4th Annual BYC NYD Hatch-a-long

[RavenWood]

Can you go through this again? I have it about 35 % right now. Do I take it up to 60-62 for lockdown and then up again for pipping or do I take it up to 62 and then that is it?

I have read several sources that say not to raise humidity until after they internally pip. When do they normally pip internally? I see here some folks already have some that have. How do I know? Is that when they will peep? I heard nothing when I moved mine

so now I'm worried. One of my eggs is wobbling slightly.

Great advice!!! People have to remember that everyone's conditions are different. What works for one person may not work for someone else. Living in Florida I thought that I could dry hatch successfully and I can't. I do use it from day 1- 18 and then at lockdown up the humidity to the low 60's and then high 60's when they pip.

My humidity is at 57-60% right now, but my temp isn't regulating properly. I have 3 different thermometers and they are all ranging from 96-102 and it's really freaking me out. I don't know which one to believe and I did a slight decrease on the wafer thingy.

For some of you you will have chicks that look to be stuck, you will want to look at the Should I help post or thread. I don't have a link, can someone post it ?
I have early quail, and they are sticky! Too sticky for pictures, no nice fluffy babies for me this moring, lol. One of them ran to the cool off side of the tank and got cold, so I stuck her back in the bator, hope she makes it.

Eek! I'm scared of losing my remaining eggs in the homestretch. Can someone post the link to this thread for us newbs to access? This is my first ever hatch.

so what do I do with all the dud eggs i have?

I boiled mine and fed 'em to the chickens! They were all clears except for 1 that just had a small blood spot in it.

You don't have to submit a picture of your eggs in lock down do you?

I don't think so, but I take pics of everything so I did!

I set 36 and only 14 went into lockdown (and I'm pretty sure 1 of those was a quitter). I'll be happy if half of them hatch, and eggstatic if I get a baker's dozen, but I'm not holding my breath!

Now that they are all cozy in their bator, I'm gonna go find the guinea pig cage for my 'nursery brooder' and work on plans for my 'big brooder' cabinet!

 

[nothingbutbirds]

put mine into lockdown started with i think 46 eggs
31 going into lockdown
13 button quail all my own the eggs were around 5-6 weeks old when set 2 pulled
18 chicken eggs all but 5 were shipped
2 infertile chicken eggs one shipped one my own
1 infertile button quail from a new layer
1 button quail egg fell out of the turner and the turner smashed as it was making a new cycle
1 button quail egg i dropped before it ever made it in the bator

the button quail eggs are so dark so i cant see if any are infertile

 

[mrheinz77]

cluck-cluck..on the pic of the Eagles, and watching them, I watch them from a cam that Dechora Eagles puts out every year for the country to watch.  You should watch this year.  It's fun to watch them lay, weather the storms, hatch, feed, shoot poop over the edge of the nest..smart babies...grow up, fledge, then fly off.  Look it up on here, you will see a lot of pictures and video, they are fun.

Your eggs look so snuggled in for the hatch.  Nice. 

It was on the news here recently that the Decorah eagles were working on a new nest. If they use the old nest, the cam will be used. If the new nest is used, still shots will be uploaded.

 

[mstricer]

Good Luck Everyone!!

You don't have to submit a picture of your eggs in lock down do you?

No just the first chick hatched.



Okay everyone, I have a mouse issue in my run's and don't want them anymore, Sally kindly advised me on a way to make my own mousetrap, man it is easy, I have on problem, how to keep the water from freezing, or do you think they will just turn into mousesicles

 

[farmerChef]

33/74 set into lockdown last night, had to work today, so I did it last night.

Looks like I will have an early Pekin out tonite, 4/8 of the duck eggs are pipped already, and one was starting to zip when I checked them a few minutes ago. Good thng Jim forced me to buy those eggs for a christmas hatch o it wont be alone.

My Christmas chicks. 20, 7 mine, 13 Jims. 3 NN welssumer, 2 NN Polish, 7 EE/OE, and a Cuckoo Marans. Mine are 3 EE, 2 sexlink, 2 Blue JG.

Thats Skullface in the front, and EE/OE from Jims eggs.

 

[NotAFarm]

Quote: Depends on when the water freezes......after they drown....no problem....before they try it....ice rink to walk on....they get a free lunch?

 

[FeyRaine]

Can someone re-post the link to the thread for tonight's contest?
Thanks

 

[tadpole98]

I just realized, i get to try out this new brooder i got for Christmas!

thank goodness i didnt have to wait long, lol

 

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[cmfarm]

I need to find out how to get a thermal image off the camera. Eggs don't generate heat themselves. If they did they would self incubate Chicks cant generate their own body temps for a while after they hatch hence why we have to give them heat or a hen keeps them warm. Out of 35+ thermal shots I've taken, I have never had eggs glowing hotter then anything else in the bator or hatcher. More then likely if your temps have gone up, you're a) most likely using a Styrofoam incubator, and b) your room temperature has increased. Best way to solve the problem is to go digital on the controller.

I did have a duck egg that did create heat. I had got some eggs from a lady and they had been incubating already under broody hens and I had to run some erands. When I got home the eggs where all cold to the touch exept one was warm. I then saw it had pipped. It hatched a few days later.