Coming down to final days before lockdown. The 360 has been great,consistent temp & humidity. I still keep the jelly jar in it. In the 360, it maintains humidity for days rather than hours.
The eggs are no longer jiggly, they are nice and solid with bird. I've kept them upright in carton the whole time & something @R2elk said abt the way he "turns" inspired me to just use a block of wood to tilt the incubator 45° instead of touching/turning the eggs.
I did some reading on humidity management and egg weight loss. Does anyone use that method? I decided to try it this time, weighing the eggs on arrival and as scheduled throughout incubation period.
The way it said to do the measurement was to weigh all, combine total,determine 13% loss for the total. I did that, but I also noted the individual egg's 13% loss goal.
So the final step is "don't do lockdown until you have reached the total 13% loss."
Here's the question- one egg may have started at 46g, another at 36g. So I may be near total target weight loss for all eggs combined, but some are on target, some close, and some +2 or 3 grams higher.
Which is the best way to go, try to get that +2 or 3 lower or be more concerned about the ones on target going too low?
Something else,I'll find and post - said turning wasn't about the embryo getting stuck and dying, but the fact that air and gases moving through permeable shell & keeping those pores open. Seems like there was something abt the development of the chorio...that white string.
Here's the link. Thread 'Guide to Humidity and Weighing in Incubation' https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/guide-to-humidity-and-weighing-in-incubation.632744/
Of 18 shipped, I am down to 8 viable, which is fine, considering they were end of season shipped eggs. In the end I had 3 cracked, one dropped
, 3 nonfertile, & 3 quitters. But I have 8 active eggs.
Oh oh - in reading through old threads, you guys used to up humidity to 65% at lockdown. Do you still do that? Bc if you do, I totally skipped a step all summer and it's a wonder I was having hatches at all. So please update my brain before Thursday so I get it right this time.
Oh, and the egg weight thing- if everyone is at target before the 25th day, do I lock down early?
The eggs are no longer jiggly, they are nice and solid with bird. I've kept them upright in carton the whole time & something @R2elk said abt the way he "turns" inspired me to just use a block of wood to tilt the incubator 45° instead of touching/turning the eggs.
I did some reading on humidity management and egg weight loss. Does anyone use that method? I decided to try it this time, weighing the eggs on arrival and as scheduled throughout incubation period.
The way it said to do the measurement was to weigh all, combine total,determine 13% loss for the total. I did that, but I also noted the individual egg's 13% loss goal.
So the final step is "don't do lockdown until you have reached the total 13% loss."
Here's the question- one egg may have started at 46g, another at 36g. So I may be near total target weight loss for all eggs combined, but some are on target, some close, and some +2 or 3 grams higher.
Which is the best way to go, try to get that +2 or 3 lower or be more concerned about the ones on target going too low?
Something else,I'll find and post - said turning wasn't about the embryo getting stuck and dying, but the fact that air and gases moving through permeable shell & keeping those pores open. Seems like there was something abt the development of the chorio...that white string.
Here's the link. Thread 'Guide to Humidity and Weighing in Incubation' https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/guide-to-humidity-and-weighing-in-incubation.632744/
Of 18 shipped, I am down to 8 viable, which is fine, considering they were end of season shipped eggs. In the end I had 3 cracked, one dropped
, 3 nonfertile, & 3 quitters. But I have 8 active eggs.Oh oh - in reading through old threads, you guys used to up humidity to 65% at lockdown. Do you still do that? Bc if you do, I totally skipped a step all summer and it's a wonder I was having hatches at all. So please update my brain before Thursday so I get it right this time.
Oh, and the egg weight thing- if everyone is at target before the 25th day, do I lock down early?
I think are dead. I think, bc I think my eyes were playing tricks on me, so just incase, I cleaned them up and put them back in the incubator as well, at the other end.
