Diary & Notes ~ Air Cell Detatched SHIPPED Chicken Eggs for incubation and hatching

[chicknfun]

Sal- I was thinking earlier that I may be thread crashing, but then I realized it's your thread....

 

[jfer]

YAY!!  your stuck with us now! 

now the 50 questions!

How do your air cells look? What have you been doing as far as humidity?
Thermometers were calibrated right?

Once you come to the thread we WONT let you leave...... Muhahhahhaaaa

Hahahahahaha....
The air cells look ok I guess

Humidity is at 45-50
Ummmm what else....???? Oh I had 3 thermometers that I tested and I keep two in the bator that were more accurate. They are sitting at 99.5 with a few incidences

of raised temp to 102 but not for long..lol

 

[jfer]

Oh yaaaay!!! That's great because I will definitely need some help at hatch time. How high do you put your humidity during lock down?

 

[jfer]

welcome to hatching lol the rest of us addicts and friends here will certainly cheer you along and encourage more ... im learning fast lol

Oh yaaaay!!! That's great because I will definitely need some help at hatch time. How high do you put your humidity during lock down? And I'm still trying to figure out how to work this website too LOL

 

[MissBroodyHen]

this is what day 13?  AWESOME!!!  I bought THREE extra LED's just for those blue eggs!  they are worse than marans I swear!

JFer,
Awesome. That's what my eggs look like too!! And these hopefully will be my first to hatch i candled a very light egg and I could actually see the umbilical cord swinging a round at the top just around the air cell line. It was awesome. Can't wait. We have almost the same dues dates! Day one for me is Easter Sunday!!

Hope you have an awesome hatch and welcome to the thread!

 

[jfer]

Hope it turns out alright

Thank you !!!!

 

[Sally Sunshine]

Sal- I was thinking earlier that I may be thread crashing, but then I realized it's your thread....

Not my thread..... OURS!

group effort group fun, lotta friends!

 

[ozexpat]

Does anyone know what this might be? The stain just appeared in the last days of incubation and doesn't smell or anything, its not mine I'm asking for someone else

thanks

are you still having trouble recognizing what an egg is pogmobum? I thought I taught you last week

 

[jfer]

JFer,
Awesome. That's what my eggs look like too!! And these hopefully will be my first to hatch i candled a very light egg and I could actually see the umbilical cord swinging a round at the top just around the air cell line. It was awesome. Can't wait. We have almost the same dues dates! Day one for me is Easter Sunday!!

Hope you have an awesome hatch and welcome to the thread!

Thanks!! I will post my pics when they come

 

[Sally Sunshine]

Quote: you have a fan model right?

Oh yaaaay!!! That's great because I will definitely need some help at hatch time. How high do you put your humidity during lock down?

ok, I want to make sure your gonna have a good hatch so I will ask that you take a minute to read this..... ok maybe 2 minutes.... then ask questions! ITS IMPORTANT TO KNOW THAT YOUR AIR CELLS ARE CORRECT WHICH MEANS YOUR CLOSE TO WEIGHT LOSS GOALS!

https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/hatching-eggs-101

Humidity is NOT A SET NUMBER, you need it YES!
However, you use it to "adjust" egg weight loss during incubation. We candle on days 7,10,14,18 To WATCH WEIGHT LOSS IN EVERY EGG! An EGG MUST lose approximately 13-14% of its weight during the incubation process. THIS IS YOUR GOAL!! You can monitor this by marking Air cells and also by weighing. Please refer to CANDLING section of this Article for more Air Cell info.

Size of air cell on day 7, 14, and 18 of incubation

I choose the easier method, keeping a close eye on air cell growth during incubation. You begin by ONLY adding a small amount of water and keep Humidity between 28%-45% and adjusting as you weigh or candle depending on moisture loss. So if your air cells look too large you must add humidity, too small lower it, and if your weighing you adjust as needed. UNTIL DAY 18 LOCKDOWN,
then stop turning and raise humidity to 65-70%

I have read and re-read this article numerous times!
https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/how-to-incubate-hatch-eggs-using-the-dry-incubation-method
And read this entire thread with over 300 posts of information
https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/113681/humidity-in-bator-excellent-info-here-everyone-should-read-this

Humidity will naturally fluctuate in your incubator as it fluctuates widely with weather conditions.
If it is slightly lower or higher some days then don't worry about it. Do your best to keep the humidity level in the incubating room around 50%. You may actually need to dehumidify. By controlling the room humidity, you can be more accurate with humidity inside the incubator. Just remember high humidity is MUCH worse than low humidity as higher humidity hinders the evaporation inside of the egg. Each egg must lose approximately 13-14% of its weight
during the incubation process. You can monitor this by marking Air cells and also by weighing.
Please refer to CANDLING section of this Article for more Air Cell info.



PLEASE REFER TO ARTICLE FOR MORE INFORMATION!​