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

[jennianne]

Hope things mellow out for you a little ...at least it is Friday!

Thanks @Purpletie3 , and good luck to you on your hatch.

 

[jennianne]

Got my first EVER pip this morning, I am so excited!

So glad for this nice distraction amid the craziness!

Question for you all, though. I am using a Brinsea Octagon and my pump is running almost constantly since lockdown started. I feel like its trying to humidify my house through the vent in the incubator, which is clearly never gonna happen. I want to keep that vent open for the fluffers so I just have to listen to the pump spin I guess. Next time I may lay a damp sponge down under the tray at lockdown to see if that helps it keep up a little better. Anyone tried using a sponge or something to assist with humidity in a Brinsea? I am so glad I went with Brinsea though because I think another incubator would have had me stressed trying to keep up humidity.

Aw yeah, it's hatch time!

 

[rainbowchick]

Yay! Congrats!

 

[LadyHawkeAvry]

Yay! Keep us posted on the progress!!!!

 

[emvickrey]

I opened the bator to turn the eggs that are still cooking and I heard peeping. I did to a quick candle last night and it looks like there are some quitters. My porcelain eggs that are my pullets first eggs and are very small had alot of movement in them. I noticed that almost all the aircells are large. I've got 1 that not a shipped egg that the air cell appears to go from the top to the bottom on one side. It wasn't like that before. Maybe it's just an early quitter and I'm seeing space in the egg instead of a detached air cell. I'll have to do an eggtopsie if it don't hatch which I don't expect it too. Tomorrow is the big day with this first set of the year.

 

[Purpletie3]

I opened the bator to turn the eggs that are still cooking and I heard peeping. I did to a quick candle last night and it looks like there are some quitters. My porcelain eggs that are my pullets first eggs and are very small had alot of movement in them. I noticed that almost all the aircells are large. I've got 1 that not a shipped egg that the air cell appears to go from the top to the bottom on one side. It wasn't like that before. Maybe it's just an early quitter and I'm seeing space in the egg instead of a detached air cell. I'll have to do an eggtopsie if it don't hatch which I don't expect it too. Tomorrow is the big day with this first set of the year.

Can't wait to see your hatch! I hope things work out for your pullet!
I think of you every morning because my little yellow sizzle chick I hatched from your eggs is crowing in my backroom! (Dec 8 hatch) He's hysterical & very cute!

 

[Purpletie3]

Got my first EVER pip this morning, I am so excited!

So glad for this nice distraction amid the craziness!

Question for you all, though. I am using a Brinsea Octagon and my pump is running almost constantly since lockdown started. I feel like its trying to humidify my house through the vent in the incubator, which is clearly never gonna happen. I want to keep that vent open for the fluffers so I just have to listen to the pump spin I guess. Next time I may lay a damp sponge down under the tray at lockdown to see if that helps it keep up a little better. Anyone tried using a sponge or something to assist with humidity in a Brinsea? I am so glad I went with Brinsea though because I think another incubator would have had me stressed trying to keep up humidity.

Aw yeah, it's hatch time!

Congrats on your first pip ever! I have no idea on your humidity pump. Looks like a good arrangement in your incubator~

(This is the first hatch I am using my humidity pump and it kept pumping in water making it overflow. I am assuming because it has not reached it's humidity %. I unplugged it and an monitoring my water reservoir. I may make some calls soon bc I have 48 eggs in there.)

 

[emvickrey]

Can't wait to see your hatch! I hope things work out for your pullet!
I think of you every morning because my little yellow sizzle chick I hatched from your eggs is crowing in my backroom! (Dec 8 hatch) He's hysterical & very cute!

I'm anxious to see how the sizzles turn out with the new roo. (porcelain) and the porcelains too. With the new girls in the porcelain pen and a new roo in the sizzle pen it's like christmas all over again. Except it takes longer for the gift since it takes months for them to fully feather. I plan to move my white sizzle hens back with the white roo and any other white girls I may get from this years hatch. I'm gonna start a white silkie/sizzle pen. I still have to pick up my black roo to replace my paint roo for my paint girls My white roo is with my only paint hen I have left. I do have 2 paint pullets that will be added to the paint pen when they are old enough or I put the paint pen back together. I've got big plans for my silkies for this year. As well as the orpingtons that I have in the bators. Depending on what hatches I plan to have a pen of the lav orps one bbs orp pen one bbs english orp pen and one mottled english orp pen. If I don't get what I need to do that they will just all go in one pen. I really don't need a roo unless I get enough girls to make a pen then I'll just keep 1 roo per english pen in case I ever decide to sell their eggs. Otherwise these eggs will be for eating use.

 

[scflock]

Got my first EVER pip this morning, I am so excited!

So glad for this nice distraction amid the craziness!

Question for you all, though. I am using a Brinsea Octagon and my pump is running almost constantly since lockdown started. I feel like its trying to humidify my house through the vent in the incubator, which is clearly never gonna happen. I want to keep that vent open for the fluffers so I just have to listen to the pump spin I guess. Next time I may lay a damp sponge down under the tray at lockdown to see if that helps it keep up a little better. Anyone tried using a sponge or something to assist with humidity in a Brinsea? I am so glad I went with Brinsea though because I think another incubator would have had me stressed trying to keep up humidity.

Aw yeah, it's hatch time!

I don't have the pump on my 20 Advance, but I do have to add a paper towel or sponges at lockdown to get to 65%. I can't get above 55% otherwise. Are you filling the channels as well, or relying solely on the pump for humidity? I will be ordering the pump soon, and for what I've seen in my area I think I will have to fill the channels along with the pump at lockdown.

 

[Purpletie3]