Getting the flock out of here - a diary of a crazy chicken man

[rolito tabujara]

thanks Brother Rolito

Welcome!

 

[piglett]

I let local eggs sit for 6-12 hours, and shipped eggs sit overnight so 12-24 hours but never more.
That along with the Brinsea and minimal candling (max twice, Usually just once) generally produces fabulous results.
Also tend to run the bator a bit dry, and hatch at 50-60% humidity. The lower humidity has virtually eliminated last minute failure to hatch.

when i fill my bator with water it goes up to 37% humidity, after a couple days it drops all the way down to 10%

i let it stay that way overnight, then refill the pan with water once again.

i get 80% to 100% hatches with this method using my own local eggs

now this # is after i have removed any clears

candling results of chickens

buff orps 6/6
bbs orps 12/15
silkie 0/3
salmon favs 6/6
hfr mutts 22/29
bp brahma 4/8

others 75% average viability
.

this is the highest we have ever seen. if we can translate this into 50% hatched birds, we will be over the moon.

I am crying over the San Diego eggs not making it.

i only wish the silkies had made it for Bernie's wife

can we hope for a pair of bronze turkeys?


not sure what to do about them "nicking" you on the golf bag ....... are you more or less done now on importing OZ ???

 

[piglett]

Search @ You Tube How to set up P. I. G. S. Baboyang walang amoy or odorless pigpen.

I saw that setup on youtube

looked like a great way to raise clean pigs with no odor

 

[Phage]

candling results of chickens

buff orps 6/6
bbs orps 12/15
silkie 0/3
salmon favs 6/6
hfr mutts 22/29
bp brahma 4/8

others 75% average viability
.

this is the highest we have ever seen. if we can translate this into 50% hatched birds, we will be over the moon.

I am crying over the San Diego eggs not making it.

That is FABULOUS!!!

Next time it will include cream legbars!!!!

 

[ozexpat]

when i fill my bator with water it goes up to 37% humidity, after a couple days it drops all the way down to 10%

i let it stay that way overnight, then refill the pan with water once again.

i get 80% to 100% hatches with this method using my own local eggs

now this # is after i have removed any clears




i only wish the silkies had made it for Bernie's wife

can we hope for a pair of bronze turkeys?


not sure what to do about them "nicking" you on the golf bag ....... are you more or less done now on importing OZ ???

i can still take it in exchange for a regular luggage

As far as silkies go - the polisg are batting 1000

if only 2 eggs hatch, they will be bernie's

 

[Sweetpea3829]

Hmmmm...I don't have a humidity gauge and with my first hatch last year, I just followed the directions (put water in the channel, make sure it stayed full, increased humidity prior to hatch by putting water in the second channel).

I lost one chick at hatch, and I had one other shrink-wrapped chick.

But....I was your typical first time hatcher and had that bator open every few minutes (BAAAAD).

Maybe I should pick up a humidity gauge and stick it in my Brinsea?

 

[Tomtommom]

Hmmmm...I don't have a humidity gauge and with my first hatch last year, I just followed the directions (put water in the channel, make sure it stayed full, increased humidity prior to hatch by putting water in the second channel).

I lost one chick at hatch, and I had one other shrink-wrapped chick.

But....I was your typical first time hatcher and had that bator open every few minutes (BAAAAD).

Maybe I should pick up a humidity gauge and stick it in my Brinsea?

Humidity gauges are very, very finicky things. You can put 10 of them next to eachother and all will read something different. Calibrate them, and a week later they're off again.

I used to have hermit crabs for YEARS and they had very specific humidity requirements... went through every gauge out there and none of them were reliable for long. Eventually you learn what to look for *laugh*. With crabs: mold? too wet. Condensation? too wet. Dry substrate? too dry (obviously). We adjusted with sponges and misting (sound familiar? lol) and increasing/reducing air flow.

I'm sure with eggs it works much the same. Go by what you see. Size of the air pocket. Condensation. Shrink wrapping. etc. Adjust accordingly. Put a gauge in if it helps, just know they can be off quite a bit. Trust your gut too

And stop opening the bator!

 

[Phage]

The #1 rule for incubating success is: STEP BACK FROM THE BATOR!!!!!

Let it do its thing. Worst thing is repeated opening. That is what causes the shrink wrap.

 

[Sweetpea3829]

Humidity gauges are very, very finicky things. You can put 10 of them next to eachother and all will read something different. Calibrate them, and a week later they're off again.

I used to have hermit crabs for YEARS and they had very specific humidity requirements... went through every gauge out there and none of them were reliable for long. Eventually you learn what to look for *laugh*. With crabs: mold? too wet. Condensation? too wet. Dry substrate? too dry (obviously). We adjusted with sponges and misting (sound familiar? lol) and increasing/reducing air flow.

I'm sure with eggs it works much the same. Go by what you see. Size of the air pocket. Condensation. Shrink wrapping. etc. Adjust accordingly. Put a gauge in if it helps, just know they can be off quite a bit. Trust your gut too

And stop opening the bator!

That's interesting, I wasn't aware of that. We have a humidity gauge in the snake's tank (son has a corn snake) and it's always showing low humidity, but...well...it's been dry around these parts!

 

[ozexpat]

That's interesting, I wasn't aware of that. We have a humidity gauge in the snake's tank (son has a corn snake) and it's always showing low humidity, but...well...it's been dry around these parts!

SALLY SUNSHINE has a hatching 101 article in my signature area.

give it a read