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

[Fire Ant Farm]

Oh, ancient one. Need help getting across the street, do ya?

Actually, probably - I might just sit down in the middle.

 

[Wickedchicken6]

I have noticed that starting at dry hatch 30% seems a bit too dry this season. I have been starting at 40% to allow a slower air cell development.

You are right that this egg being upside-down has a smaller air cell. That is definitely interesting. If there is no issue, would this be an option for porous eggs? To incubate air cell down for the first week?

That sounds like a very interesting idea! You may have something there. Our humidity's high at the moment, I almost have the opposite issue at the moment.

But incubating for the first week upside down would be a controllable way to incubate porous eggs with non porous eggs so they come in together at the right amount of air cell. I've had them in a container with a baggy loose over top. That would eliminate the extra fuss.

 

[Wickedchicken6]

Actually, probably - I might just sit down in the middle.

Like me. Which is a good age to sit and have tea.

I was on my knees cleaning...I'm never doing that again. (Get me my cane! And heavy painkillers.)
Oh. it hurts too much to laugh.

 

[BantyChooks]

That sounds like a very interesting idea! You may have something there. Our humidity's high at the moment, I almost have the opposite issue at the moment.

But incubating for the first week upside down would be a controllable way to incubate porous eggs with non porous eggs so they come in together at the right amount of air cell. I've had them in a container with a baggy loose over top. That would eliminate the extra fuss.

Incubating fat end down increases malpoes by a lot, I believe.

 

[Wickedchicken6]

Incubating fat end down increases malpoes by a lot, I believe.

Now your just ruining the idea. Pffft.

 

[Wickedchicken6]

Edgar Allan Poe.

 

[Pensmaster]

Edgar Allan Poe.

Hi wicked chicken.

Eggs from Louisiana should be here tomorrow

 

[ChcknNurse]

That sounds like a very interesting idea! You may have something there. Our humidity's high at the moment, I almost have the opposite issue at the moment.

But incubating for the first week upside down would be a controllable way to incubate porous eggs with non porous eggs so they come in together at the right amount of air cell. I've had them in a container with a baggy loose over top. That would eliminate the extra fuss.

Sounds Great-- I will mark this one, as I do everything. As long as there is nothing unusual, I will plan to further test this theory. I will try to flip a couple of each of my sets of eggs to monitor the results. Any thick shells, I'll flip the others the first week. However, with staggered incubation this may get more complicated.

 

[ChcknNurse]

Incubating fat end down increases malpoes by a lot, I believe.

I wondered this too. But, I was thinking the first week wasn't the time when it was the problem. Am I wrong? The time when they get into position...
If I'm missing something, please clue me in.

 

[Wickedchicken6]

Hi wicked chicken.

Eggs from Louisiana should be here tomorrow

Hi Pensmaster! I'll be right over and pick them up!

Oh, those are your eggs. Ok...jumping the gun there.