5th Annual BYC New Year's Day 2014 Hatch-A-Long

[ronott1]

Forced air incubator- what humidity during lock down? I keep reading different things...

65 to 75% seems to work fine for me. I am working on getting mine up now.

 

[bantambury]

My Serama & D'Uccles always started hatching day 19. Not surprised you're hearing chirps.

well, now that I think abot it, Cadbury DID hatch a day earlier! It may be bantams!

 

[GerbilsOnToast]

Quote: Going to learn this system... yes, I am!

 

[SoManyHats]

65 to 75% seems to work fine for me. I am working on getting mine up now.

Thanks. What happens if it's too high? Mine keeps wanting to go to 80.

 

[bantambury]

Thanks. What happens if it's too high? Mine keeps wanting to go to 80.

unplug your air vent plugs if you have some. that's what I do and mine goes down.

 

[ronott1]

Thanks. What happens if it's too high? Mine keeps wanting to go to 80.

Definitely unplug air vents! Too much higher and the Oxygen level goes down. Chicks can die from not enough Oxygen.

 

[Gardeningmama]

Quote:
Only the chick knows, but chirping is very good. Bantams notoriously hatch earlier than LargeFowl, not as a rule, it just often seems to go that way. Be patient, and get everything you need to get done now, because once that first egg pips, you'll be glued to that incubator for the remainder. Hatching is looong, and (for me anyway) draining. No joke, I get bruises on the tops of my legs from pulling a chair up and propping my elbows on my thighs to hover over the window for hours at a time. The day after a hatch I'm exhausted.

 

[Myfourladies]

My humidity has jumped to 80%!! My air plugs are out....what else can I do?

 

[GerbilsOnToast]

LOL this sounds like something I would do - sorry, it isn't kind to laugh at someone else's misfortune, but it was so easy to see myself doing this! If you have room you may want to fill a glass bowl or some other vessel with terry cloths/towels and warmed clean water - not now, you have to do it before you put eggs in so you can get everything balanced, unless the eggs are in cartons or a tray, then everything usually stays put.

Good luck! How many/what did you set?

It's okay - I laugh at me, too! Fortunately, (I say, fortunately) husband knows most of what removes what - and now I know that rubbing alcohol removes Sharpie!
I've got 16 Freedom Rangers due at midnight the 31st.... Or whenever they darn well please . Started with 25, nine were clear at first candling, and everyone else is hanging in there. Roo is energetic & fertile, but they're not terribly coordinated, and the ladies aren't as compliant as my other breeds...

There isn't room for a vessel - it's a brinsea20, is why I cut up washcloths to lay on floor below basket. Not even really room for the sponge trick.

 

[SoManyHats]

Definitely unplug air vents! Too much higher and the Oxygen level goes down. Chicks can die from not enough Oxygen.

It's as vented as it can be unless I prop the top a little. Maybe I'll throw some rice in there.