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

[BullChick]

Better than losing $1,000 and a wallet out of your back pocket & mulching them both! Remember that one?

I was just thinking about it a few hours ago.

 

[duluthralphie]

You could definitely catch me with a bag of marshmallows. Get an x-large trap and I'm as good as caught.

The question begging to be asked is:::

Why would anyone want to catch you?

 

[duluthralphie]

First time hatching. I have 34 eggs to go in the incubator tonight. Incubators been on for 24 hours. Temp range 99.1-100.4. Humidity 52%-57%. Anything else I need to have in place?

I would lower the humidity by 10 points or so...
Good luck!

 

[duluthralphie]

@Firstturkey I live fairly close to you and suffer high humidity in my hatching this time of year.

I have my water reservoir covered now with a sheet of plastic, I remove it about once a week and about a tablespoon of water. Even with that it tends to run high.

This is a hard time for me to hatch, decreasing light and roosters knocking each other off the hens makes for questionable eggs. The high humidity takes a tool on my hatches too.

If I did not need the toads and the test breeding for next years showbirds, I would not hatch this time of year.

 

[Wickedchicken6]

The question begging to be asked is:::

Why would anyone want to catch you?

.....

 

[BantyChooks]

The question begging to be asked is:::

Why would anyone want to catch you?

Same reason one would want to catch a coon... Duh. That's why I steer clear of marshmallows that appear in the forest.

 

[Firstturkey]

@Firstturkey I live fairly close to you and suffer high humidity in my hatching this time of year.

I have my water reservoir covered now with a sheet of plastic, I remove it about once a week and about a tablespoon of water. Even with that it tends to run high.

This is a hard time for me to hatch, decreasing light and roosters knocking each other off the hens makes for questionable eggs. The high humidity takes a tool on my hatches too.

If I did not need the toads and the test breeding for next years showbirds, I would not hatch this time of year.

Thanks for the info. I'll give it a go.

 

[Firstturkey]

Good. Fill that puppy with eggs (fat end up) & spend the next 18 days reading the suggestions & links you'll find in the first 2 pages of this thread.

Thanks, I will.

 

[Christinecam]

I must have more eggs. I'm due to have another hatch this Friday (bearded d'uccle) and seramas the week after. And no more... that just won't do. I really enjoyed doing bantam polish and Cochin.
Well if anyone knows of a good breeder lemme know! Cause you just can't have enough

 

[Wickedchicken6]

I must have more eggs. I'm due to have another hatch this Friday (bearded d'uccle) and seramas the week after. And no more... that just won't do. I really enjoyed doing bantam polish and Cochin.
Well if anyone knows of a good breeder lemme know! Cause you just can't have enough

I like the way you think.