April 2020 Hatch-A-Long! All are welcome!

[CindyinSD]

I have another question for you all... so my brinsea holds 7 eggs with the automatic turner and I have an 8th egg and I'm really torn on deciding which one to "get rid of." Could I take out the turner and hand turn them instead and how often? I've heard 3 times a day to every 6-8 hours.. which I guess would be the same lol. Then if I have quitter I could place the automatic turner back in?

Yes... lots of people do this. Usually there's gonna be one or more you end up having to toss for whatever reason. 3-4X/day turning is fine.

 

[Fatimetta]

Yes... lots of people do this. Usually there's gonna be one or more you end up having to toss for whatever reason. 3-4X/day turning is fine.

Great thank you!! Now I don't have to decide lol

 

[CluckNDoodle]

I have another question for you all... so my brinsea holds 7 eggs with the automatic turner and I have an 8th egg and I'm really torn on deciding which one to "get rid of." Could I take out the turner and hand turn them instead and how often? I've heard 3 times a day to every 6-8 hours.. which I guess would be the same lol. Then if I have quitter I could place the automatic turner back in?

That's something I would do! (If I don't just buy another incubator because I have a problem, lol).
I think an odd number of turns seems to work out best so that the egg is always resting overnight on the opposite side. I believe @FortCluck has quite a lot of experience hand turning because she's always adding "just a few more" eggs to her incubator. Lol

 

[FortCluck]

That's something I would do! (If I don't just buy another incubator because I have a problem, lol).
I think an odd number of turns seems to work out best so that the egg is always resting overnight on the opposite side. I believe @FortCluck has quite a lot of experience hand turning because she's always adding "just a few more" eggs to her incubator. Lol

I turn once or twice a day. Once in the morning usually and if I remember once at night. I have an 80-90% hatch rate every hatch besides ducks (they aren't easy like chickens I notice, I have issues with fertility or quitters but I've only done them twice now). I actually Just roll mine across the incubator with my palm Very smoothly and softly. I don't turn like normal people I found my own way and it's worked.

I have an automatic egg turner and I haven't used it the past couple hatches. I find it to be better because I can inspect the eggs too.

I just added 12 more chicken eggs and I have quail eggs coming by the 8th I have ducks, chickens, and soon quail all in one incubator. I think I've gone mental.

 

[UThobbyfarmer]

Hello April hatchers! I just set my first ever eggs a few days ago. They're on day 5 now. Orpingtons, Barnevelders, and some mixed breed, 41 total - half are mine, and half I'm hatching for the person who let me borrow her incubator (a Little Giant). They're due to hatch on April 19. Here's my hatching thread. I'm enjoying following everybody's stories

Welcome! I was excited to see you joined the April HAL. It'll be the perfect supplement to your personal hatch thread.

 

[K0k0shka]

Welcome! I was excited to see you joined the April HAL. It'll be the perfect supplement to your personal hatch thread.

Thanks!

 

[UThobbyfarmer]

Is it too late to join?

I'm setting 8 Coturnix quail eggs later today...

FUN!!! I set my Chicken Eggs on 4/2 if all goes well they should hatch on 4/22 Earth Day!
This is my FIRST EVER hatch myself!
My 5yr old is SO excited

Hi everyone! Thought I’d join! set 7 of my eggs on March 31. My neighbor let me borrow her extra incubator, a Brinsea mini advance, it’s my first time hatching
They’ll be a mix of wheaten americauna /barnvelder/black copper Maran, all crossed with my copper maran roo.
candled 3 this morning and saw some veins so, looking good.
Turned the incubator down a tad because things were a bit high according to 2 of my external thermometers (104ish eek)
Wish I had a probe one but I don’t going off my fluke laser thermometer and my little remote house one. (Better to err on the side of cooler though right?)

Welcome! I can't wait to see how everyone's hatch goes. It's almost as exciting as my own.

 

[blackandtan]

Yay I can finally join a hatch a long!!!

I set 15 eggs 3/27, I bought them locally and got a mix, (mixed eggs, breeds are separated), of ameraucana, chantecler and marans, and added five of my own to my brand new incubator.
I candled all on day three, the Chanteclers were obviously progressing but the marans and ameraucana have such thick shells I couldn’t see much or at all.
Day seven is today so I waited till dark and shut off all lights and candled all again. Mine were all clears, Roo, what are you doing out there?!? Chanteclers have eyes and movement!
Ameraucana have...something inside...I see movement, all good!
Marans? I think I see veins, I think I see a chickie in there, and I think I see movement. How the heck do people candle marans eggs with good shells, they’re so dark I can’t see a darn thing - and yes I have a very good led candling light

 

[gmjarvi]

D21 for my ducks! They are still wiggling around in there, but man is it getting harder to tell! They are getting so big in there! Cannot wait for hatch day .

 

[gmjarvi]

Yay I can finally join a hatch a long!!!

I set 15 eggs 3/27, I bought them locally and got a mix, (mixed eggs, breeds are separated), of ameraucana, chantecler and marans, and added five of my own to my brand new incubator.
I candled all on day three, the Chanteclers were obviously progressing but the marans and ameraucana have such thick shells I couldn’t see much or at all.
Day seven is today so I waited till dark and shut off all lights and candled all again. Mine were all clears, Roo, what are you doing out there?!? Chanteclers have eyes and movement!
Ameraucana have...something inside...I see movement, all good!
Marans? I think I see veins, I think I see a chickie in there, and I think I see movement. How the heck do people candle marans eggs with good shells, they’re so dark I can’t see a darn thing - and yes I have a very good led candling light

Welcome! I did Marans on my last hatch, but they weren't bred for the super dark shells (these were maybe 4s on the Marans scale, but did have very pretty speckling), so my cell phone flashlight worked well. I know some people on here have hatched super dark Marans eggs, so hopefully they will have some tips .