August Hatch-A-Long!

[epmchickens]

Sorry. My message is hidden in the quote lol

 

[Bantamlover124]

Ok, I will put it in the incubator as an experiment, I will probably have to hand hatch it

 

[Bantamlover124]

Lol!

 

[familypendragon]

I'm not sure what you read that I said different? I read your article and other than being long it said 25% and the end of hatch up to 60%...I have a dropped and if the humidity drops below 25% I add a dropper of water

Chopping bits from the article rather than quoting the whole article:

Bring the humidity level in the room up to between 50%-75% preferably 50%. If you live in a humid environment, you may actually need to dehumidify your room. But nevertheless, if you keep the humidity at 50% or close to it, you will do great. By controlling the room humidity, you can be more precise with your moisture in the incubator especially the foam incubator's. Since your incubator gets its air from the room, it will have some humidity. If the humidity in the room drops to 40% don't get concerned. The eggs themselves will supply some of the humidity needed inside the foam incubator's. On day 7 while you have the incubator opened, check the humidity inside the incubator. In foam incubators, add a teaspoon or two of water if the humidity is real low. Low being 25%. On large fowl eggs we have found that the lower humidity levels, say 25% are fine for them for 24-36 hours. We like to hatch at about 65-70% humidity in the redwood.

 

[nohbudi]

We have a Wheaten pip!

 

[familypendragon]

Sorry if I sound argumentative - I am actually not trying to be Just that I am following the same article and I did what they said. Room humidity is around 42 because of the A/C and the bator humidity is reading 32. So if I am supposed to force it to 25 there is no easy way to do that short of dumping dry rice in the bator. But according to the article I should be fine since they actually want my room humidity at 50 - 75% (meaning my bator would be at 40 - 65% or so). And for hatch I am upping to 65% - 70% to help soften the shells as recommended. And I still have had issues with dry membranes.

 

[familypendragon]

From the Hatching 101 Article https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/hatching-eggs-101

You begin by ONLY adding a small amount of water and keep Humidity between 28%-45% and adjusting as you weigh or candle depending on moisture loss. So if your air cells look too large you must add humidity, too small lower it, and if your weighing you adjust as needed. UNTIL DAY 18 LOCKDOWN,
then stop turning and raise humidity to 65-70%

 

[epmchickens]

I have 2 pips! This is making me feel really hopeful. Never before have I had 2 pip at the begining and they are right on schedule!!!!!!

 

[thechooks22]

I believe you can .....

Urgent:
Can you incubate a double Yoker?
Here is a pic of it in my hand!:

 

[AParmer]

Oh such a sad sad day at the Parmer farm. We came home from my mother's, weren't gone an hour and a half. As we were pulling in the driveway, we saw a hawk carrying off one of my bantams. He dropped it at the fence line. Walked out to see who it was and it was my favorite little rooster, Ninja. And we can't find the beautiful little bantam pullet.

My son is a wreck. Says that life's not fair and why did God have to make creatures that kill others?