Altitude where you live and incubate?

[valley ranch]

I am amazed at the enormous difference in conditions. Altitudes ranging from just above sea level to several thousand feet and humidity from 20% to 80%. We have had over 15 feet of snow while some look out their windows at dry ground.
We have a few eggs in the home made, I've manage and adjust the humidity and temp with the particular regard to the information in this thread and Emails it has generated. The incubators we,all, are using have varied air circulation and heating, making the application of the humidity data challenging.
Tomorrow being day 7 we will candle and see what we have.

Richard

 

[bargain]

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No, we often hatch multiple breeds at the same time. It's not a large percentage of quitters but wondering how I can improve it. I'm thinking location in the incubator has a great deal to it. Come to think about it, the closer to the door although I thought it was air tight the higher the level of quitters...Could be when I open to add other trays etc, the temp changes too much. The spritz idea is a welcome one. This next year I will probably candle mid scale after I have the room a bit warmer.

I must admit I do not candle often - usually just at lockdown. Our home environment in the winter is very cool 50 to 55 degrees in the winter so I hate to open the door of the cabinet more than needed. Thanks for sharing your expertise. I'm still learning and hope I will be until I draw my last breath!

n

 

[FenDruadin]

No problem. When you do candle, draw a circle in pencil around the air cell. It takes a little while to do them all, but afterward you'll have a very strong idea of whether they are quitting due to air cell size, based on the size of the air cells remaining after the hatch. It will also help you become very aware of whether the eggs nearest the door have over-sized air cells, which sounds likely based on your description.

Good luck!

 

[valley ranch]

Curiositycat, We candle today. I'm going to have the girls draw that pencil line. This candling will tell alot. I guess we'll do it at the next turning about 3:00 pm.

Richard

 

[FenDruadin]

Cool. I like to give the kids tasks too. Just be aware that drawing the line can be tricky to not drop the egg. You might want to encourage them to have one person hold the egg and the other person do the candling/drawing. Good luck!

 

[valley ranch]

We candled, they all have somthing going. Five were heavily veined. Three had what looked like the eye. One was clear. We had set nine
Richard


Wifey ordered an Auto Turner.

 

[jmagill]

Checking in!

Day 17. I weighed my eggs today. I am at 12% loss of weight. Candled and almost all the eggs are full except for the air space. Two have a bit of clear space on the bottom and look like they will hatch a day or so after the rest. I am going to put them in lock down today at up the humidity to 50 to 55%.
I ran the humidity at an average of 37-40 % for the first 17 days. I am right on target for a weight loss of between 12-14%.

15 eggs going into lock down

6 from a BLRW over a light Sussex hen
11 from a One Coronation rooster and one Split Rooster over 4 split Sussex hens