ATTENTION NEWBIES TO INCUBATING

[sellison]

I am having problems incubating my chickens the humidy keeps going up to 60 percent. should I remove the vent plugs? & when u start the eggs should you store them in the refrigerator are can u keep them out in room temp for only 3 days? I know u should keep small end down can u leave them on their side if you keep them out in room temp & mark them so u can turn them please help desperte

It is my understanding that the vent plugs should be removed to make better air flow and do not keep the eggs in the frig but try to keep them at 50 to 60 degrees preferably in the dark. If possible rotate or turn the eggs.

 

[HickoryHollow]

I am having problems incubating my chickens the humidy keeps going up to 60 percent. should I remove the vent plugs? & when u start the eggs should you store them in the refrigerator are can u keep them out in room temp for only 3 days? I know u should keep small end down can u leave them on their side if you keep them out in room temp & mark them so u can turn them please help desperte

The vent plugs (at least one of them) should be removed anyway. Never refrigerate eggs to be incubated, and you can store them for up to a week at room temperature. You should ether put them in a turner, or at least turn them a couple of times a day while storing. on end with air cell up is best, but they can be laid on their sides if necessary. I store them in egg cartons fat end up and lid open.

 

[HickoryHollow]

eggs number 9, 10 and 15 are jumping around like Mexican jumping beans! lol

 

[HickoryHollow]

Now it is REALLY getting exciting!​

 

[Cowpoke]

Hickory, for some reason the video is "private". Good luck with eggciting Hatch!!! I'm rooting for

ya!!!!

 

[HickoryHollow]

Hickory, for some reason the video is "private". Good luck with eggciting Hatch!!! I'm rooting for

ya!!!!

I think it is fixed now. It is video of an egg dancing....let me know if you see it now. Thanks!

 

[Ridgerunner]

It's fixed

 

[HickoryHollow]

It's fixed

Thanks!

 

[Sally Sunshine]

I am still here routing for your chicks!
Sorry if I don't answer everyone's individual questions, I have been swamped of late, almost all these questions that popped up are addressed in the hatching 101 article.

And I am sorry Tim for the messaging, my hughesnet has been terrible in the evenings, I have a feeling they cant keep up with the amount of ppl they sell too! Its pure frustration because that's when I get so many messages and have to respond! So again, I apologize, I tried my best to answer but copy pasting links and such wasnt my friend at all!!


You have averaged that wide range as best you could without running two bators, you may have some issues on some, but with those numbers its to be expected. I am curious about your candles, did you have some very porous eggs? if so which breed? you may wish to run them separate for future, and perhaps add some calcium and vits to see if you can fix porous eggs, sometimes its a breed thing though.

When you remove chicks, inspect the insides of the empty shells and let us see them, along with looking at the chicks hocks, if they are red and if you can tell which eggs they came out of, you probably cant if you have them all together in the hatcher. Baskets in the hatcher are good, not only to separate breeds, but to help you figure out incubation techniques, example, you could put all the CODE REDS in a basket and so forth. Then you can check chick quality and eggshell analysis. which can tell you alot of things you can do to help with next hatch.

 

[Dawnrenae]

Finally a hatch. One little baby externally pipped sometime? I don't know of she is still trying. And I just bumped her, and exposed her crack. I didn't even know she pipped.

Hope I didn't hurt her.