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[PugBug]

I candled the basque eggs tonight- lockdown tomorrow- 10 out of 10 are good! WOW!

While I had the bator open decided to candle the frizzle & call duck eggs too. Not as good of news on them- of the 10 frizzle eggs shipped, I've only got 4 developed. Of the 16 call ducks shipped only 4 of them developed. I was not expecting much from the duck eggs, they were not well packed & air cells were terrible in most of them- so I'm kind of happy to even have the 4. Disappointed in the frizzle eggs tho

This is why I normally don't candle until day 17-

 

[Arkansas81]

Hello all!! Ive got a broody sitting on eggs right now- 5. I am setting more in my new lg in a day or two. I have a question I dnt have a hydrometer so is there a way I can add what the humidity should be to the temp on the thermometer? The temp has been holding very steady since last night. I turned it on about 24hrs ago. Ive not filled the water holders yet ...

Thanks!

 

[SilkieRose]

I see one is still doing what I call the paddle walk. So cute how they waddle around on their butts for a while, with their legs straight out front like that. Cute, cute, and cute!

SO CUTE!!!!!

 

[PugBug]

Hello all!! Ive got a broody sitting on eggs right now- 5. I am setting more in my new lg in a day or two. I have a question I dnt have a hydrometer so is there a way I can add what the humidity should be to the temp on the thermometer? The temp has been holding very steady since last night. I turned it on about 24hrs ago. Ive not filled the water holders yet ...

Thanks!

Congrats on your broody!
I don't think I understand what you are asking about the thermometer

I got my hydro/therm @ Lowe's for $10, well worth It!

 

[PugBug]

SO CUTE!!!!!

They are all up toddling around with the older chicks now

 

[SilkieRose]

This so often seen. If you have a pip..I would let the baby here stay put, and let the other hatch. She will be fine. It will come off with all of the walking and tumbling around. It's normal..I promise! When I see one like this I usually wait, if one is pipped, then snatch them both out once hatched, and I pull that off gently. I put a finger up against the babies bottom holding a bit of the stringy stuff, and pull it off. It's fine. You probably wont' have to do anything once the other hatches.

What about this. Not a great pic, but to show size a bit better. Cynthia, would you really pull it? She's still in the hatch box. She had another one hatch today, Chanel, my little blondie!!! I'm keeping them in there for now. I don't want the other 2 to mess with this. I have to work tomorrow so I can't stay here to watch them They can go up to 3 days? Emma just hatched at 9:30pm last night. I felt it & it's firming up.

 

[chicken pickin]

Okay so today is day 21 1 of the dropped eggs passed away in shell & the other is fully hatched out & looks like a chipmunk so far. 4 more EE eggs have pipped - I ended up making a hole in my quail egg (feared it had passed away too) turns out it was double yolked & had 2 formed chicks 1 was dead & idk it the other will make it as there was NO room in there, we'll see, least I know it has a better chance than it had w/ it's head stuck in the middle of the 2 lil bodies in the egg.


Hoping for more to hatch thru the night & to see some action on my jb eggs. Next hatch will be jb & quail eggs -

-now to try and catch up on the past posts!

Good luck on the rest of the hatch. I cant wait to see pics of your JB babies. I have my first JB eggs from my own flock in my incubator now, 7 and all developing well. What colors do you have? Also Do you sell your quail eggs? I was thinking of getting in to quail this year and your in mass so not far.

 

[gapeach717]

Hello all!! Ive got a broody sitting on eggs right now- 5. I am setting more in my new lg in a day or two. I have a question I dnt have a hydrometer so is there a way I can add what the humidity should be to the temp on the thermometer? The temp has been holding very steady since last night. I turned it on about 24hrs ago. Ive not filled the water holders yet ...

Thanks!

A thermometer won't show humidity at all. You have to get a hydrometer. I got a combo one for reptile aquariums at petsmart for 9.99

 

[inthesticks]

I candled the basque eggs tonight- lockdown tomorrow- 10 out of 10 are good! WOW!

While I had the bator open decided to candle the frizzle & call duck eggs too. Not as good of news on them- of the 10 frizzle eggs shipped, I've only got 4 developed. Of the 16 call ducks shipped only 4 of them developed. I was not expecting much from the duck eggs, they were not well packed & air cells were terrible in most of them- so I'm kind of happy to even have the 4. Disappointed in the frizzle eggs tho

This is why I normally don't candle until day 17-

Wow 10 for 10!

Sorry only a few are developing from the shipped eggs - You have a lot of self control not to candle till day 17!!!

Hello all!! Ive got a broody sitting on eggs right now- 5. I am setting more in my new lg in a day or two. I have a question I dnt have a hydrometer so is there a way I can add what the humidity should be to the temp on the thermometer? The temp has been holding very steady since last night. I turned it on about 24hrs ago. Ive not filled the water holders yet ...

Thanks!

I would def get a hydrometer soon. You wont be able to calculate the humidity going by the temp. What kind of bator do you have? I am using the hova bator 1602N & if I just the #1 troth it pretty much levels out around 50% (house is about 30-40%) you can also go by the air sacks when you candle & compare to photos online - if the air sacks are pretty much the same then it's good if not then add more water.

Good luck on the rest of the hatch. I cant wait to see pics of your JB babies. I have my first JB eggs from my own flock in my incubator now, 7 and all developing well. What colors do you have? Also Do you sell your quail eggs? I was thinking of getting in to quail this year and your in mass so not far.

I just got my quail a couple weeks ago. But sure why not I have 3 laying hens right now - how many eggs were you looking for?

Aww yay 7/7 of cuties! When are they do to crack out For colors my hens are more so btw & 3 roos mostly white & a blck n white roo
I have to take some new photos of my jbs. lol To the left is my black & white roo & to the far right is one of the hens(all 4 pretty much look a like except dif leg lengths & 2 have a little bit of a yellow hue to sum feathers. I have a btw roo & then 2 roos that have some other coloring - one w/ goldish white feathers w/ dark dots @ the tips of the neck feathers. I think they are just from blended parents - the man kept different colors in the same pen. They are very adorable tho- so the babies will be a surprise that I can't wait for!!!

 

[CrzyCknLady]

I have wigglers!

The kids were so excited to see the eggs moving that they went to bed early tonight in hopes of waking up to watch a couple of chicks hatch tomorrow hopefully. They aren't due until Tuesday but I am thinking that due to the still air incubation and having my temps a little higher, they are going to come a day earlier.....well. some of them at least.

It's silly how excited we all were to watch the eggs roll and wiggle. This is our first hatch. We've got 28 eggs that we set a couple of days ago and then I just did the math for eggs I have coming this week to set......um......abut 60. I'm so glad I built 3 incubators and the I have a friend that is going to drop off her "real" incubator....... I do have to loan out two of mine at the end of the month so I may end up having to build myself another one.......I hope the doctor I get the coolers from comes back from vacation and gets more meds before then! LOL