December Hatch-A-Long 2014

[PD-Riverman]

Update: my neighbor gave me 3 Rhode Island Red eggs. BUT they're all in different stages. One is basically "lockdown size" (the shadow is), one is about 2 weeks along and the third looks like it's on day 2. Agh. This is difficult stuff for this beginner but I'm going to do my best with what knowledge I've gained from this site.

Hmmmmm, Good Luck!!

 

[PD-Riverman]

they dried ok. Except for the that had gunk on them. Those dried up too but all of their fluff was cover in a layer of what ever it's called that's attached to their belly button and liquid from the egg and got crusty. I know that one of them died for sure but I think the other is still struggling. I am ok with the number I guess. Still learning. Plus I have two more incubators that are getting ready to hatch in the next couple of days.

I get the water in the sink faucet around 100 degrees, then I wet the area on the chick that needs to be cleaned by putting the chick under the running water---then rub in some dish detergent---wash---rince is off----then blow dry it, but not letting the blow dryer get to hot-----always works good.

 

[KDob521]

Hmmmmm, Good Luck!!

. Lol I KNOW. It's crazy. But I'm willing to do what it take.

 

[Renee572]

Update: my neighbor gave me 3 Rhode Island Red eggs. BUT they're all in different stages. One is basically "lockdown size" (the shadow is), one is about 2 weeks along and the third looks like it's on day 2. Agh. This is difficult stuff for this beginner but I'm going to do my best with what knowledge I've gained from this site.

good luck.

 

[only1bgirl]

Started Lockdown this evening 15 Silkie eggs two look iffy but I left them just in case, also marked the eggs with irregular air cells.

 

[PD-Riverman]

. Lol I KNOW. It's crazy. But I'm willing to do what it take.

It can Happen too!! Glad you got the time for the chicks sake. It takes "about" as much time to brood and mess with a couple chick as it does for 50/100 and about as much electricity, But Time and Money is not something we think about when we raise a couple of happy chicks-----Is It???? LOL

 

[PD-Riverman]

Started Lockdown this evening 15 Silkie eggs two look iffy but I left them just in case, also marked the eggs with irregular air cells.

Good Luck---I also put about 35(Small batch this week) into lock-down too!!

 

[Debs55]

bator is full of eggs again 14 cochins and 23 silkies

 

[ChickenLady2014]

bator is full of eggs again 14 cochins and 23 silkies

Good luck Debs55

 

[ChickenLady2014]

Anybody have some good advice, getting really frustrated with my incubators/thermometers & hygrometers.
I have 3 incubators, a Janoel 48, all digital with turner & fan. ( new this spring only my 3rd hatch in it.) A older Little Giant ~ still air with egg turner. And a brand new Little Giant 9300 that I purchased last week for hatching with a digital temp/hygrometer. I also have a seperate digital temp/hygrometer unit & I have 3 cheap thermoters. They all are saying different numbers. The 3 cheap thermoters I did the ice calibration check on them. All 3 read 32 degrees, so I thought I had something acurite to go by. Here's my dilema, I can place all three in the same incubator right next to each other and yet they all read a different temp. Plus they all read a different temp than the digital units on the incubators. I just don't know what number to go by, lockdown starts on some of my eggs tomorrow night. The eggs are looking great, live embryos in all. I'm just really concerned to move them into lockdown and not know if my hygrometer is way off. In past hatches have experienced chick drowning because of too much humidity and my last hatch I lost a couple to not enough humidity I think. They never made it out of the shell after internally pipping. Anybody have a suggestion?