Eggs are here.

[WickedChicksNH]

I ordered some standard size breeds, Light Brahma and Barred rock.
Third time I have ordered from this place and have had great results.
can you guess how many in this box?
This is another reason I am happy from where I order (Meyer's) they package well


3 eggs LOL.. I will hatch my bantams in the spring. See that foam? I absolutely hate foam, the thought of touching it makes me sweat.. it's like bending my nails back..

so right now the eggs are settling and making sure they don't stick to the shell, and tomorrow I will put in the prepared incubator, which is one of the inexpensive Styrofoam ones, Which I have hatched all my eggs in.

I can keep an eye on the humidity and such because I work from home and they are in my office with me.

and in 21 days lets see what cuties pop out.

Last 6 bantams I had in, 5 hatched and 1 didn't make it halfway through.
I keep temp at 100/101 and humidity at around 75% I turned often every few hours. If humidity gets too low I add little bowls of water in the incubator if it gets too high I take them out.

I lower humidity a little right before hatching.

So this process worked well for me.

 

[Ladybird CA]

That is a great hatch rate for shipped eggs! I had better luck with hatchery eggs too.

How many of each breed for those 3 eggs?

 

[WickedChicksNH]

I got 2 light Brahma and 1 Barred rock. I hatched a single Light Brahma last year, the other egg wasn't fertile. Josie was my only chick at the time and she was the sweetie little/big thing.. I lost her last fall to a raccoon. along with about 6 others.

right now my two surviving from the 5 I hatched at roo's (go figure) and I have Sally my NH RED who is 3 years old. so I need more hens and little ones to spoil

 

[WickedChicksNH]

I made mistake on humidity, I mean I keep them at about 55/65% humidity until the end then 75% I am now putting in my duck egg from one of my own ducks.. first time trying a duck egg

 

[Ladybird CA]

I don't know if it depends on the location but I found that when I went past 70 I had chicks drown. I usually try to do dry incubation (unless I'm in a dry place like when I lived in Arizona) until lockdown I tried to keep it at around 65% I got mostly good hatches but there were times were nothing hatched.

 

[WickedChicksNH]

I don't know if it depends on the location but I found that when I went past 70 I had chicks drown. I usually try to do dry incubation (unless I'm in a dry place like when I lived in Arizona) until lockdown I tried to keep it at around 65% I got mostly good hatches but there were times were nothing hatched.

Yeah I almost messed it up and had the humidity too high. Glad I double checked
When I hatched some in the early spring it was harder to get the humidity higher when needed I had to wrap a blanket around the incubator which worked awesome to my surprise
Last year was my first time incubating in the middle of summer and keeping it from getting too high was an issue I was always checking on it putting in ...taking out water bowls..