First Time Hatching Anyone With Me??

[blueducklings]

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Do you have an old computer sitting around in the garage?
Yank the fans out and salvage a 12v AC phone/appliance transformer cord. Like the big bulky box plugs. Hook it together & hot glue the fan to hte LG. It is that easy. Then you have a fan.

 

[AllCoop'dUp]

blueducklings when I first glanced at your incubator I was like "WOW" I want chickens that lay those pretty colored eggs.

My adventure in hatching continues...I put the eggs into lockdown on Sunday evening. Last night I saw what I believe to be an egg pipping. But you know how it is when you stare at something long enough you can imagine seeing all sorts of images! When I looked this morning, nothing had changed. Now I'm getting worried. I read so much about having the humity too high and drowning chicks that I decided to go with a humity of 56 as opposed to 60 or 70. The mini advance that I have doesn't have the humidity regulator, so it is what it is. I filled the water to the divider line like instructed and there's some condensation on the inside and the paper towels look moist. Good grief I need some movement soon, this is crazy stressful.

I've got eggs ready to put in as soon as these are done. I'll be setting 12 duck and as many chicken eggs as I can fit in the Mini and the Octagon.

Plus my broody is due next Friday the 11th.

 

[blueducklings]

I can just see it now...pink and green duckies with a mohawk running all over my brooder

Geeze, it is scary to see a pip & then nothing.
Maybe you should build yourself a hatch box.
It will eliminate a lot of worries.
Ducks need 98*F & 75% humidity to hatch, but 99.5*F and 60% humidity to incubate.
So when lock down comes, you got to tweek it and it is not so easy especially for a newbie.
I took 2 weeks to tweek my hatch box just right. Of course I also tore it all apart & rebuilt the whole thing in the process, but I'm happier with the end product.
Now I just need to build a bigger incubator.

 

[blueducklings]

AllCoop'dUp :

blueducklings when I first glanced at your incubator I was like "WOW" I want chickens that lay those pretty colored eggs.

My adventure in hatching continues...I put the eggs into lockdown on Sunday evening. Last night I saw what I believe to be an egg pipping. But you know how it is when you stare at something long enough you can imagine seeing all sorts of images! When I looked this morning, nothing had changed. Now I'm getting worried. I read so much about having the humity too high and drowning chicks that I decided to go with a humity of 56 as opposed to 60 or 70. The mini advance that I have doesn't have the humidity regulator, so it is what it is. I filled the water to the divider line like instructed and there's some condensation on the inside and the paper towels look moist. Good grief I need some movement soon, this is crazy stressful.

I've got eggs ready to put in as soon as these are done. I'll be setting 12 duck and as many chicken eggs as I can fit in the Mini and the Octagon.

Plus my broody is due next Friday the 11th.

I'll send you some of my special "coloured" eggs...LOL
They are not guranteed to hatch though.

To increase the humidity, all you got to do is increase the surface area of the water or if you have a small tupperware, you can put it in and see how much the humidity rises. If it is not enough, you can plop a sponge in it, or make the container bigger.
Just got to tweek it. But not this hatch. Its in LOCKDOWN MODE.​

 

[AllCoop'dUp]

First fuzz butt here!! Pipped at 7am, zipped at 12pm..Isn't that fast? Legs are thick and huge...I'm betting a roo...darn! I have 7 more nearly pipped. I see cracks but no holes.
Pip

Hello World!

 

[texaschickmom]

Cool...congratulations!!

I'm candling tomorrow night...first time...wish me luck!

 

[AllCoop'dUp]

Texas....

good luck.. I've got 2 more just like the 1st one out of their shells and another one zipping. That leaves 3 in the Mini and 10 in the Octagon. I haven't seen much movement in the group of 10 and was concerned that the humidity was too low, so I bumped it from 56 to 60. Hope it was a good decision.

 

[sawmane1]

Hey i bot the exact same thing at my feed store... my first chick hatched today but it died shortley after

 

[blueducklings]

AllCoop'dUp :

First fuzz butt here!! Pipped at 7am, zipped at 12pm..Isn't that fast? Legs are thick and huge...I'm betting a roo...darn! I have 7 more nearly pipped. I see cracks but no holes.
Pip
https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/57277_baby_chicks_004.jpg
Hello World!
https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/57277_baby_chicks_007.jpg

Congrats

Welcome fluffy butts!

Ooh, I like your bator...except I ...need ...more...eggs!!!

 

[blueducklings]

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Sorry your chick did not make it.

Wonder why? My first one is due soon...and I'm worried.
I think I stuck my nose on the bator so often you can see a big mark on it.
The carpet there is definately flatter.

Are you going to try again??