Eggs in the Bator-Due April 15!!

[yourbadd]

This is my first time hatching and I'm so excited!!! I just put 6 Bourbon Red turkey eggs in the bator and will add 12 Americana when they arrive mid-next week. Trying to sync the hatchings up a little so I don't throw anyone off during the lockdown phase. Can't wait to candle them in a few days to see what I've got going on!!!

 

[carolynb]

YAY!

Hope all goes well with your hatch!! What kind of incubator are you using?

Also

from MA!!

 

[ra]

I home school too I have 4 kids. We just loaded our bator last night, this is my first time too! Good luck to you all!

Have a blessed day!!!!!!!

 

[yourbadd]

A friend lent me a Hova Bator with the egg turner. I had a little trouble getting the humidity right at first but think I have mastered it!! Can't wait to candle the little suckers!!!

On a side note....I'm loving BYC!!! I have learned so much from the forums and wouldn't have the healthy flock I have now if it weren't for the site!!

 

[ra]

I have a Havo Bator too, no turner. I had my humidity perfect but when I open the unit the gauge goes way up and doesnt go back down? I even calubrated the hydromiter? Our humidity in AR is like 45? Any ideas?

 

[yourbadd]

I'm such a novice I don't have any advice. Seems odd that the humidity would spike after opening the bator...normally it would drop. Hope you get it figured out or that is doesn't affect hatching!!

 

[yourbadd]

Got my Americana eggs in the bator now as well....hopefully I timed it right and they'll all hatch on or around the 15th!!
I candled the turkey eggs last night and definitely saw the "spider" in 3 of them, 2 had big dark areas in the large end of the egg and one looked empty. Not 100% sure what I'm looking for...will review the candling progression sticky thread again!!!

 

[carolynb]

Woohoo!! Good luck!!

 

[yourbadd]

Well, not sure what my sucess rate is gonna be....I forgot to lockdown until today!!!

Things have been so hectic around here that I lost a week and thought I had another week till hatch day!

Today is day 19 for my chicken eggs and day 25 for the turkey eggs. I just now pulled the turner out and bumped up the humidity. Hope all goes well inspite of my huge error. I've been looking forward to this first hatch and hope I didn't blow it.

Has anyone else made this mistake and still had a decent turn out? After candling them I'm down to 5 out of 6 turkey eggs and 11 out of 13 Americana eggs.

 

[ChickFila]

Good luck to you all, guys!
I am also expecting new chicks on April 15th, it is my third hatching and still learning!