California - Northern

[Audio51]

Yeah...it's funny now.....not so much then.

 

[farmhand]

The extra humidity for a couple of days will not hurt them.

Eggs hatch better at a slightly lower temperature.

I have Marans and other eggs currently on day 15. Any more info on waiting till you hear them peep rather than just raising humidity on day 19? And I missed the memo about lowering the temp for hatch. Please explain or tell me where I may read more.
Tks

 

[WendyJeepchick]

ok these aren't labels. But the cutest egg stamps!! too pricey for me to justify, but cute nonetheless !
http://www.premier1supplies.com/detail.php?prod_id=102516&cat_id=153

Wow! That's crazy what they want for those stamps.

 

[Luvinmyhurd]

Eggs hatch better at a slightly lower temperature. The rails pop out so it should be east to remove them.

Awesome! Thanks for the info.

 

[chrissyr]

Eggs hatch better at a slightly lower temperature. The rails pop out so it should be east to remove them.

So we can keep them in the automatic turner until cheeping or pipping? Sorry, just want to be clear. Don't want to mess this up

 

[Hangtown Farms]

Let me get my Breaking Bad costume, liquid Nitrogen and etc. ready...could be quite a business....

Lol

 

[ronott1]

I have Marans and other eggs currently on day 15. Any more info on waiting till you hear them peep rather than just raising humidity on day 19? And I missed the memo about lowering the temp for hatch. Please explain or tell me where I may read more.
Tks

I ran across some studies that found better hatch rates with temps down to 97degrees during the last three days. I have been hatching, during the last three days, at 98 degrees.

The closer the chick gets to hatching, the lower the temperature can be. Just hatched chicks are supposed to be kept at 95 degrees so it makes sense.

waiting a bit longer to up the humidity for dark eggs is from experience. I guess it is one of my hatch secrets. Don't tell anyone.....

 

[ronott1]

So we can keep them in the automatic turner until cheeping or pipping? Sorry, just want to be clear. Don't want to mess this up

I don not usually set them up for hatching until Day 19 but if they pip early I will up the humidity.

 

[sonoralinda]

Meet my new 10 month old LF black Langshan trio that I purchased from Sherry Parker! I'm so excited to add them to my breeding program! They have wonderful tail spreads and a gorgeous beetle green sheen to their feathers! Sherry got her stock from Joe Oakley and from James Smith who is the AZ breeder that I wanted birds from!

Monet loves naming our birds. The cockerel is Shang and the two pullets are Mulan and Lucy Lu.

Very beautiful!

 

[sonoralinda]

You can always feed them back for some extra protein.