February Hatch-A-Long

[BenlynFarm]

Set 24 eggs, three were not fertile and one was a fairy egg (my fault for not candling good to see it didn’t have a yolk), I just assumed it was a bantam egg haha. The remaining 20 are going strong! Should be hatching Feb 7th!

 

[pipdzipdnreadytogo]

Count me in! I have 7 Black / Fawn / Khaki Silver Duckwing OEGB eggs in the incubator, due to hatch around Valentine's day I've also pretty much decided that I'm going to collect a second batch of ~6 OEGB eggs and set them as soon as possible, so it'll probably be two hatches in February for me! Apparently I've gone insane!

 

[gimmie birdies]

I did catch it early, I just had my thermometer too close to the heating element. Now the incubator and the inner therm read the same. 8 pm today is day 1.

 

[PioneerChicks]

I'll be checking the incubator today, and hopefully setting eggs! I meant to set them two days ago, but oh well.

 

[LadiesAndJane]

Count me in! I have 7 Black / Fawn / Khaki Silver Duckwing OEGB eggs in the incubator, due to hatch around Valentine's day I've also pretty much decided that I'm going to collect a second batch of ~6 OEGB eggs and set them as soon as possible, so it'll probably be two hatches in February for me! Apparently I've gone insane!

No more crazy than the rest of us, l am sure!

 

[LadiesAndJane]

Of the 19 I had originally, I just pulled nine that were obviously clear. Seven look like they’re doing something and the rest are questionable, pretty sure they’re clear but I’m going to give them a few more days.
Set an additional 9, cracked one of these when I dropped the heavy Brinsea lid on it.
So, even though I told myself last time I was not going to do staggered hatches again, here I am doing them!

 

[WallyG74]

I checked in back toward the beginning of the February hatch along, but due to failures of my own and not knowing my equipment well enough my first hatch was a bust. Today I bought my very own NR360 and have starting collecting eggs again. I want several EEs but I only have 2 EE girls. We’ll see how patient I am being there will be other breeds to choose from. Hopefully with my own incubator and some new knowledge of the process this one will be great!

 

[PioneerChicks]

Of the 19 I had originally, I just pulled nine that were obviously clear. Seven look like they’re doing something and the rest are questionable, pretty sure they’re clear but I’m going to give them a few more days.
Set an additional 9, cracked one of these when I dropped the heavy Brinsea lid on it.
So, even though I told myself last time I was not going to do staggered hatches again, here I am doing them!

Do you hand-turn? I heard it isn't good to do staggered hatches with automatic turners for the safety of the chicks, which I guess makes sense. Anything else you do special? *Hopes to replace dud eggs in future*

 

[PioneerChicks]

I'll probably be setting tomorrow!

 

[Tonyroo]

Do you hand-turn? I heard it isn't good to do staggered hatches with automatic turners for the safety of the chicks, which I guess makes sense. Anything else you do special? *Hopes to replace dud eggs in future*

I strongly recommend against staggered hatches, unless you have 2 incubators. The loss isn't worth it.
Make sure temperature, humidity, and air flow is on your check list for your incubator. Eggs need to breathe while incubating.