First week in June?

[PriceFamilyFarms]

https://www.backyardchickens.com/LC-DryIncubation.html

Not sure if it would be too late to change..If you're only on day 2, I personally think it would be fine...

 

[chickee]

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I don't take the eggs out of the turner to candle. I have an Egg-Lume high powered candler and I usually just lift the lid up enough to quickly put the tip of my candler on the top of each egg and look for veins forming. Then once in awhile I take the whole lid off to take a longer look. I candle my eggs almost every night because I'm curious and it doesn't seem to hurt them at all. Like PriceFamilyFarms, I figure the hen gets off the nest every day so it should be ok. I am going to take one at a time out tomorrow on day 8 to get a better look at their developement (think I have two clear and one blood ring + two very porous eggs that don't usually make it) before I add the shipped eggs I got today that are "resting" the 24 hrs to settle their air cells.

 

[chickee]

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Should be fine.

Last hatch I keep the humidity at 50% for the first week, then changed to the dry incubation method. GOOD LUCK with your eggs!

 

[~*Sweet Cheeks*~]

I have two new broodies sitting on 4 eggs each since last Friday, May 14th as well. A big fat fluffy buff orpington and plymouth barred rock. Both hens hatchery stock just over a year old.

I put 2 EE's x with brown leghorn roos under each and 1 black silkie and 1 black cochin x with buff silkie roo. Hatchery stock 1 yr old.

If I had more time to plan the broodies going broody, I would have gotten some eggs I REALLY wanted, like buckeye or black copper marans. Next time.

This is my 2nd experience with broodies. One of my other same age barred rocks went broody last summer at age 7 months. At the time I didn't have any roos. She sat there in the same nest for two long months until I finally got some surrogate eggs for her. She hatched all 4 eggs, two being the brown leghorn roos I have now.

I can't imagine hatching eggs any other way. The thought of using a bator scares the heck out of me.

I plan to candle for the first time tonight at day 6.

Just as I did last fall with first time broody, I'm leaving my two mommas in with the rest of the population rather than have to reintroduce later. The only difference this time, is I have 16 more hens and two roos. Last time I only had 7 other nice hens. We'll see how it goes with a full hen house.

 

[morninggloryhatchery]

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Should be fine.

Last hatch I keep the humidity at 50% for the first week, then changed to the dry incubation method. GOOD LUCK with your eggs!

Thanks! I also might borrow a friends incubator to try the Egg Carton method and see how that works out. The dry air can be done in a Brinsea right? Cause on his post he only did examples for the Hovabator and the 2210(i know I got it wrong, don't remember srry)

 

[chickee]

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Should be fine.

Last hatch I keep the humidity at 50% for the first week, then changed to the dry incubation method. GOOD LUCK with your eggs!

Thanks! I also might borrow a friends incubator to try the Egg Carton method and see how that works out. The dry air can be done in a Brinsea right? Cause on his post he only did examples for the Hovabator and the 2210(i know I got it wrong, don't remember srry)

As far as I know, you should be able to use the dry incubation method in your incubator. Different States vary in humidity, which effect humidity levels in your incubator and the rate at which your eggs loose moisture. What works for me here in California might not work for you. Be sure to candle your eggs and watch the air cells to be sure they aren't getting too big. If it looks like they are getting too big, up your humidity. I use the egg cartons to hatch my eggs and I've had good luck with them. Just be sure you borrow a good quality incubator for lockdown. Here is a picture of how I set mine up.

 

[morninggloryhatchery]

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Thanks! I also might borrow a friends incubator to try the Egg Carton method and see how that works out. The dry air can be done in a Brinsea right? Cause on his post he only did examples for the Hovabator and the 2210(i know I got it wrong, don't remember srry)

As far as I know, you should be able to use the dry incubation method in your incubator. Different States vary in humidity, which effect humidity levels in your incubator and the rate at which your eggs loose moisture. What works for me here in California might not work for you. Be sure to candle your eggs and watch the air cells to be sure they aren't getting too big. If it looks like they are getting too big, up your humidity. I use the egg cartons to hatch my eggs and I've had good luck with them. Just be sure you borrow a good quality incubator for lockdown. Here is a picture of how I set mine up.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/54909_p1010221.jpg

Thanks!! Yes her's is a hovabator so it is a good incubator from what i've heard.
Is it harder for the chicks to hatch in an Egg Carton?

 

[chickee]

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As far as I know, you should be able to use the dry incubation method in your incubator. Different States vary in humidity, which effect humidity levels in your incubator and the rate at which your eggs loose moisture. What works for me here in California might not work for you. Be sure to candle your eggs and watch the air cells to be sure they aren't getting too big. If it looks like they are getting too big, up your humidity. I use the egg cartons to hatch my eggs and I've had good luck with them. Just be sure you borrow a good quality incubator for lockdown. Here is a picture of how I set mine up.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/54909_p1010221.jpg

Thanks!! Yes her's is a hovabator so it is a good incubator from what i've heard.
Is it harder for the chicks to hatch in an Egg Carton?

Not usually~ look at this picture . . This chick pipped too low, and took 31 hours to finally zip, and how he did that I'll never know, because he was upsidedown. It took him a little longer than the other chicks to figure out how to get out of the egg/carton, but he did it and is now a beautiful 6 wk old BLRW rooster! So I guess the cartons work well even for mixed up chicks.

 

[morninggloryhatchery]

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Thanks!! Yes her's is a hovabator so it is a good incubator from what i've heard.
Is it harder for the chicks to hatch in an Egg Carton?

Not usually~ look at this picture . . This chick pipped too low, and took 31 hours to finally zip, and how he did that I'll never know, because he was upsidedown. It took him a little longer than the other chicks to figure out how to get out of the egg/carton, but he did it and is now a beautiful 6 wk old BLRW rooster! So I guess the cartons work well even for mixed up chicks.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/54909_p1010223.jpg

Lol. K so it's decided! I'm gonna try the egg carton method! Thanks for the help!

 

[MelissaA]

thanks for posting this info! I am going to switch as well!