Congrats! Gorgeous babies!
DRYHATCH SUCCESSFUL!!! Look what it brought me :)
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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.
How many are you up to?
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.
How many are you up to?
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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.
How many are you up to?
Four, but there are at least seven more that have little holes punched in the shell. I called my doctor's wife about an hour ago and surprised her with the good news. I'll be taking them to her tomorrow as a Christmas gift. She's really a sweet lady, and I'm really glad for her. In the last six months, there have been so many disappoitments from the incubator that I gave away to some lying chick seller over the internet. These two Genesis incubators are GREAT!
BTW, I neglected to mention a while ago about how cute all those chicks are... DUH! Well, they ARE!
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.
How many are you up to?
Four, but there are at least seven more that have little holes punched in the shell. I called my doctor's wife about an hour ago and surprised her with the good news. I'll be taking them to her tomorrow as a Christmas gift. She's really a sweet lady, and I'm really glad for her. In the last six months, there have been so many disappoitments from the incubator that I gave away to some lying chick seller over the internet. These two Genesis incubators are GREAT!
BTW, I neglected to mention a while ago about how cute all those chicks are... DUH! Well, they ARE!
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How many are you up to?
Four, but there are at least seven more that have little holes punched in the shell. I called my doctor's wife about an hour ago and surprised her with the good news. I'll be taking them to her tomorrow as a Christmas gift. She's really a sweet lady, and I'm really glad for her. In the last six months, there have been so many disappoitments from the incubator that I gave away to some lying chick seller over the internet. These two Genesis incubators are GREAT!
BTW, I neglected to mention a while ago about how cute all those chicks are... DUH! Well, they ARE!
Ooops, I just left the message above, walked in there to look at the "holes" and #5 was already out and another one is zipped more than half way around. MAN, THEY ARE FAST. I can't stay up with them.
EDIT: 2:06 P.M. #6 just popped out of the shell.
How many are you up to?
Four, but there are at least seven more that have little holes punched in the shell. I called my doctor's wife about an hour ago and surprised her with the good news. I'll be taking them to her tomorrow as a Christmas gift. She's really a sweet lady, and I'm really glad for her. In the last six months, there have been so many disappoitments from the incubator that I gave away to some lying chick seller over the internet. These two Genesis incubators are GREAT!
BTW, I neglected to mention a while ago about how cute all those chicks are... DUH! Well, they ARE!
Ooops, I just left the message above, walked in there to look at the "holes" and #5 was already out and another one is zipped more than half way around. MAN, THEY ARE FAST. I can't stay up with them.
EDIT: 2:06 P.M. #6 just popped out of the shell.
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That is fantastic. And so much fun!
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Yep, and the world would go around a lot faster for the ones that are trying to zip if the "self-appointed welcoming committee" would get their butts off the eggs/carton and stop trying to cheer on those trying to hatch.
Yep, and the world would go around a lot faster for the ones that are trying to zip if the "self-appointed welcoming committee" would get their butts off the eggs/carton and stop trying to cheer on those trying to hatch.
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Oh my gosh, I know! It makes you crazy when they sit on top of another one trying to hatch and not be able to open the incubator and get them off.
5:15 P.M. #8 popped out.
Pictures will be late. Was ready to take them, but the camera's battery is dead. I'm charging it now.
Pictures will be late. Was ready to take them, but the camera's battery is dead. I'm charging it now.
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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
My dry hatch went horrible I think I should of got the humidity higher than I did I only had it up to 70% during last 3 days. I only got 2 out of 8 Marans that went into bator. Started with 18 eggs. Oh well I will dry hatch again, though.
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
My dry hatch went horrible I think I should of got the humidity higher than I did I only had it up to 70% during last 3 days. I only got 2 out of 8 Marans that went into bator. Started with 18 eggs. Oh well I will dry hatch again, though.
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