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

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Chrissy says hi....

Hi Chrissy dear

 

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Some goats are naturally polled. However, from personal experience hornless goats are about twice as hard to catch and hold on to.

Hi Dan and LOL

 

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Quote: Sounds like you're broody.

@MotorcycleChick Thanks. I hope you are feeling better.
@Sally Sunshine I have started by speaking to my dispatcher. It moves up from there. We will see.

good, I pray things work out better

have been incubating my first batch of eggs. I started out with twelve. Four weren't fertilized, one I cracked, and five have had blood rings. So I have two eggs left in the incubator going into lockdown Thursday. What did I do wrong that caused so many to die? I have three dozen more eggs to put in Saturday for the Easter hatch. I want to have a high hatch rate for this next hatch, any tips? Also, how do I make sure both eggs left in the incubator hatch this Sunday? I want both to hatch any tips help! Thanks!

Hi abby! Did you calibrate thermometers?
start looking at this and let us know what you found that you didnt know about incubation. We are here to help, after you look at that we can help you with more info on bator etc!

BASICS!!! INCUBATION QUESTIONS w/answers post #15921

 

[Sally Sunshine]

oops Hi Campin!

 

[BantyChooks]

Sounds like you're broody.

Uh oh

have been incubating my first batch of eggs. I started out with twelve. Four weren't fertilized, one I cracked, and five have had blood rings. So I have two eggs left in the incubator going into lockdown Thursday. What did I do wrong that caused so many to die? I have three dozen more eggs to put in Saturday for the Easter hatch. I want to have a high hatch rate for this next hatch, any tips? Also, how do I make sure both eggs left in the incubator hatch this Sunday? I want both to hatch any tips help! Thanks!

Welcome!

On mobile but I'm sure someone else will give you a full rundown.

 

[Sally Sunshine]

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[campingshaws]

oops Hi Campin! 

Hi Sally

 

[Sally Sunshine]

JESS did you candle yet? I am scared to

 

[Sally Sunshine]

Quote: hows the babies? the human kind

 

[abbysilkys]

good, I pray things work out better Hi abby! Did you calibrate thermometers? start looking at this and let us know what you found that you didnt know about incubation. We are here to help, after you look at that we can help you with more info on bator etc!
[COLOR=FF0000]BASICS!!! INCUBATION QUESTIONS w/answers[/COLOR] post #15921

I had four thermometers inside the incubator and they were all around the same. Two new thermometers with two old thermometers that gave good readings.