Calling All New Brinsea Owners!!! January Hatch-a-long...

[CDennis]

The picture doesn't do the eggs justice. Sonew123 your eggs are simply BEAUTIFUL!

Well I couldn't quite wait 12 hours...but I gave it a good try. I think I filled my dear eco mighty full!!!

 

[sonew123]

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aww thanks

yup looks to be overflowing to me!

 

[chicken stalker]

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[blefky]

Wow! What a gorgeous collection! Can't wait to see the end results!

 

[Woodland]

Thanks for posting the picture of your loaded eco CDennis. Never thought of loading my eco like that, but I sure will in the future.

Tomorrow I'm going to pick up some Serama eggs. This will be my first time incubating Seramas. I heard they are rather difficult to hatch. Should I do something different in my settings ? Any advice ?

 

[BlacksheepCardigans]

Set them normally and pray

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I wish I knew any magic - we only managed to hatch one of ten when we had a 100% hatch on LF eggs from the same breeder. I've read EVERY hatching thread on the SCNA forum and there's no common factors for success. Some people seem to get great (well, for Seramas great is anything over 60%) results and other people doing the same thing get zip.

My daughter bought adult Seramas with her own money a couple of weeks ago and we're leaving their eggs in the box, hoping desperately for one of the hens to go broody. Broodies seem to have the best success rate. But if any incubator SHOULD have a good chance, it would be a Brinsea; seramas are so little that even small temperature swings hurt them more.

 

[CDennis]

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This is my first hatch, it was mostly out of necessity, I wanted to put as many in as possible! So far, it turns ok and nobody has flopped over. I think if you had banty eggs you could actually do an entire second row of course you would need more room at lockdown. My humidity seems low which has me paranoid. I know I can kick it up really high with a wash rag but I don't really want it that high yet. My temp was running good, once all the eggs were in and warmed up temp went up to 101 and I had to adjust it back down. They have hardly been in for 24 hours and I am already wondering about the little guys, hopefully I don't mess it up!

 

[Woodland]

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Thanks for your response.
I will use my normal settings and give it a go. Temperature stays steady in a Brinsea. If it doesn't work out I can always buy adult Seramas.

Hope for you and your daughter that one of the hens will go broody soon.

 

[Woodland]

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This is my first hatch, it was mostly out of necessity, I wanted to put as many in as possible! So far, it turns ok and nobody has flopped over. I think if you had banty eggs you could actually do an entire second row of course you would need more room at lockdown. My humidity seems low which has me paranoid. I know I can kick it up really high with a wash rag but I don't really want it that high yet. My temp was running good, once all the eggs were in and warmed up temp went up to 101 and I had to adjust it back down. They have hardly been in for 24 hours and I am already wondering about the little guys, hopefully I don't mess it up!

Do you still have problems with the humidity ? I had the same, I had both wells filled and humidity was still running low. I put a cloth in the middle from one well into the other one, bent over the edge. It added like 10% humidity, just what I needed. Maybe enough for you too.
Good luck !

 

[BooBear]

Picking up some local eggs this evening and waiting on some breeder eggs that are being shipped today.
The local eggs are from a mixed flock of Barred Rock, red sex links, LG Cochin, Ameraucana, and an Easter Egger hens under a big Austrolape rooster. Not sure whose eggs I will receive as the lady said they just started laying again.
The breeder eggs being shipped are Wyandottes.
Hope I get a great hatch from all of them.