August Hatch-A-Long!

[beausonge]

Hi All,

I am on day 18 of my first hatch ever and I am feeling kind of panicked. I have a Brinsea Octogon 20 Advance with an auto-turner. I have been running my incubator without water and the humidity has been 32 - 35%; temp has been 99.8 with a variance of 0.1 degree. Today, I took the incubator off the turner, took the holding rails out, and filled the water canals with water. I set all the eggs on their sides with their air sac up. I have 19 eggs and so far they all seem to be doing ok. My 8 Easter Egger eggs have such a dark shell I have only been able to see and mark the retreating air cell. My 11 Araucana eggs are all developing - even the four that had been refrigerated.

It has been 2 hours since I "locked down" the incubator and the humidity is up to 56%. I have the air vent 1/2ish open which is what the Brinsea booklet suggests. I have been keeping it wide open during the entire incubation period. How long does it take the humidity to reach 70%? Any other advice?

Vickie
Kelso, WA.

 

[AParmer]

Close your vent just a little bit more and give it a couple more hours.

 

[nicole63021]

Checked last 2 eggs, looks like 2 more malpositioned, one had a foot out the membrane into the air cell (it was the one I saw moving yesterday). Not sure how I ended up with 3 malpositions on eggs that weren't shipped and that were hatched in cartons. Some things just happen I guess. So for the first hatch of Aug. I have 1 each of Lav Am, Lav Orp and BY mix. Candled the 13 SFH eggs last night, 2 look questionable, but the other 11 have great veining and some "eyes". 1 of these has a pretty bad saddle cell, and 1 is moving a little bit, so I'll see how they progress. Both of them look strong right now though. Hatches are getting better each time. Learning a lot as I go, and it's amazing how different everyone on here has successful hatches. Just trying to find my best way! Now then.....let's go chickies!!!!!!

 

[Lunar Rain]

Anyone else have their face smooshed up on the bator windows? I am only on day 12. Reminds me of the Mervny's commerical. "Open Open Open Open"

 

[turkenlurken]

Adorable, jnjmanning & turkenlurken!

One of my pullets is in fact broody, I've moved her to a better spot, she likes it a lot. She's been sitting for 4 days now. She tucked 9 eggs under her, I tried a 10th one but she didn't accept it.. So here we go, I got the incubator still running & a broody August will be one heck of a month. Lol!

What a pretty hen.

 

[Sueg4332]

Hi All,

I am on day 18 of my first hatch ever and I am feeling kind of panicked. I have a Brinsea Octogon 20 Advance with an auto-turner. I have been running my incubator without water and the humidity has been 32 - 35%; temp has been 99.8 with a variance of 0.1 degree. Today, I took the incubator off the turner, took the holding rails out, and filled the water canals with water. I set all the eggs on their sides with their air sac up. I have 19 eggs and so far they all seem to be doing ok. My 8 Easter Egger eggs have such a dark shell I have only been able to see and mark the retreating air cell. My 11 Araucana eggs are all developing - even the four that had been refrigerated.

It has been 2 hours since I "locked down" the incubator and the humidity is up to 56%. I have the air vent 1/2ish open which is what the Brinsea booklet suggests. I have been keeping it wide open during the entire incubation period. How long does it take the humidity to reach 70%? Any other advice?

Vickie
Kelso, WA.

I have the same bator I dry incabate in it all the time. Mine is hatching babies as we speak. the humidity is at 58% half or so of the eggs have hatched.
last time 19 of the 24 hatched, had 1 quitter 4 clear.
Once I but the water in at lock down I don't open it again until I take the chicks out. usually settles in about 53 % when a chick hatcheds it goes up alittle. If you open it you lose a lot of humidity....

 

[Heidisgran]

I would open the vent and don't worry about the 70% a bit higher than you incubated at in the 45 - 50 range is enough...if you close the vent the chick doesn't get enough oxygen

 

[Heidisgran]

sometimes if your incubator spiked the chick could have grown a little big to turn correctly

 

[Heidisgran]

well I'm kinda bored!! I have a few scragglers that my granddaughter set when she was here that will hatch sometime this week...4 eggs! and then....if I'm lucky and my peababy hatches next week and I have some tiny call ducks the same day due...after that 2 weeks until anything else...I keep looking at the bators but there's nothing far enough along!! I play with the babies that hatched last week...then check the bators again

....I'm gonna be a mess over the winter waiting to start incubating!!

 

[jnjmanning]

Here are some fluffed up pics. They may be a little fuzzy-sorry.

So stinkin CUTE!!! Blue or maybe a splash?