARTON SIDE TO SIDE... GET 2 AND YOU CAN LEAVE YOUR HATCH CARTON STATIONARY

YOU CAN FIND PAPER MACHE EGG FLATS AND CARTONS ON EBAY, MANY TIMES IN SMALL NUMBERS FOR THOSE FOLKS WHO JUST USE A FEW EVERY NOW AND AGAIN.

UP RIGHT HATCHING HELPS WITH ANY BIRD EGG

 

[JJMR794]

I Have Many Speces Laying Presently--- Just Pm Me And I Will Gladly Discuss It