Colorado

[Adam7]

Ok dry incubators, what % do you normally keep at? I plugged everything in and my humidity dropped to about 20% but adding water to a small well raises it to 44%. Suggestions?

At my place with no water added my humidity is around 8-10%. I have a really small Tupperware bowl set inside a larger one. When I fill the small one humidity is at 35-42%, almost always 40 though. When I fill the larger Tupperware humidity goes to about 60%. I don't know if doing something like adding a small Tupperware for water is possible for you though.

 

[Pozees]

Ok dry incubators, what % do you normally keep at? I plugged everything in and my humidity dropped to about 20% but adding water to a small well raises it to 44%. Suggestions?

From what I have read, 42% is about ideal, so 44% is pretty close. Hatching raise to 55%.

 

[Chick_In_The_Burbs]

From what I have read, 42% is about ideal, so 44% is pretty close.  Hatching raise to 55%.

Awesome! I think I am over researched. All the numbers keep blurring together now...

 

[dennarahl]

You had the bin with the "Chilly" Bantam Chicks? I was there. Should have know and said hi. Late>> Hello.

It was a nice bird swap. 

Yup, they got a little cold, but not too bad. Thankfully there were enough of them to keep each other warm when the light wasn't on. When the sun came around it got better.

 

[Pozees]

Awesome! I think I am over researched. All the numbers keep blurring together now...

LOL right there with you Like I said earlier, each location has its own best numbers, and you just have to keep tweaking until you find what is best for yours.

Right now my hatcher is at 100 degrees and 54% humidity. I swear I heard peeping when I transferred the eggs from incubator to hatcher, but I have been known to hear sounds that were only in my head - I think they call it wishful thinking.

I hope I am close on my settings, I bought Salmon Faverolle and Sumatra hatching eggs that should arrive tomorrow or Friday, and have RIR eggs coming the first week in March from Ron Fogle who has been hatching some awesome chicks this year so far. Beautiful brick shaped dark red chicks. The RIR will be mainly for me, I would like to have some nice heritage style RIRs to go forward with - despite my main breeding plans being geared toward Sussex and Leghorns, there is something so right about good RIRs. Can't deny they have made an impression on me.

 

[Chick_In_The_Burbs]

This batch is RIR, buff Brahmas and some mixes (possible Orphington, Australorp, RIR, and light brahma for combos). The lady couldn't fill my whole order with purebreds so about half are mixed. I don't know the exact numbers yet, DH went to pick up the eggs since I had to do a teleconference. Hoping local eggs and a dry hatch makes the difference!

Btw, if anyone is interested in the 5 I hatched earlier shoot me a pm. I will be listing them on CL Friday.

 

[chickenchacha]

Hi all, I probably did it horribly wrong and won't try this again. Just wanted to let readers know..... I'm very distressed about it right now. Dry ice method didn't work (for me) for putting down my injured rooster...... and had to resort to another way. I won't describe the details but warn you to learn more if you want to do the dry ice thing.

 

[chlskt]

This is my first time dry hatching, and so far we have 5/9 quail hatched still a few more days left, my chicken eggs go on lockdown tomorrow, but before I kept humidity at 50% and could only hatch one chick, so I definitely think dry is the way to go! I never got below 20% and never above 45%. Good luck, I'm happy I finally got it!

This batch is RIR, buff Brahmas and some mixes (possible Orphington, Australorp, RIR, and light brahma for combos). The lady couldn't fill my whole order with purebreds so about half are mixed. I don't know the exact numbers yet, DH went to pick up the eggs since I had to do a teleconference. Hoping local eggs and a dry hatch makes the difference!

Btw, if anyone is interested in the 5 I hatched earlier shoot me a pm. I will be listing them on CL Friday.

 

[coloradogal]

Ok dry incubators, what % do you normally keep at? I plugged everything in and my humidity dropped to about 20% but adding water to a small well raises it to 44%. Suggestions?

I do a half fill of one well and it usually brings it up to around 40-45. I don't open up again until the humidity falls to 20ish. I'll do the same. Usually I only have to refill a half reservoir once until lockdown. So your experience sounds about how it is at my place.

Sooooo, somehow I ended up with a house chicken. As i write this, Fritzle - yup, his name is officially Fritzle, is perched on the wood part of the couch. This is the one that was battered over 2 weeks ago now still won't readjust to the flock. He's a white frizzle. I modified a dog diaper for him until I can make some of his own. I swore it would never happen but it has. He jumps in my lap, follows me around, gives the dogs hell if they get too close and finds all the crumbs on the floor to eat. I dewormed and deloused him.

So in regards to the poop.... I've been surprised thus far at how little there is. I swear he waits until i take it off and then does his deed. He's always trying to perch on my shoulder, which is a little annoying. So about the poop...because I modified a dog diaper, it is closer to his skin than a normal chicken diaper. Could he have an aversion to soiling himself? Is that even possible?

I am still trying to find him a home but the major issue I have right now is if I let someone try him, I can't take him back unless they are NPIP. There isn't enough on his little frame to eat and he really hates being outside. I've let him every single day, numerous times and each time he sees a hen coming toward him, he run into the house. Today they scared him so bad that he jumped into my lap.

Anyways... just thought I'd share. I'm getting ready to do a kool-aid dye job.... I'm thinking blue. =)

 

[Pozees]

Hi all, I probably did it horribly wrong and won't try this again. Just wanted to let readers know..... I'm very distressed about it right now. Dry ice method didn't work (for me) for putting down my injured rooster...... and had to resort to another way. I won't describe the details but warn you to learn more if you want to do the dry ice thing.

I am so sorry for you. I don't know the dry ice method at all, read how Coloradogal used the CO2 from her sodastream with good results and thought that would be a good plan. I also read instructions on how to make CO2 with vinegar and baking soda, and thought that should work as well.

Keep in mind, even though it didn't work as well as you hoped and you had to resort to a different method, you nonetheless prevented days of suffering and learned from the experience, distressing as it was. It is not easy euthanizing any animal, but it is a kindness, and the more each of us does to learn the most humane way to do so, the more we can help fellow animal keepers learn.