7th Annual BYC New Year's Day 2016 Hatch-A-Long

[Lozuufy]

Once I get it I'm gonna have to test it to see if it works. Hope my quails start laying soon!

 

[TJChickens]

Once I get it I'm gonna have to test it to see if it works. Hope my quails start laying soon!

You also will need to let us know what you think about it! You need eggs right away..

 

[Saris]

Happy to help. I started doing it that way since my kids like to swarm me and I didn't want to be holding an egg and drop it after being bumped.

 

[CGilbert]

Once I get it I'm gonna have to test it to see if it works. Hope my quails start laying soon!

Quail are so reliable, it's wonderful

 

[Lozuufy]

You also will need to let us know what you think about it! You need eggs right away..

I will definitely let you guys know, and I do need eggs right away, gotta see if there are any cool colored chicken hatching eggs on ebay!

 

[TJChickens]

I will definitely let you guys know, and I do need eggs right away, gotta see if there are any cool colored chicken hatching eggs on ebay!

I have bantam EEs that lay blue eggs.....

 

[TJChickens]

Happy to help. I started doing it that way since my kids like to swarm me and I didn't want to be holding an egg and drop it after being bumped.

I have dropped too many eggs while candling. Sometimes onto the other eggs. So I candle the same way you do.

 

[WthrLady]

Put three thermometers in my incubator. My incubator thermometer read 99.5 for the whole 11 days. All of my other thermometers read 97.3. NO WONDER! The thermometer that came with it is on a little card with the numbers printed on it. The thermometer can slide on this card changing your reading. I am so annoyed.

I also bought a new hygrometer and tested it today. It will only make it to 60% with the salt calibration. It is reading 66% in the incubator, which I suppose is really 81%. I swear. Is NOTHING accurate anymore?!

I wasn't incubating, I was making coddled eggs for 11 days!

 

[ronott1]

Put three thermometers in my incubator. My incubator thermometer read 99.5 for the whole 11 days. All of my other thermometers read 97.3. NO WONDER! The thermometer that came with it is on a little card with the numbers printed on it. The thermometer can slide on this card changing your reading. I am so annoyed.

I also bought a new hygrometer and tested it today. It will only make it to 60% with the salt calibration. It is reading 66% in the incubator, which I suppose is really 81%. I swear. Is NOTHING accurate anymore?!

I wasn't incubating, I was making coddled eggs for 11 days!

Great lessons learned!

Most of us have been where you are. The thermometer that comes with those incubators are a joke.

Your next hatch will be much better for sure.

 

[Pensmaster]

Put three thermometers in my incubator.  My incubator thermometer read 99.5 for the whole 11 days.  All of my other thermometers read 97.3. NO WONDER!  The thermometer that came with it is on a little card with the numbers printed on it.  The thermometer can slide on this card changing your reading.  I am so annoyed.

I also bought a new hygrometer and tested it today.  It will only make it to 60% with the salt calibration.  It is reading 66% in the incubator, which I suppose is really 81%.  I swear.  Is NOTHING accurate anymore?!

I wasn't incubating, I was making coddled eggs for 11 days!

On the bright side your rooster is looking much better.