Febuary hatch a long

[Krischick]

That is great I'm so excited..candling what day are you on?

Hope there is room in this party for a newbie. I'm 27, and this is my first hatch! My friend gave me a redwood incubator cabinet and I fired it up a few days ago to make sure everything was working. It holds temp nice and steady and humidity is easy to adjust by opening/closing the vents in the back. I have three temp/hygro in different spots inside to compare. It also auto-turns about every 2 hours. My friend gave me four eggs from her hens. There is one blue egg and three brown. Her flock is a barnyard mix. I think the Roo is a RIR and the hens are all different. Some EE, SLW, GLW, black sex-link something, and a few others. The eggs were laid yesterday morning and she brought them over this morning. I am letting them sit about 8 hours before putting them in the incubator. They are difficult to candle. I think I can see the yolk in the blue egg but nothing in the brown. Technically these eggs were shipped because they were in a car for about an hour, but I don't see any bubbles inside. Will let you all know how this goes. My friend has offered to keep giving me eggs until I get it figured out, because I eventually want to order some black or copper maran eggs online and don't want to waste my money. And in the future I am thinking about branching out into other birds such as partridge, mandarin ducks, and pheasants. Wish me luck for my first round!

 

[Krischick]

I love homemade bators yours looks great..what temp you getting? Needs to be 101 degrees ..

i just my eggs in yesterday. humidity is good and temp. has been holding at 100F it's my first time hatching eggs and i made the incubator myself. they are all mystery eggs! hope it goes well!

 

[Marthab1953]

Hello All very sorry about my absence any an all may joining so excited to see so many ..Saturday I set 22 eggs the most eggs for myself..

Great to see you back. 22 eggs that's great, hope to see pictures soon!

 

[sasimpson77]

An of course it wont let me post pics today...how many of us are using still air incubators?

I am using a still air incubator Hoping I actually am able to get something to hatch I am confused though on the temp what should it be for a still air?

 

[Krischick]

101degrees with thermometer close to level of the middle of egg

 

[Krischick]

Finally here is my batch of 22 about to hit 48 hrs ...just 24 hrs till first candling I can't wait!!

 

[Marthab1953]

Finally here is my batch of 22 about to hit 48 hrs ...just 24 hrs till first candling I can't wait!!

How cool Thanks for the picture. Now the fun begins!

 

[Pyxis]

Finally here is my batch of 22 about to hit 48 hrs ...just 24 hrs till first candling I can't wait!!

My first candling is tonight! Can't wait to see if I have any little embryos in there.

 

[sasimpson77]

101degrees with thermometer close to level of the middle of egg

Ok Thanks I ran my last two batches at 99 and I am wondering if that is why they have not started hatching yet yesterday was day 21 for the first 24 and day 19 for the second 12.

I know only two of the second twelve made it this far but and I broke the rules and candled the first 24 yesterday and only saw movement in one of them and quite a few had large amounts of fluid in the pointy end I hope I get something from these eggs other wise it will be a huge let down

 

[Mypeeps2013]

Ok Thanks I ran my last two batches at 99 and I am wondering if that is why they have not started hatching yet yesterday was day 21 for the first 24 and day 19 for the second 12.

I know only two of the second twelve made it this far but and I broke the rules and candled the first 24 yesterday and only saw movement in one of them and quite a few had large amounts of fluid in the pointy end I hope I get something from these eggs other wise it will be a huge let down

With the temp being 99° it could cause the babies to develop a little bit slower thus the fluid. The embryos could be at day 18 when you think they should be at day 21 so my suggestion is to leave them be and wait and in four or five days candle again if no babies. Will keep my fingers and toes crossed that you get a couple of fuzzy butts