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

[kwhites634]

Hello, I have an ongoing hatch right now with 10 barnyard mix and 7 serama. I've got 7 mix and 1 serama so far, all still drying off in the bator.

1 of the mix chicks has a bald spot on it's back, almost like the down stayed with the eggshell. Is that normal?

I've hatched a few button quail and attempted goose eggs, but was unsuccessful. This is my first chicken incubation.

I've been dry running the bator in my basement which turns out to be 35-40%. On lockdown, I raised humidity and it is about 85% now. I used an automatic egg turner until lockdown. Incidentally, I didn't expect chicks for 2 more days. Temps run from 99.5 to 100.5 but remain pretty consistent. ( which is why the bator is in the basement, I previously had wildly varying temps due to outside temps, day night.

So what's done is done, but would you advise anything to do differently next time?

Glad you found us.
You seem to have everything under control so far. You might want to take the eggs out of the turner before hatching to eliminate possible problems with chicks getting tangled in it.
Where in WI? Family there.

 

[BantyChooks]

I know! I don't trust her. Everyone knows you lock the guests in the basement.
More control.

Well, my guests are mostly southerners, so if I put them down in the basement they'd freeze. I'm not turning on the heat for them.... So the fridge is the warmest place. It heats the food, you know, so it doesn't freeze solid.

 

[kwhites634]

What kind of incubator are you using and is it still air or forced air? Sounds like you did just about everything right. Your lockdown humidity seems too high though. I try to keep mine at 65-70%. Make sure that you test and calibrate your thermometer and hygrometer to make sure they're acurite.

 

[kwhites634]

Good morning, World
I'm here, so relax & carry on.

 

[mlm Mike]

Hello, I have an ongoing hatch right now with 10 barnyard mix and 7 serama. I've got 7 mix and 1 serama so far, all still drying off in the bator.

1 of the mix chicks has a bald spot on it's back, almost like the down stayed with the eggshell. Is that normal?

I've hatched a few button quail and attempted goose eggs, but was unsuccessful. This is my first chicken incubation.

I've been dry running the bator in my basement which turns out to be 35-40%. On lockdown, I raised humidity and it is about 85% now. I used an automatic egg turner until lockdown. Incidentally, I didn't expect chicks for 2 more days. Temps run from 99.5 to 100.5 but remain pretty consistent. ( which is why the bator is in the basement, I previously had wildly varying temps due to outside temps, day night.

So what's done is done, but would you advise anything to do differently next time?

The humidity seems high, were you running it lower, and then with the hatching it spiked to 85%? If fluff stuck to the shell you should see it stuck in the shell, could it just not be fluffed up yet?

 

[mlm Mike]

Good morning, World
I'm here, so relax & carry on.

Good morning Whites!

 

[mlm Mike]

Good morning everyone!

 

[BantyChooks]

Good morning, World
I'm here, so relax & carry on.

Good morning everyone!

Mornin...

 

[BantyChooks]

You let them in the house? or Hoose (in Canadianese,,)

Well, if we left them in the garden shed, they'd freeze to death.

 

[mlm Mike]

Mornin...

Hello Banti!