CHICK-A-DEES Hatching Thread!!! 🐣

[arwoon]

Thanks for the tag! I would love to follow! So exciting!

 

[FeatherTay]

Oh cool! Thanks for the tag! I'll follow along and will try to help if I can. There's a lot of information in my thread from last year, on working with the crappy LG, but let me know if you have any specific questions. Most important of all - calibrate all your devices! All thermometers and the hygrometer. I do 30% humidity pre-lockdown, and 70% at lockdown.

Is your LG still air or forced air? I recommend adding a fan if it's still air. Will up your hatch rate.

Good luck!

Waiting to see that awesome brooder you promised pictures of

Thank you for the humidity advice!

My incubator is still air. I think Its the exact same model as yours! What do you think about this fan ?
<https://www.amazon.com/VEMONT-handh...&keywords=handheld+fan&qid=1620145694&sr=8-37>

I can't remember how you set up your fan. And what temp did you have it at?

I calibrated all 3 of my handheld temps! My hygrometer is calibrated too, about 5% off. I ordered another one today!

I'm gonna take some pictures to show the brooder today!

 

[human1]

hi, i'll follow along!

 

[the_peanut_coop]

So today my electricity has to be unplugged to my house, so my incubator is in the cold barn. The incubator is plugged in, so all is good, but I did wrap a blanket around it to keep the cold out!

Stay warm, little eggs!

 

[FeatherTay]

Incubator is back in the house, normal temps, about 49% for humidity. One of the jubliee orps were out of place, and was outside of the turner! I thought it was weird.

 

[the_peanut_coop]

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black babies i love it

 

[the_peanut_coop]

Pack one up i'll take 200

 

[FeatherTay]

Hey all!
Day 7 was today!
First Candle! I saw 2 of them moving and their hearts were beating!
Here are the results!
4/4 Porcelain Duccles
3/3 Mille Fleurs
1/1 Ayam Cemani
1/1 Chocolate Laced Orp
1/2 Jubliee Orp
1/1 Blue Laced Red Wyandotte
So. We lost one and it wasn’t even fertile. So we are now at 11/12!
Pics Down Below!

How are the air cells going?
I just put in the fan today.

About 99.5 Degrees and Around 31% humidity.
Any advice? How am I doing so far?

 

[FeatherTay]

Your stats look great! The fan should help, too. Air cells look good, except MF3 which looks quite big... Here's a useful chart:

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That’s honestly kinda what I thought!! Thank you so much!

 

[FeatherTay]

Counting down to lockdown....... if counting today.... 2.5 days! Lockdown is Friday!!!
I'm going to get Ayam Ketawa (Laughing Chickens) this weekend and will be gone on saturday through half of sunday. I will still have someone at my house that will keep an eye on things.
The Chickens are 3.5 hours away so I'm staying there overnight.