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

[Sparkle110]

Are you familiar to the term S/Valley ratio?

NOPE!

 

[NaJoBeLe]

@Sparkle110
Memory seems to be escaping me at the moment but let me ask some questions to try and get back on track with your status.
When were your eggs due?
What makes you think you killed them?
Were you the one that it was decided temp was a bit on the low side?

 

[Peacechick713]

Allready candled abotu 3 days ago, when should I do the float test , anbd how do I do the float test?

friend you're doomed

 

[Sparkle110]

@Sparkle110
Memory seems to be escaping me at the moment but let me ask some questions to try and get back on track with your status.
When were your eggs due?
What makes you think you killed them?
Were you the one that it was decided temp was a bit on the low side?

1. may 6

2. I candled them, they smelled weird, but it was suttle, and they were not moving, I could see no innser pip on any of them, and the sir cell was large on most

3. Yes

 

[Akrnaf2]

S=SURFACE
V=VOLUME
Bird are endothermic= they keep their body temperature constant as mammals.
So a criter like that LOOSE heat Through his SURFACE and produce heat in its cells AKA VOLUME. So the ratio between the S and the V controls the heat loos. Big ratio=more heat lose small = less
Heat loss.
Because little critters have a huge S/V they loose more heat then bigger one. And that is the difference between your chicks and pellets.

 

[NaJoBeLe]

1. may 6

2. I candled them, they smelled weird, but it was suttle, and they were not moving, I could see no innser pip on any of them, and the sir cell was large on most

3. Yes

Hmm ok. Well seeing as how they are almost 2 weeks late I don't think any will hatch, if they do I suspect there will be major issues.

As far as cleaning the incubator
yes it should be cleaned between batches. I use a bleach solution as was previously mentioned on my styro-bator and it does nicely.

 

[Sparkle110]

Hmm ok. Well seeing as how they are almost 2 weeks late I don't think any will hatch, if they do I suspect there will be major issues.

As far as cleaning the incubator
yes it should be cleaned between batches. I use a bleach solution as was previously mentioned on my styro-bator and it does nicely.

So I should toss 'em?

or somthing else?

 

[NaJoBeLe]

So I should toss 'em?

or somthing else?

If you have more ready to go in I would toss them.
If you feel like waiting for something to happen(and enjoy disappointment) let them stay awhile longer.
Before setting again I would.
1.) Make the sure the incubator gets disenfected.
2.) Adjust the temp up.
3.) Figure out the humidity issue(if aircells were large as you described then humidity was too low).
4.) Make sure both thermo/hygro are callibrated so you have accurate readings.

From what I have found #4 would be the most critical for people on here to be able to assist you in the future. The data coming out can only be as accurate as the data that goes in. Meaning if you say the temp was 99.5* F and it isn't than the info given to help you out will be irrelevant.

Hope this helps and you have a wonderful hatch for your next go round.

 

[Sparkle110]

If you have more ready to go in I would toss them.
If you feel like waiting for something to happen(and enjoy disappointment) let them stay awhile longer.
Before setting again I would.
1.) Make the sure the incubator gets disenfected.
2.) Adjust the temp up.
3.) Figure out the humidity issue(if aircells were large as you described then humidity was too low).
4.) Make sure both thermo/hygro are callibrated so you have accurate readings.

From what I have found #4 would be the most critical for people on here to be able to assist you in the future. The data coming out can only be as accurate as the data that goes in. Meaning if you say the temp was 99.5* F and it isn't than the info given to help you out will be irrelevant.

Hope this helps and you have a wonderful hatch for your next go round.

Thanks I'll start getting more eggs!

 

[kwhites634]

If you have more ready to go in I would toss them.
If you feel like waiting for something to happen(and enjoy disappointment) let them stay awhile longer.
Before setting again I would.
1.) Make the sure the incubator gets disenfected.
2.) Adjust the temp up.
3.) Figure out the humidity issue(if aircells were large as you described then humidity was too low).
4.) Make sure both thermo/hygro are callibrated so you have accurate readings.

From what I have found #4 would be the most critical for people on here to be able to assist you in the future. The data coming out can only be as accurate as the data that goes in. Meaning if you say the temp was 99.5* F and it isn't than the info given to help you out will be irrelevant.

Hope this helps and you have a wonderful hatch for your next go round.

GIGO