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

[microchick]

Morning everyone!

Day 19 for me. No pips yet so I topped off the water pot, gently positioned the eggs so the air cell was facing the outside of the canopy and shut things up until tomorrow when I'll probably have to top off again. The house humidity is only running 32% so if I don't keep that reservoir full, the humidity really drops in the incubator. I discovered that I'm able to shine my little LED CREE styled flashlight through the canopy and visualize the Air Cells on the eggs. I think I saw one internal pip but the real interesting thing was that while I was out letting the flock out into their run, DH reported that he had to pull our big Tom cat off the incubator as he was scratching at the canopy. We have 5 cats and yesterday I caught one of the females nosing around the incubator also. Till now none of them have showed any interest it, so I can only speculate that they are hearing something that we can't at this point in time.

I still think this is incredibly stressful, LOL.

 

[mlm Mike]

Quote: Thanks, I now realize you have told us this before, I'm just not with it today. Sorry. How did the milking go?

 

[mlm Mike]

Morning everyone!

Day 19 for me. No pips yet so I topped off the water pot, gently positioned the eggs so the air cell was facing the outside of the canopy and shut things up until tomorrow when I'll probably have to top off again. The house humidity is only running 32% so if I don't keep that reservoir full, the humidity really drops in the incubator. I discovered that I'm able to shine my little LED CREE styled flashlight through the canopy and visualize the Air Cells on the eggs. I think I saw one internal pip but the real interesting thing was that while I was out letting the flock out into their run, DH reported that he had to pull our big Tom cat off the incubator as he was scratching at the canopy. We have 5 cats and yesterday I caught one of the females nosing around the incubator also. Till now none of them have showed any interest it, so I can only speculate that they are hearing something that we can't at this point in time.

I still think this is incredibly stressful, LOL.

Good morning! Good luck with the hatch, yes the cats are probably hearing chicks now. One of my dogs is my early chick indicator. He likes to watch the chicks in the brooder, too.

 

[Pensmaster]

Very good reasons. How far would the eggs need to travel to get to you?

Newark, New Jersey another reason to wait it's been cold there, and they are expensive. I do like the egg size of his/her variety though 65 grams. I would only need a few to hatch in order to mix with mine so that's a plus on shipping. Mines GFF they have a mix GFF and another variety from Canada I believe is where they said.

 

[daxigait]

Morning everyone!

Day 19 for me.  No pips yet so I topped off the water pot, gently positioned the eggs so the air cell was facing the outside of the canopy and shut things up until tomorrow when I'll probably have to top off again. The house humidity is only running 32% so if I don't keep that  reservoir full, the humidity really drops in the incubator. I discovered that I'm able to shine my little LED CREE styled flashlight through the canopy and visualize the Air Cells on the eggs. I think I saw one internal pip but the real interesting thing was that while I was out letting the flock out into their run, DH reported that he had to pull our big Tom cat off the incubator as he was scratching at the canopy. We have 5 cats and yesterday I caught one of the females nosing around the incubator also. Till now none of them have showed any interest it, so I can only speculate that they are hearing something that we can't at this point in time.

I still think this is incredibly stressful, LOL.

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[Pensmaster]

Morning Dax how's the mother hen warmer coming along? Did the rope work?

 

[mlm Mike]

Quote: Wow, that is a good distance.

 

[Pensmaster]

Wow, that is a good distance. 

Scary especially if they are older eggs. The original ones from cluckandcrow were further away I think and were fresh, AC were small. Generous on his eggs as well.

 

[AlleysChicks]

not sure I gave you this! check out humidity section! did you calibrate ?
[COLOR=FF0000]BASICS!!! INCUBATION QUESTIONS w/answers[/COLOR] post #15921

Thank you! I just decided the other day to try hatching some. This is a big help

 

[mlm Mike]

Quote: Yes, if someone is selling hatching eggs, they should be shipping fresh eggs.