Anyone else hatching 6/25? Chicks are here!

[Paganbird]

I have 6 peafowl eggs in the incubator right now. Since peafowl take 28 days to hatch, I'm putting my chicken eggs in tonight to coordinate the hatch. I have:
12 silkie & silkie cross eggs
2 EE eggs
3 unknown dark brown eggs
5 small/med unknown white eggs
7 brown eggs from at least 2 unknown breeds
That's 35 eggs total due on June 25th.
I'll be candling the peafowl eggs at day 10, which is Sunday 6/7.
Anyone setting eggs tonight or tomorrow morning? Or if you have any eggs set to hatch around the 25th, come join me. I like hatching buddies!

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[Paganbird]

Okay, so I just set my all my chicken eggs and my incubator is just about full!! It took me a few minutes to organize all those eggs, so I'm waiting for the temp to stabilize before I go to bed.
So, has anyone else decided to set eggs with me? If not, you can still check in & see how my first attempt at hatching peafowl progresses. I'm excited!! Wish me luck!!

 

[chsfairy2007]

I will, I will! Hi, Paganbird! Nice to meet you. I just set 12 Booted Bantam eggs in the bator earlier today in my Brinsea 20 ECO. I'll be your hatchin' buddy!

Oh, yeah, this is my first hatch! Eeeek!

 

[Paganbird]

Good luck on your first hatch!
I'll be posting my progress. I'm candling peafowl eggs on Sunday. I'll peek at the chicken eggs in a week. I almost hope that some of the chicken eggs aren't progressing just so I can empty my 'bator a little! I barely have room for sponges.
Nice to meet you and thanks for joining me!

 

[chsfairy2007]

All right, that sounds awesome. We'll be candling chicken eggs the same day. Keep me updated on yours and your peafowl!

Well, I dreamt last night that my incubator's humidity dropped down to 5%... *sighs* Gonna be a long 21 days, that's for sure. I've just gone downstairs to check the eggs for the second time this morning. It was running a little high, so I turned down the thermostat just a hair, now it's roughly 99.5. Humidity was 42%, so I added a bit more water which bumped it up to 49%. The Brinsea manual wrote that it should be between 40%-50%, so I guess I'm on track. Of course, while I was doing this, I dropped a screw belonging to the incubator behind the freezer... ack! There are no baseboards in our laundry/mud room, since we are remodeling. Instead, there was a big ol' crack filled with paper, but I found the little sucker. >:3

Anyway, I finished with turning the eggs. As long as my temperature and humidity behave, I don't care how many screws I lose, lol... wait, isn't that an expression for going crazy? Uh-oh... :x

 

[Paganbird]

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Anyone who attempts to hatch eggs eventually will be going crazy... I get crazy-er with every hatch!

With the peafowl eggs, I keep my humidity between 55%-60%. Temps have been between 99.3 & 100.5 with the exception of the 3 hour power outtage. And I turn them 4x daily.
I'm hoping the humidity is okay for the chick eggs. I've got some black & white silkies in there I'd love to hatch.
My worst fear is that none of the peafowl will hatch, only 1 or 2 silkies will hatch and all the "unknown" eggs will hatch - and they will be breeds that I dislike.

 

[chsfairy2007]

I don't think your humidity is bad at all. I've read plenty of material that suggested that temperature range. I was originally thinking around the same humidity, but I'm only doing 40% - 50%, because that's what the Brinsea manual told me to do. I think your eggies will be just fine.

Gosh, I keep thinking about you're 29 eggs - that's a lot of eggs! Oooo, and you have Silkies. I have been wanting some of those so bad. I hope yours hatch (as I do everything you got in there) so I can see them, but then if I do... I might have to spend all my money and get some, lol. Also, I have never seen baby peafowl. This is gonna be such a great learning experience! <--- nerd.

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I'm crossing my fingers that your worst fear won't happen!

Temperature is around 99.5, and humidity is at 46% on my end. All seems stable. Day 2 is around the corner!

 

[Paganbird]

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Don't forget the 6 peafowl eggs!
29 chicken + 6 peafowl = 35 eggs
No extra room in my 'bator!

 

[chsfairy2007]

... Crap! I totally miscounted, ha-ha. Still... that's a lot of eggs! Lmao! I can only fit 24 in my 'bator. I hope I get to see pictures of your stuffed incubator!

 

[DulcyDoll]

I set 10 goose eggs, they are due the 26th.... Crossing my fingers for at least 3-4 to hatch(i'd love for them all to hatch, but I want at least 3 lol..)