First Time Hatching Anyone With Me??

[latebloomer]

let it keep coming,

you shouldn't try to intervene especially if there are other eggs in the incubator that you want to hatch

 

[destinydot6]

Quote:
okay but are they supposed to pip the shell that low?

 

[latebloomer]

Quote:
okay but are they supposed to pip the shell that low?

typically they pip closer to the big end, because that's where the air sack is.

 

[ItsAZOO32]

Quote:
I had several pip at the "wrong" end and they came out fine. Try not to worry!!

 

[destinydot6]

Quote:
I had several pip at the "wrong" end and they came out fine. Try not to worry!!

easier said than done

 

[destinydot6]

OKAY I have 2 pips now! in 1 incubator theres a total of 18

 

[ItsAZOO32]

Quote:
Yay!!! Keep us posted!

 

[destinydot6]

I have 4 pips ad 1 chick that zipped out pretty fast!

e:yiipchick

 

[Kelly's Chickens]

This is my first time hatching in an incubator. Last April 2010 I had a broody hen hatch out 11 of 15 eggs and then she sat on one of the chicks and crushed it. Then in July I had a broody hen hatch out 4 chicks. She originally started with 15 eggs but ended up with about 20 so that's why only 4 hatched. I left the top of the broody box open since it was so hot. When she took her poop break every morning, a different hen must have gone in and laid another egg in there!
I have an LG with fan and turner and I bought the digital thermometer/hygrometer to go with it. I put 12 BO eggs in 3/28 at noon. I had some ups and downs with the temp and the humidity was between 35 and 45%. I've added a wet sponge so now the humidity is up to 55-57% and the temp is steady between 99 and 100. It spiked to 101.1 twice but I just opened a vent to let some heat out and it went back to 99.9. I think I check the thing 100 times a day!!
I'll candle the eggs 4/4 and 4/11 then go into lockdown on 4/15 with a hatch day of 4/18.
I think it was easier letting my broody hens hatch the chicks! There was much less stress. We had an open air coop then so when the chicks hatched, I could hear them peeping from inside the house.

 

[destinydot6]

Kelly's Chickens :

This is my first time hatching in an incubator. Last April 2010 I had a broody hen hatch out 11 of 15 eggs and then she sat on one of the chicks and crushed it. Then in July I had a broody hen hatch out 4 chicks. She originally started with 15 eggs but ended up with about 20 so that's why only 4 hatched. I left the top of the broody box open since it was so hot. When she took her poop break every morning, a different hen must have gone in and laid another egg in there!
I have an LG with fan and turner and I bought the digital thermometer/hygrometer to go with it. I put 12 BO eggs in 3/28 at noon. I had some ups and downs with the temp and the humidity was between 35 and 45%. I've added a wet sponge so now the humidity is up to 55-57% and the temp is steady between 99 and 100. It spiked to 101.1 twice but I just opened a vent to let some heat out and it went back to 99.9. I think I check the thing 100 times a day!!
I'll candle the eggs 4/4 and 4/11 then go into lockdown on 4/15 with a hatch day of 4/18.
I think it was easier letting my broody hens hatch the chicks! There was much less stress. We had an open air coop then so when the chicks hatched, I could hear them peeping from inside the house.

my first time hatch just hatched! i started with 18 then when it came to lockdown i was down to 17 the whole time days 1 to 18 my humidity was up and down between 20% to 40% never got past that and my temp sometimes got to 103 and back down and at lockdown i put hot tap water in and humidity got to 68% to 77% i put a small fan in room beside the bator cause i have a still air my humidity stays between 52% to 60% and the temp sayed at 100f and i ended up with 13 live chicks out of 17! hope that gives you an idea!
heres my chicks! i left to in the bator still cause their little