FEBRUARY Hatch-A-Long 2015:Please Read First Post To Join H-A-L

[ChickyChickens]

Hope you feel better soon. 11/14 is great! Always sorry for the ones that don't make it, though. Looking forward to the pics.

X2!!!

 

[mattsinger]

Day 21 starts tonight... hope to see some early action!

 

[Thirteen]

When do I adjust the height setting on the brinsea ecoglow? Chicks are 9 days old.


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[ChickenLady2014]

When do I adjust the height setting on the brinsea ecoglow? Chicks are 9 days old.


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I just do it a little at a time, when I see chicks running around and not getting under much then I know it's time for a adjustment. If they all the sudden under it all the time again then you've raised it to far. Chicks are a lot more resilient than we think. I have hatched all winter this year, using my smaller well insulted coop as a brooder. As long as I keep the ambient temp of the coop around 50* degrees the chicks have done well under the Ecoglow. I put mine out on day one, as soon as they are dry. In fact usually by week 3 or 4 they are on top of it all the time instead of under it. The biggest thing is keeping them draft free.

 

[frg34]

19 days, 21 hours of incubation time so far. 3/12 have pipped.

 

[ChickenLady2014]

Day 21 starts tonight...  hope to see some early action!

Do you have any pips yet?

 

[ChickenLady2014]

Hope you feel better soon. 11/14 is great! Always sorry for the ones that don't make it, though. Looking forward to the pics.

Thank you, I do consider 11/14 very successful. I eggtopsied the other 3 eggs a bit ago. The one egg that had been strange all the way thru & I thought it might be a twin because it was so diffent wasnt. I'm glad for that, it looks like it stopped at day 18, it had a yoke sac infection. The one egg that had pipped but didn't zip had a ruptured belly button. The yoke sac was absorbed, not certain why it had ruptured. Probably the rugby players kicking it around the incubator. The 3rd one I don't know why, just wasn't meant to be

 

[ChickenLady2014]

X2!!!

Thank you Chicky, I hate the flu

 

[LisaLouHoo]

Day 21 starts tonight...  hope to see some early action!

Wishing you the best. Let us know when the action starts!

 

[Robbo]

Humidity during lock down. 65%? Can it average 60-70% Or what are the averages?