Anybody hatching around March 7th? PICS page 9,18

[SundownWaterfowl]

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Is your incubator a forced air bator? My incubator is, but my hatcher (a hovabator 1602n) is a still air, so the sponge stays wet. I move the eggs to the hatcher tonight.

 

[emandmikey]

I'm 'due' on the 5th, and I'm also having trouble keeping the humidity up - I'm trying to keep it above 60%, but it's so hard! I have a Brower tophatch, and only have one hole open, the water trays are full, temp is 99.5-100 degrees, and I've got 5 sponges in there soaked with water. I use a syringe I got from my dentists office to squirt water onto the sponges without opening the top, but it's still hard to keep that humididty up - anyone have a better idea? I've heard of people misting water in with a sprayer... maybe I should do that? I'm freaking out because I'm on day 19, and don't want all of my babies to die.... I've got 14 developing chicks in there!

 

[Buster]

I'm hatching some Buff and Blue orps on Friday!

 

[Cherlyn]

My two light sussex are also due to hatch on Friday... yay! I hope so everything goes well for everyone!

~Cherlyn

 

[katrinag]

My bator has been holding steady at 101. I get up this morning to get the kids ready and it was sitting at 108. Dang it. I have to candle tonight and see if they are cooked.

 

[scbatz33]

Candled last night, still hav embryos...hoping the power outage didn't kill them all!!

 

[clinkennuts]

Mine are due to hatch on the 5th. I'm not to optomistic. It's my first hatch and I'm sure I did something wrong. I'm a nervous wreck. On day 18 I added water and a spong. The temp droped to around 95 overnight. I don't have a hygrometer yet so I am flying blind on this first hatch. I hope everything is OK. I'll be better prepared for the next hatch.

golden comets
RIR's
jersey giant and orpinton cross

 

[SundownWaterfowl]

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Maybe close the vent hole. I dont open the vent in my hovabator until a chick hatches. Then I only open it halfway.




I have 2 pairs of Self Blue Old English bantams from 2 different lines, that I bought a the cobleskill ny show, and the show in springfield mass. I have some eggs from both of them in the incubator. So I took a piece of 1/4" hardwire cloth and ran it down the bator, so the chicks dont get mixed up.

I put them in on 11:50am, so at 11:50am today will be day 18. Im going to move them to the hatcher later tonight. (i needed to write down the time cause i keep forgetting what time i put them in,lol)

I also have some black breasted red oegb eggs in the incubator. I hope they hatch. Last time I only had 1, and it never pipped.

Clinkennuts: I think your chicks will be fine. 95 isnt too low, and that should not have killed them.

 

[emandmikey]

Thanks, Sundown! I'll try covering that vent hole - there isn't a plug for it, I think it's supposed to be open all the time for air flow - it didn't come with a plug for all 4 holes, just 3. Anyway, I'm going to cover it and then I'll see if that helps... then I'll open the plugs if/when they start to hatch out! I'm nervous that all of this work isn't going to work! I can't wait to see one pip - I keep going down to check on them, but it's only day 19 - LOL! (that's too early right?) I've got 10 EEs, 2 frizzle fleur D'uccle, one Polish, and one Gold Comet, I hope to see at least 50% hatch!!!

 

[Cherlyn]

Anyone else's eggs moving around?

~Cherlyn