February Hatch-A-Long

[cppeace]

all of those are purebreds as listed. She had mixed breeds listed but I opted out of mixed breeds and bantams. Yeah like I said it will be a total guessing game seeing what I get. They can come from any breed listed, including multiples of one breed. Just depends on what lays the day or two after I order. It's luck of the lay lol. Will be 26-30 eggs in total. I'm not counting on any to hatch as they are shipped but we shall see.

 

[BlueBaby]

all of those are purebreds as listed. She had mixed breeds listed but I opted out of mixed breeds and bantams. Yeah like I said it will be a total guessing game seeing what I get. They can come from any breed listed, including multiples of one breed. Just depends on what lays the day or two after I order. It's luck of the lay lol. Will be 26-30 eggs in total. I'm not counting on any to hatch as they are shipped but we shall see.

Well, good luck with the hatch, and I hope that you get some good one's from it!

 

[cppeace]

Well, good luck with the hatch, and I hope that you get some good one's from it!

Thanks! If I get 10 to hatch I'd be shocked after last years major fail.

 

[Ranchwithaview]

I need help. Tonight starts day 18 and lock down. I added water in the area away from the eggs, but the humidity is only up to 40 after 3 hours. Does it normally go up slowly? Should I add sponges, and can they be in with the eggs? My incubator is small. I only have 6 eggs in there. Thank you.

 

[BlueBaby]

I need help. Tonight starts day 18 and lock down. I added water in the area away from the eggs, but the humidity is only up to 40 after 3 hours. Does it normally go up slowly? Should I add sponges, and can they be in with the eggs? My incubator is small. I only have 6 eggs in there. Thank you.

When I go into lock-down, I usually add luke-warm water to increase the humidity. Colder water takes longer to bring the temp back up. I know that you can add damp sponges if you need to. Good luck!

 

[Ranchwithaview]

When I go into lock-down, I usually add luke-warm water to increase the humidity. Colder water takes longer to bring the temp back up. I know that you can add damp sponges if you need to. Good luck!

Thank you. I wondered about the cold water, but didn't think of warm water. Do you know if the sponges can be in the area with the eggs?

 

[BlueBaby]

Thank you. I wondered about the cold water, but didn't think of warm water. Do you know if the sponges can be in the area with the eggs?

I just use a damp wet wash cloth when I need to. You can't let it be touching the egg's, and I think that using a damp wet sponge would be the same.

 

[cppeace]

Yeah use wet sponge or cloth but not touching eggs.

 

[Hseru]

Well, this is day 18 and no motion visible from the 3 remaining eggs. No pips. I've float tested all three and there doesn't seem to be any motion. I put them back in the incubator on a hope, but when should I give the final say about whether to stop incubating?

The 9 babies that did hatch came out on day 16 and one last on day 17

 

[WVcreekfarm]

So out of all of the eggs I had shipped, we only have 2 still developing/viable...and of course they're the "mystery" ones.
Any ideas on what they may be? One is very green and the other is tinted/barely brown. Both are normal size, maybe the brown one's a little big?
Also the green one has a pip as of this morning(day 21) and I can hear it chirping