April Hatch-Along!!!!!!! Whos with me?????

[Goin Quackrrs]

Uhmm quick question? Do you think that these eggs will hatch with detached air cells????

They might. I've gotten lucky a few times. Leads to weird egg position though, so you have to watch for pips in bad locations.

 

[Goin Quackrrs]

I had another Welsh Harlequin hatch. I think it's a girl.

Girl and boy? Opinions?

 

[ChicagoDucks]

Adorable! Congrats!

I had another Welsh Harlequin hatch. I think it's a girl.

Girl and boy? Opinions?

 

[LilMissChz]

I got ONE! Another is progressing. 2 more died and another never did a thing.

 

[zekii]

I just put 16 welsh harlequin eggs in the incubator last night, so right now I am at day #1 ...
Will follow along with you even thou I am a week behind.

 

[zekii]

Nice charts ... thank you ChicagoDucks ... I notice that my wet/dry bulb relative humidity calculations always come out alot higher than my
digital hygrometer readings ... so I am thinking to just follow the wet/dry bulb readings, and weigh the eggs to monitor moisture loss.
So these charts are perfect...

Cheers !!!

Hi all. I got tired of running to the computer to calculate relative humidity every day, so I made a couple of quick reference charts so I could look up relative humidity. I have the Farhenheit version printed out and resting on top of my incubator. It makes things easier for me, especially 1st thing in the morning before my coffee.

In Deg F:


In Deg C:

 

[ChicagoDucks]

Thanks a lot! I'm glad they're useful.

I've noticed that my digital probe AND analog hygrometers both give me readings of 30-35% any time they are in an environment with consistent moving air (in and out of the incubator). So they are not much help in my forced-air incubator.

My wet bulb, though, gives pretty consistent readings in either still or moving air. The changes that I see in air cell when I candle support the wet bulb readings over the other hygrometers.

Zekii, how does it work when you are weighing for moisture loss? What kind of changes are you looking for each week. I am just more familiar with the visual inspections of the air cell at candling, and I've never tried weighing the eggs each week. Can you post a link or reference for what changes in weight to look for?

Nice charts ... thank you ChicagoDucks ... I notice that my wet/dry bulb relative humidity calculations always come out alot higher than my
digital hygrometer readings ... so I am thinking to just follow the wet/dry bulb readings, and weigh the eggs to monitor moisture loss.
So these charts are perfect...

Cheers !!!

 

[zekii]

I am going to start trusting my wet bulb readings over my digital/analog hygrometers.
Here are 2 good articles on explaining egg weight loss... for duck eggs you want 14% loss by day 25.

http://avianaquamiser.com/posts/How_to_weigh_eggs_and_calculate_weight_loss/


http://poultrykeeper.com/chickens/incubation-and-hatching/weight-loss-method-forl-incubation.html

 

[ChicagoDucks]

That is great info, and easier than I thought it would be! Thanks!

I am going to start trusting my wet bulb readings over my digital/analog hygrometers.
Here are 2 good articles on explaining egg weight loss... for duck eggs you want 14% loss by day 25.

http://avianaquamiser.com/posts/How_to_weigh_eggs_and_calculate_weight_loss/


http://poultrykeeper.com/chickens/incubation-and-hatching/weight-loss-method-forl-incubation.html

 

[nickie]

All 6 eggs going strong still. Made a video while showing my kids how they're doing and I thought you would all might like to see.