EDUCATIONAL INCUBATION & HATCHING CHAT THREAD, w/ Sally Sunshine Shipped Eggs

[lindalouly]

Good afternoon Everyone!!

Hello there!

 

[jwlpoultry]

Good afternoon Everyone!!

Hello there!

Hello!!

 

[Sally Sunshine]

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@Sally Sunshine I mean the purple is not dark or too light since it is in a windowless bathroom off the upstairs bedroom which is very green.

oh I gotcha!!!

 

[kajira]

oh I gotcha!!!

i love frozen songs, gummy bear song, and barbie... hahaha

 

[jwlpoultry]

Hi Sally!! @Sally Sunshine

 

[daxigait]

My hair is super curly and I've always had a love/hate relationship with it. It is such a pain to deal with every day. I have always been jealous of someone who can just brush their hair and the brush actually goes through the hair and it doesn't turn into an afro.

Wow,you could really do the finger in an electric socket look. Lol

 

[jwlpoultry]

Anyone want to see some Pics of some current poultry?

 

[lovechicks1293]

yipee! tonight i go to gymnastics class! gotta go make my dinner! i think i here something.... "sophie........it is i.....nutella.....eat me.....eat me....!!!

 

[bullets]

Welcome! I'm interested to hear the answer as well. Humidity controls the size of the aircells. The higher the humidity the less they should grow. I hope someone can work with you to figure this out. What temperature did you keep and did you turn your eggs? I'm just curious.

Yes I turn my eggs normally 3 times a day. I gently rotate them in the carton. I have my incubator set at 100* this time as last time I had it set at 99.5*

Do you have any pics of the air cells?

Unfortunately no pics pics of pics of the air cell. I will be sure to get some this ttime around.

 

[Sally Sunshine]

This is a great thread! Subscribing :] I have a question!

I'll go ahead and apologize now to the people who are subscribed to the other threads I posted this on. There's just tons of activity here :]

Question:

I'm currently 4 days in [starting tonight at 5pm] to incubating serama eggs. My first attempt at it I had 2 out of 4 fertile eggs make it to lockdown and died shortly after. I eggsietopsied them. 1 never piped and he other had the tip of its beak through the internal membrane just barely. They were both positioned correctly. They air cells were very large. The eggs were shipped so I had them up in cartons through the incubation process. I ran the humidity around 45% and upped it to 65% during lockdown. Since I've never incubated bantam I was alarmed through the whole process at the large air cells. So, the question I have is, does it only seem like air cells are very large compared to the eggs because their so small? MY hygrometer has been calibrated so I now it's accurate and the chicks weren't 'shrink wraped' when I eggsietopsied them at day 24. What should I do differently this hatch? They're in egg cartons again as they're shipped. I have the humidity at 55%. My bator is a forced air as well.

Hi @bullets you are definitely calibrated with the temps? wondering if you didnt get older eggs? how big were air cells when you got them?
The serama loose too much weight by most people, why? because I have noticed you can look on track up until day 14-15 and then BAM all of a sudden they loose way too much and too quickly. I run 55% and adjust as needed after day 7 and I pull a few out every other day to check them again and keep adjusting, Day 17 if I see they are really loosing weight LOCK down and humidity I do 75

Speaking of curly headed girls and future blackmail photos...




@Sally Sunshine
@kajira

HA!!! so cute!!

My one an only Curley haired dude.

Quote: WOWZA now that is curly!