Come Hatch along with Us!!! Setting Oct12-Oct 20th

[kizanne]

I'm in. I just set 23 eggs late on Oct. 14th. I love having hatch buddies.

Mine are all mixed from my layer flock I have an English Orphington roo over a variety of girls.

 

[cmfarm]

I set 17 dozen eggs (a few were broken so I think I put 201 eggs in, but not sure) on the 13th. They are BR and RIR eggs. I have a Natureform NOM45 incubator. This is my second atempt with this bator. The first time I set it right after I bought it and didn't check the temp. after starting it up. I just asummed everything was good, but the temp gage was off. But it does seem to be holding steady temps., I just had to adjust it down a bit (it says it it is 88 degrees but it is really 99). So hopefully all goes well this time, because I lost a lot of eggs because of that.

 

[Roxannemc]

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CONGRATS Ash!! We are happy to hear such good news! !! GO CHICKiE BABIES !!! Let us know what you get and pics too. You may want to post also to the thread that is hatching out their babies right NOW like you . We here wont be hatching for about 2-3 weeks just set them. if you get more eggs right away (and you probably will if youare like us! ) then set here with us too.. I wil try and post the name of the current hatch thread or a link if i can. Its on this incubating thread started about 3 weeks ago. So Sept 23rd? to Oct 4th i think it says?Something like that Keep us posted and any questions we can answer i hope for you ..

 

[Roxannemc]

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Yeah that temp thing can do it...You just reminded me to reset mine and check it before my eggs go in.GOOD LUCK on these!! Put 3 thermometers in one was a candy thermometer.It read a tiny dash over 100 .Another thermometer said 98 but its been stuff with pine shaving a lot so not sure glass ppl thermoneter said 98 6 The auto bator thermometer says 99.5 set at 100 So now i dont know what to do

 

[GVChickenMan]

My first hatch in my new super-dooper Incubator. Due to hatch 16/10/12,
first pipping at 5.00pm on 15/10/2012!

I'm quite tempted by the Suro, Ash. I need something a little larger than my Mini I think. How have you found it?

 

[Roxannemc]

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Yeah ithink its what keeps us addict..s not just the fun hatching babies but the company while doing it!

 

[Roxannemc]

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OH English Orp ROO!!!! I want thoses eggs!! HAHA..I have a part English that is 3 months now and icant wait until he "becomes a man"!!!

 

[Roxannemc]

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Sillycitygirl is right it wont hurt the eggs. Brinsea has even put a bator out now that has an off setting that you can ajust so your eggs are like that of the hens sitting ,.,,on most of the time off some of the time. So its fine,.Onl yin lockdown should it be kept shut and not opened unless you really have to

 

[Roxannemc]

Ok my eggs got here today. 18 BBS Orps
...She said she posted them on Thursday.... said they were 1-3 days old....so thats between 5-7 days old at least now PLUS .
Fertility wont be as good.
Then shipped from NY to Mo ...not good.
I candled when they got in ..and found 2 look as if there is a 19 day old baby in there!!! ALL DARK
and one is sort of wonky looking so i am setting them in a different bator. in case of an explosion.!!
I will set them later today .not leting them sit for 24 hours ...too old now to do that..
The other 15 look ok ithink
A few had some pretty big air cells

 

[MarineCorpFarmr]

good luck picking up more weds am to add to the 22 i think i have now. Somehow i think im trying to fill the whole tray that got set aside for me lol