DRYHATCH SUCCESSFUL!!! Look what it brought me :)

[swheat]

Very nice chicks! I also dry hatch and I would not do it any other way now. Alabama has a humid climate also, so I just add hot water on the 18-19th day of incubation.

 

[JanieMarie]

Oh My! They are beautiful!! And so fat and so healthy!! You had quite a day yesterday hope you get to sleep in a bit today! Germaine you did me proud! These are the first of my shipped eggs that have been hatched by anyone. I think I was as nervous and anxious as you!! Now if I can just have as good luck in my hatch next week. Sounds like our incubating methods have been tweaked quite similar. Only thing different is I think I'll have humidity at around 65% for hatch. But I don't have the marans. Can I borrow a pic for my website? I still have the BLR page to do and these are actual grandbabies and so beautiful and healthy!! Well I gotta go look at the pics again now!
Jane

 

[Germaine_11.20]

You betcha Grandma Jane! Yu can have all the pics you want and you'll get lots more because I love to take pictures as they grow. They grow so fast its hard to remember how they looked even a week before if there aren't pics!

I can't wait for the Light Sussex to hatch!! And I think you are right on target with 65 for your lockdown. And I think they did better on the mesh floor rather than the cartons.

 

[ParadisePoultry]

Lucky me, I live in Minn too. Maybe someday I can get some eggs from JanieMarie! BTW Janie, can you tell us how you ship your eggs? Sounds like it's the best ever

 

[Germaine_11.20]

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Good to know that you feel that way too, thanks!

 

[joebryant]

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My incubator was about 99.8-100.2 Got lucky with that one. They can be tricky to configure. I started the humidity at 40% and then let it dry down to about 25. Many times I would wake up to 21. I would syringe a little water in there (never on the eggs) and wait about an hour. It usually ran about 40. Sometimes as high as 56. I would always let it dry back down low before adding more water. I always left the red plug out for good oxygen levels.
It was too difficult to keep the room humidity about 50% because it runs dry out here. Average 30% in room.
On day 18 I went on lockdown and changed to the hatcher (about 100.8) I used sponges in there and would put more water as needed through tubing inserted into the vent. I kept it at 83 for most of the time. I had Marans in there and they have such hard shells.
I also turned the red plug upside down and covered most of the vent hole with it so the humidity didn't go haywire.

If I could change one thing it would be to have seperate hatchers for each egg breed. The ones needing higher humidity like Marans and those with thinner shells who don't need as much.

I had to help a few out, and did have one sticky chick although it was only stuck a tiny bit to its thigh (It still couldn't zip right like that)

But 9 out of 10 BLRW pipped so that is a thumbs up for dry hatching and the chicks not "drowning" 9 out of 12 Marans too. And the 2 Javas. I only lost 3 eggs out of 24.

Not sure if one of the Marans will make it. It is small and weak. But it pipped!

Hope this helps. Oh I forgot to say it is circulated. A genesis

rustyswoman, I'm sorry but all that flies in the face of all know wisdom; it will NEVER produce good results of any kind.
Oh, wait! Uh...
Never mind!

 

[joebryant]

Oops, sorry, I replied on the wrong post.

 

[Germaine_11.20]

Awwww we need pics Joe!!!!!!!

 

[joletabey]

Those are beautiful chickie babies - almost as cute as Dels!!! Congratulations!!!

 

[joebryant]

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Okay, I'll try to post some here this afternoon, but they won't be very good because they will have to be taken throught the incubator's top that I cannot remove until noon tomorrow at the earliest.