First ever hatch!

[gander007]

I know and they're so addictive! I remember starting out with like three hens and then I had to have more lol my poor father. My mom and I used to tell him we ordered only about half of what the actual total was. Chicks are just so cute! Do you have a fan in your bator or no? I'm interested to see if that really has an affect on the hatch rate. Mine was originally a still air




Here's the bator before the temp and everything stabilized

And here are my little resting eggs

So you added the fan later ,,, Mine is a forced air and I find a big difference and a still air is set at 101 0r 102 and the forced is 99.5 as the air is evenly moved around ever so lightly .......

 

[debbie50chicks]

I don't have a fan inside the incubator but one on the outside to assist with temp and humidity regulation.

 

[julianahouk]

So you added the fan later ,,, Mine is a forced air and I find a big difference and a still air is set at 101 0r 102 and the forced is 99.5 as the air is evenly moved around ever so lightly .......

Yes, I just wired a CPU fan to a cell phone charger. Is there a difference in the hatch rate?

 

[julianahouk]

I don't have a fan inside the incubator but one on the outside to assist with temp and humidity regulation.

What's your temp at?

 

[debbie50chicks]

I'm at 100 degrees and 45% humidity right at this moment. Just went in to look. Yaaay! Bator is ready for tonight. This was the kids a few minutes ago.

 

[julianahouk]

I'm at 100 degrees and 45% humidity right at this moment. Just went in to look. Yaaay! Bator is ready for tonight. This was the kids a few minutes ago.

I'm at 99.32 degrees right now and 50% humidity, do you think the humidity is too high? I'm not really sure how to get it down if it is lol aww their little faces are so sweet! Just wanna hug em! Have you named them?

 

[stickybunz]

How very eggciting!! congrats. How are your lil feather babes making out?


Sent from the coop.

 

[gander007]

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I did notice a large hatch rate after my still air G.Q.F. incubator was broken and then I got a G.Q.F. forced air incubator with the egg turner and bam big difference and I have been using it for close to 20 years now as I got this one in 1997 and keep it out of reach of others .... But I believe the egg turner made a difference as I touch the egg's less also and less opening the incubator so less drafts on the egg's ...

 

[julianahouk]

I did notice a large hatch rate after my still air G.Q.F. incubator was broken and then I got a G.Q.F. forced air incubator with the egg turner and bam big difference and I have been using it for close to 20 years now as I got this one in 1997 and keep it out of reach of others .... But I believe the egg turner made a difference as I touch the egg's less also and less opening the incubator so less drafts on the egg's ...

I am a little worried about opening the bator to turn the eggs. Maybe Santa will being me a turner for Christmas!

 

[julianahouk]

How very eggciting!! congrats. How are your lil feather babes making out?


Sent from the coop.

Haha are you talking to me or @debbie50chicks?!