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

[Sally Sunshine]

Quote: Mixed breed. Supposed to take 28 days. I gathered them. They hasn't been started. Temps were at 99.5 with forced air on two thermometers.
mixed what though? don't some take 25 days?

 

[Doug Hodges]

The temps were fine according to two thermometers. Now I'm concerned my chicken eggs are to dry. I would of had a good hatch if the humidity had been right. I gathered these eggs. They couldn't of been started.

but did you calibrate the thermometers? what kind are you using? 

Do you have another batch in? are they due today? If they are in lockdown you can up humidity to 82-84 and it may be enough for them or you may have to candle and tap and check at least one following the assist article, only create a view hole in one to see inner membrane, don't touch inner membrane.... its all in the assist... again I forget what day/s timing and such your on!

I upped humidity. It's at 75% and still climbing.

 

[Sally Sunshine]

Quote: I sent some pm's out, waiting for replys

 

[Doug Hodges]

 

[Sally Sunshine]

we now have 8 pips 2 notta and one of the 8 is malpositioned pip at bottom but its chirping!

 

[Sally Sunshine]

Hey, I need happy hatching wishes or prayers coming my way. I have waited a LOOOONG time for baby Call Ducklings. The lady that is hatching them for me said that tomorrow is the official hatch date, so hoping I hear some great news soon!

 

[Sally Sunshine]

I just met a really cool gal who is an EGG artist! She is fairly new on BYC! Not sure what state she is in BUT.....

she is looking for INFERTILE EGGS for her projects! I am going to send her some quail and any infertile banty I have in a week
if anyone is willing to send her some I can hook you up, she is going to make me a art egg too!
Below is a paste.......


Here are some eggs I would like if I could get them.

Any kind of pheasant.
Turkey w/ spots!!! love those
Valley Quail
Most small eggs like Bantam- any color
Chukar Partridge
Gamble Quail
Guinea Hen
Moran
Peahen.

I have enough ostrich, rhea, goose and duck right now.



OH MY GAWD look what she does! how cool are they!

 

[ozexpat]

calibrating thermometers is critical,

a simple cheap way to calibrate a thermometer at temperature is to add a medicine jar of water to your bator for 40 mins when it is at temperature, , drop a medical grade thermometer in the water and take a measurement. compare that to the routine thermometer you plan to use in your bator.

 

[Doug Hodges]

Here's one for you. My kids noticed my duck eggs pipped in incubator #1. It's 4 days early. The humidity had bottomed out. The sacks had sucked down on them. I hatched 4 out alive. I had to manually do it. The rest were like they should of been at day 24. What the heck happened? I have 24 chicken eggs due to hatch Wednesday in that bator. I don't know if any are alive. I still had everything in the turner. Should I remove the turner early? My thermometers showed a constant 99.5. This is a forced air incubator. I'm real confused.

WHAT! wow! were these your eggs? do you think they had already been incubating before set or what?


What breed again? and how many days does that breed duck take?


what in the world! my guess points directly too high temps! but weird enough isn't it!

Mixed breed. Supposed to take 28 days. I gathered them. They hasn't been started. Temps were at 99.5 with forced air on two thermometers.

mixed what though? don't some take 25 days?

Black Swedish I think

 

[Gardeningmama]

Quote:

Thank You!

we now have 8 pips 2 notta and one of the 8 is malpositioned pip at bottom but its chirping!

Yay for pips from the peeps, and YAY for bottoms up baby!

I just met a really cool gal who is an EGG artist! She is fairly new on BYC! Not sure what state she is in BUT.....

she is looking for INFERTILE EGGS for her projects! I am going to send her some quail and any infertile banty I have in a week
if anyone is willing to send her some I can hook you up, she is going to make me a art egg too!
Below is a paste.......


Here are some eggs I would like if I could get them.

Any kind of pheasant.
Turkey w/ spots!!! love those
Valley Quail
Most small eggs like Bantam- any color
Chukar Partridge
Gamble Quail
Guinea Hen
Moran
Peahen.

I have enough ostrich, rhea, goose and duck right now.



OH MY GAWD look what she does! how cool are they!

I would send Serama and D'Uccle, but they're fertile. Any reason they have to be infertile?