California - Northern

[Kaylish]

The humidity spike with 99.5 temps can lower Oxygen in the incubator. To help with that problem, lower the temperature to 98 degrees around day 19.

Vent open is good and on my brinsea it is a control slider that opens and closes the vent.

Humidity during incubation is important for air cell development. 30 to 35% is usually good but you may need higher humidity for light eggs--like Dorkings for example or silkies. The key is to watch the air cell and use is as a guide. Some weigh the eggs and come up with an average weight loss. If Humidity and air cell is as suspected problem, that might be a good thing to try.

Thank you! More good info to add to my notes.

I pencil-marked the air cell this last round and the ones that developed seemed close to where they should be; I'm going to try weighing the next batch.

I have the Octagon Eco - the temp is adjusted by a little screw inside the top - any ideas on how to lower temp the last few days without taking apart the bator?

 

[ronott1]

I found something interesting out.
I sold some Bresse to a lovely French lady who now lives in CA. I met her mother upon pickup who was visiting from France.
She said she cooks the Bresse in France and NEVER rotisseries,and always with a wine sauce as well. I will ask more questions about it, but it was really neat to hear firsthand the practices

This is another way to cook Bresse.

 

[chrissyr]

I'm not trying to quadruple today's post count , but had a question
So I have about 30 young cockerels . 8-10 weeks old. Keeping some for breeders but the majority will be dinner.
1. What should I feed them now to put on weight? I know the last month is cereal grains, but what about now?
2. If they're all being fattened up, will the breeders I want to keep get too fat? I wanted to put all boys together.
And any other tips would be great. Especially for the 13 CL boys. I want them to be worth the processing if at all possible

 

[casportpony]

The humidity spike with 99.5 temps can lower Oxygen in the incubator. To help with that problem, lower the temperature to 98 degrees around day 19.

Vent open is good and on my brinsea it is a control slider that opens and closes the vent.

Humidity during incubation is important for air cell development. 30 to 35% is usually good but you may need higher humidity for light eggs--like Dorkings for example or silkies. The key is to watch the air cell and use is as a guide. Some weigh the eggs and come up with an average weight loss. If Humidity and air cell is as suspected problem, that might be a good thing to try.

I think many new to incubating try to increase humidity by closing vents . But don't realize they're diminishing oxygen

Lol, my cat raises the humidity in the Janoel 48 when she sleeps on it an covers the air holes.

-Kathy

 

[ronott1]

Lol, my cat raises the humidity in the Janoel 48 when she sleeps on it an covers the air holes.

-Kathy

I have heard about cats messing up a hatch before.

Bad Kittie!

 

[casportpony]

Lol, my cat raises the humidity in the Janoel 48 when she sleeps on it an covers the air holes.


-Kathy

I have heard about cats messing up a hatch before.

Bad Kittie!

My pea eggs go in the RCOM or under a broody. We bought the Janoel to use as a NICU, not an incubator.

-Kathy

 

[Happy Chooks]

and we will be down to 75ish birds from the high of around 500 we had.

Holy smokes, 500 birds?

Feeding must have been a HUGE chore!

I have many more than I care to count, but I hatched a bunch of cockerels this year. Other than a couple that might stay to show, the rest will be residing in the freezer. I'm selling off some pullets/hens as well.

Quote: Sorry to ruin your innocence.

I found something interesting out.
I sold some Bresse to a lovely French lady who now lives in CA. I met her mother upon pickup who was visiting from France.
She said she cooks the Bresse in France and NEVER rotisseries,and always with a wine sauce as well. I will ask more questions about it, but it was really neat to hear firsthand the practices

LOL, I think all French dinners include wine. We used to have a fantastic French restaurant in Auburn, but sadly, they moved back to France.

 

[chrissyr]

Lol, my cat raises the humidity in the Janoel 48 when she sleeps on it an covers the air holes.

-Kathy

haha, naughty kitty!

I don't know much about malposition but hatching is a race to get out of the egg before the o2 goes away. So airflow and o2raito in the incubator are huge. I think that's why cabinets can have better hatches lots of fresh air with high o2 content.

there is a gal on the Muscovy thread that uses homemade incubators and gets amazing hatches on EVERYTHING! She hatches muscovies, parrots, emus and well everything . She swears the homemade has better o2 . Not sure percentages but I think she gets 80-100, if I remember. I believe 80 may actually be too low. She can hatch a rock in those babies!!

 

[debs_flock]

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I think when I hit the 500, I was including grow outs and chicks in the count...........................so I just stopped including them,

I had to exclude them, the count scared me

 

[casportpony]

 

 and we will be down to 75ish birds from the high of around 500 we had.

Holy smokes, 500 birds?   Feeding must have been a HUGE chore! 

I think when I hit the 500, I was including grow outs and chicks in the count...........................so I just stopped including them,    I had to exclude them, the count scared me

I'm afraid to count mine!

-Kathy