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

[ChickenCanoe]

Still air incubation from the University of IL.
https://extension.illinois.edu/eggs/res21-poorhatches.html
If people are using still air, they may get early hatches because it is hard to keep the humidity high enough throughout the 3 weeks.

 

[BullChick]

Mc!!!!! How are you???

Okay... You?

But those are tiny eggs, not real chicken eggs. Tiny eggs will hatch early because of the small thermal mass. I see. I haven't been here all day. I had to drive to Illinois to get my windshield replaced. Took almost 2 hours (3+ with drive time) and $240. They would have come to the house for another $40. Their temps may have been high too. Low humidity also causes early hatch. Professionals test their thermometers based on when the eggs hatch. Most people don't realize how notoriously inaccurate thermometers are. They are only supposed to be within 2F and that isn't accurate enough for hatching and most don't come close to that. I bought one from an incubator company that was spot on at 75F but 2F off at 99. For that reason, I never do the ice bath thing for calibration. IMHO, inaccurate thermometers is the No.1 cause of incubation failure. At least it has been at my house.

So you wish you had them come to you.

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[ChickenCanoe]

Okay... You?
So you wish you had them come to you.

I thought long and hard about it. I didn't think I could spare the extra $40 but then I may have gotten my exhaust system done today. Right now it is up on jack stands without much progress. Harbor Freight was a few blocks from the auto glass place and I needed to get new jack stands. My other two pair are holing up the Porsche.

The damage was from a big branch that dropped out of an oak tree along the driveway. The lower right of the windscreen was destroyed.

 

[lindalouly]

Still air incubation from the University of IL.
https://extension.illinois.edu/eggs/res21-poorhatches.html
If people are using still air, they may get early hatches because it is hard to keep the humidity high enough throughout the 3 weeks.

I like reading the information that you present. Yiu are very well educated. There are so many varying factors that can affect a hatch. When I first incubated... I started by trying to create the environment that a hen gives the eggs... My experiment was ugly. It was still air. It was regulated by cutting holes out of styrafoam but I was able to maintain that environment. I also turned the eggs multiple times through out the process. Way more than is suggested on this thread. I had a successful hatch. I have made an incubator using the notes on this thread. I really want to see how different the process will be in hatching in it. I have yet to have a successful hatch out of it due to life getting in the way. I really want to learn if those variables will really change the hatch rates of home grown fertile eggs. Anyway.... I'm talking to much I forgot where I was going with this.... Using aircells to determine humidity is the way I do it. I would like to try using weight instead and see if it makes it easier.

 

[Sally Sunshine]

TURNING ITS IMPORTANT

HOW and Why To TURN Eggs TURN MORE THAN 3 times a day!! post #22178

its in our notes!!

 

[chicken hawk 33]

Now have three baby's it was shrink wrapped.looks like we lost the one egg from my flock and the sixth ayam cemani.now keeping a close eye on the other ayam cemani.really hope I have a pair atleasy

 

[AlilSassy]

Their temps may have been high too. Low humidity also causes early hatch.
Professionals test their thermometers based on when the eggs hatch.
Most people don't realize how notoriously inaccurate thermometers are.

They are only supposed to be within 2F and that isn't accurate enough for hatching and most don't come close to that. I bought one from an incubator company that was spot on at 75F but 2F off at 99.
For that reason, I never do the ice bath thing for calibration.

IMHO, inaccurate thermometers is the No.1 cause of incubation failure. At least it has been at my house.

I've wondered about this myself. I have one that will get close to the 32, but at the 99.5 it's way off, by about 10F... so I've marked the paper behind it and put a 2nd and 3rd thermometer in with it to verify once or twice a week. It wasn't that off till I tried the 32F test also...

 

[lindalouly]

[COLOR=000000]TURNING ITS IMPORTANT[/COLOR]

[COLOR=FF0000]HOW and Why To TURN Eggs TURN MORE THAN 3 times a day!![/COLOR] post #22178 its in our notes!!

 

[SilverHair]

evening all,

thinking starting meal worms for the kids(birds) any thoughts?

 

[BullChick]

evening all,

thinking starting meal worms for the kids(birds) any thoughts?

I can't respond because I will just make jokes about people eating like birds not meaning they eat worms.