April Hatch Along

[GA Bunny]

That is not condensation on the window. I am actually a little worried about the humidity level.

 

[WVduckchick]

I decided to wander over from the March thread too. My Biele eggs were set March 23 along with 15 Cochin/Frizzle eggs from WVduckchick. Lockdown is Monday. I will be setting 13 Ancona duck eggs and 6 Cayuga eggs tonight. I also will not be a good one to ask about self control.

good luck with them all, but of course I'm really dying to see how my girls' eggs hatch for you!

Self control is definitely not in abundance around here

 

[WVduckchick]

That is not condensation on the window. I am actually a little worried about the humidity level.

How are the channels in the bottom of that one and did you fill them all?

And I see a vent plug in. I usually leave vent plugs out the whole time.

 

[slantrhymes]

One of my eggies is rocking!! No external pips yet.

 

[Kyanite]

This is so exciting! I'm glad that so many people have joined in. I'm also glad that I'm not the only first time hatcher. I'm going to be candling tonight after it gets dark. Hoping to see some veins. I've been keeping humidity avg at about 30%. Hopefully I'll see good progress on the air cells too and know if I'm doing OK with that humidity. I'm super nervous. It's been hard to leave those eggs alone! But, I just keep telling myself that those developing veins and embryos are delicate and don't need me jostling them around.

 

[Kyanite]

One of my eggies is rocking!! No external pips yet.

Too exciting!!!!

 

[slantrhymes]

Kitty cat is guarding the hatch. Or he just likes the warmth from the incubator.

 

[orrpeople]

Do you have an extra hygrometer (measures humidity)? I believe you can get them at Wal-Mart. It's super crucial at this stage that you sure you are between 65-75% humidity, and often our beloved incubators are not entirely accurate. I have 1 that is, and one that is off almost 10% which is the difference between a successful and unsuccessful hatch.

 

[Calichicken2015]

Jumping in here, hope nobody minds!

I swore I was going to take a break after my Call duck hatch 2 weeks ago, and my lavender Orpingtons this weekend, but I went and loaded the Bator again with 36 eggs - seramas and OEGBs from my flock! They will be due April 26th!

Good luck all. Let's see some babies!!

Break???What???? I don't understand that concept...LOL

 

[WVduckchick]

Do you have an extra hygrometer (measures humidity)? I believe you can get them at Wal-Mart. It's super crucial at this stage that you sure you are between 65-75% humidity, and often our beloved incubators are not entirely accurate. I have 1 that is, and one that is off almost 10% which is the difference between a successful and unsuccessful hatch.

X2!