First Time Incubating. *Pics*

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udovichtony said:
I just wish I know why, so I can fix it before the next test run.
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That sucks. I wish you the very best of luck with your final few. If you lost most of them at about the same time, maybe you had a power outage in the middle of the night?

Dirty_South_Chickens said:
Colourful that is a great hatch! My first 4 hatch's were not so good lol.

udovichtoony it may take a few times to figure out your eggs vs. incubator for the right temps and humidity...keep us posted on your hatch.

I am up to 23 chicks. 15 Buff's and 8 Lavender orpingtons with 4 more eggs left to hatch.

I am running into issues caused from high humidity as well...gooey chicks and over growth. The first couple chicks came out perfect but the others to follow have had a little harder time. Having said that, the humidity wasn't to off by much because the hatch is currently sitting at a 82% hatch rate...my best to date!

Colourful your going to like your silver laced, my flock is almost all wyandottes. Very pretty birds with great lacing. 2 silver laced, 2 golden laced and 6 blue laced reds. Very good layers too!
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My last chick is out. Gooey chicks for all! Next hatch I'm putting foil over my water spaces to limit humidity. I know that I lost most of my Wyandottes and one Australorp because they grew too big in the shell.

I'm now falling in love with Wyandottes. I saw some at another farm I visited yesterday, and they were the most beautiful chooks. His yound daughter went and picked a broody golden laced hen and they chicken just glared at everyone but didn't struggle or screech. The man who raised them had them all in their own free-ranged yards and his Araucanas just hopped fence and went wherever they wanted.

Good luck with your final 4.

skookumchuck said:
Put 8 eggs into the home built incubator this morning. I was hoping to have a even dozen but we got a big snow storm and cold weather wich put the hens off laying. No eggs yesterday and today. So it is 8 for the incubator trial. We do not have an egg turner just going with tipping the incubator end to end. Temp holding at 99plus deg. The bulb shuts off at 100 deg and kicks back on as soon as it drops past 99 so the ave is 99.5. Humidity is 36% going with the dry method when running the bator with the water bowl it hit over 68%. This is the first time I have hatched eggs in an incubator in almost 38 years. Dang I forgot how much fun it is the anxiety is going to kill me. My 8 yr old Daughter is helping me with the hatch. So here is hoping it all goes well.
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Good luck! Can we see photo's of the incubator?
 
udovichtony said:
  • Colourful - No. I think temp gauge is 3 degrees off. If gauge is saying 100 but really at 103 would that do it/? Busted a few open, kindey bean or so in size and shape and a big eyeball.
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I bought 3 different thermometer and took them to work and used a calibrated fluke multimeter with a temperature probe to find the most accurate one which ended up being the warehouse incubator model with the probe for 19.99. I also checked a friends same thermometer and it was only .2 of a degree off of mine. Good luck with find a good one for next time!
 
Well my big 4 eggs went to lock down. I have one egg that's rockin already, every now and then.
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Ok so last week I had a strong feeling my eggs weren't going to hatch soo I decided to put some in on the last row of the egg turner....just checked them and I can see every thing from the veins to the wiggling chick...Its sooooo weird they're from my BSL...one the father is definitely my SLW the other two *shrugs it could be him or my Naked Neck
 

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