First attempt at incubating eggs!

[CluelessChick]

everything was going great up until this morning, im starting to panic a bit because when i got up this morning we had no power, i have no idea what time it went off and the temp in the bator was down to 27c. i didnt turn the eggs this morning because of that i didnt want to open it! so i just come back up from turning the eggs tonight, i candled them but only a couple are moving, im hoping they will still be ok, im staying positive but still nervous. no blood rings or anything like that, but im still unsure.

 

[henney penny]

How are things going?

 

[CluelessChick]

well for now out of the 24 i have 7 definite moving, about 10 are now too dark for me to see, so unsure whether they are dead eggs or the chicks are too big, THE OTHERS WELL I THINK THEY MAY HAVE DIED EARLY AS THEY HAVENT HAD ANY GROWTH FOR A WHILE? i am getting rather anxious now, but tomorrow night they are in lockdown so i will have all my fingers and toes crossed for the next few days!

sorry about the caps up there im too lazy to retype it!

 

[LilMissPetie]

Quote:
What section of Walmart are they in? I went looking for one, and I all I came up with was a digital thermometer with the humidity reading on it. Finally just went to a pet store and got one.

 

[henney penny]

Lock down for me is Monday

 

[FeatheredObsessions]

Quote:
What section of Walmart are they in? I went looking for one, and I all I came up with was a digital thermometer with the humidity reading on it. Finally just went to a pet store and got one.

Hygrometers read humidity readings. I think "digital thermometer with the humidity reading on it" at Walmart is the same thing as the "Hygrometer/ thermometers" mentioned

 

[CluelessChick]

we have babies!!!

this guy was the first to hatch yesterday at 11am (day 21)

the little black one hatched at 9pm yesterday (day 21)


i am now on day 22, i have JUST had 2 more hatch at 12pm, a black and a yellow, PLUS i have 6 cracking as we speak. Fingers crossed for the rest, i was expecting a delay considering the amount of power cuts we have had in the last 3 weeks! stay tuned, more pics to come!!!

 

[henney penny]

I had a pip this morning,mine date the 7th.How many eggs did you have and how many hatched?

 

[Time-Out]

Oh fabulous!

I have the same incubator, was the cheapest/biggest I could find. You can't get an incubator for less that £70 it seems and even then it was only for ten eggs, which seemed daft as eggs are sold in 6's... then I found this one. I little prehistoric, but it seems rather efficient!

What did you do for the humidity at lockdown? I was thinking about trying to find a long, thin funnel and sticking it through the probe hole in the top to wet the paper towel in the bottom.

I've also modified mine to fit a birdbox camera to the wall, so people will be able to tune in during hatching.

 

[CluelessChick]

i had 24 eggs, i have now got 11 chicks in the brooder and 1 still pipping, i think thats all i will have, but for first attempt 50/50 i thought was good.


for the humidity i didnt do anything extra apart from filling the water wells all the way up for lockdown, it is a great little machine, and perfect for the price it does well