Alaska hatchers..How is everyone doing? Baby pics !!!!!!

[Mrs MIA]

Is it bad that I don't regulate my humidity?

I have a Sportsman 1502... when I'm incubating I keep the pan full, but no filter wick. When it's time to hatch, I add a filter to wick it up, and I keep the pan full. Works like a charm. For the homemades, I put a plastic tub of water in there, and the same thing... no filter during inc, but I keep it full, and during hatch I add a filter wick that is cut down to size to fit the tub.

I'm pretty sure the broodies don't stress it...

 

[Ban seabhag]

I am glad to hear that. I haven't taken it that seriously before and it worked okay. I always wondered how a hen maintained a perfect humidity, and she's waaay better at this than I am for all my hand wringing.

 

[PandoraTaylor]

I am no expert, but when I take the eggs out from under the hens in the nestbox, they are warm and moist.
I always figured it had to do with their breathing, Because they expel moisture as they breath....

 

[greyartist]

I have 2 pips and some peeps!

 

[Ban seabhag]

Quote:

They're going to come through for you!

 

[PandoraTaylor]

It is snowing again!!!!! -5 and snowing! There is already enough snow to fill the tracks I made at 8 am when I went to water the chicks!

I wanted Spring!

 

[Ban seabhag]

Just blowing here- very hard. It's about 20 though.

 

[Mrs MIA]

We hit a high of 31.5°F today... breezy, too... lows tonight around 15F, if I have to take a guess. It's been snowing on an off all day.

Entering lockdown again tonight...

 

[PandoraTaylor]

Our weather reports more Blowing & snowing through Tuesday! ugh I really hate driving in it and I have to go to Fairbanks in the wee early morning for court......darn it all!

 

[Ban seabhag]

Isn't that the way it always is? The worst weather happens when you have to go to Town... I hope the court thing isn't more grief on top of it.