Set my first eggs for the incubator yesterday! I am very excited and I hope I do everything correctly for a successful hatch.
I set 16
Using a Deluxe Digital Incubator Farm Innovators Model 2450
Have the incubator set on my desk in a room with no windows and is pretty stable in temperature.
Temp is set at 100.5 on the incubator
Humidity kept between 50-60 percent.
Using a infrared thermometer the eggs measured about 99-100 on the middle of the shell with this setting.
With differences of temp in the incubator I had moved them all to that back to keep that optimal egg shell temperature.
I tried to select eggs average in weight shape cleanliness and the earliest date laid.
Wrote on the eggs who laid, date laid, weight and tried to circle where the air sac was.
On the first day I did open up the incubator a lot due to a struggle in making sure the temperature was okay (cold spots and hot spots in the incubator) Hopefully that didnt hurt them. The temp would go back fast afterwards.
But they are now stable.
The eggs are from my own flock. I attached a picture of my 6 girls and 3 boys. All eggs are most likely mixed but there is a possibility for Cayuga-Cayuga and Blue Swedish - Silver Swedish
But I am super excited to see any cross! I absolutely love my girls and boys and I bet their duckings will be adorable (cause all ducklings are!)
Hatch date should be June 2.
If anyone wants to join this thread who is planning on some feathery babies to be born around then you are welcome to join. Or if you have advice or want to follow along you are also welcome to join.
I set 16
Using a Deluxe Digital Incubator Farm Innovators Model 2450
Have the incubator set on my desk in a room with no windows and is pretty stable in temperature.
Temp is set at 100.5 on the incubator
Humidity kept between 50-60 percent.
Using a infrared thermometer the eggs measured about 99-100 on the middle of the shell with this setting.
With differences of temp in the incubator I had moved them all to that back to keep that optimal egg shell temperature.
I tried to select eggs average in weight shape cleanliness and the earliest date laid.
Wrote on the eggs who laid, date laid, weight and tried to circle where the air sac was.
On the first day I did open up the incubator a lot due to a struggle in making sure the temperature was okay (cold spots and hot spots in the incubator) Hopefully that didnt hurt them. The temp would go back fast afterwards.
But they are now stable.
The eggs are from my own flock. I attached a picture of my 6 girls and 3 boys. All eggs are most likely mixed but there is a possibility for Cayuga-Cayuga and Blue Swedish - Silver Swedish
But I am super excited to see any cross! I absolutely love my girls and boys and I bet their duckings will be adorable (cause all ducklings are!)
Hatch date should be June 2.
If anyone wants to join this thread who is planning on some feathery babies to be born around then you are welcome to join. Or if you have advice or want to follow along you are also welcome to join.
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