Halloween Hatch-A-Long 2017

[Lazy Farmer]

Ok, these are the three open contests (there should be one more coming up)

 

[clucknquack]

Yay babies! Mostly jumbo browns.
Got one white
One italian

What is the yellow one with the gray on it's head and butt?

All cute!

 

[venymae]

did you calibrate?
what temp are you running?

I calibrated my 2 thermometers using ice slush method. Also using third uncalibrated thermometer/hydrometer to monitor highs and lows (has been reliable in past, but I can't be sure ). One calibrated thermometer reads 101F the other reads 100F, which is around where I like my eggs to be. Only the severely cracked egg was solid (SO WEIRD!), and most of the early quitters had been refrigerated . Whoops!

 

[venymae]

This is the most quiet HAL thread I have ever been on!

 

[ronott1]

I calibrated my 2 thermometers using ice slush method. Also using third uncalibrated thermometer/hydrometer to monitor highs and lows (has been reliable in past, but I can't be sure ). One calibrated thermometer reads 101F the other reads 100F, which is around where I like my eggs to be. Only the severely cracked egg was solid (SO WEIRD!), and most of the early quitters had been refrigerated . Whoops!

The problem is calibrating at 32 F when you want to measure 99.5 temps. Lots of thermometers will be accurate at 32 and not accurate at 99.5. Also there is an increase in the variance of temperature the further you go away from the calibrating temperature.

IE, if you calibrate at 32 and the thermometer is off by a degree at 32F It will often be off more when you get to 99.5 if you have a slight error in calibration.

Also, does your thermometer read in tenths? If not toss the thermometers and get a better one.

 

[venymae]

The problem is calibrating at 32 F when you want to measure 99.5 temps. Lots of thermometers will be accurate at 32 and not accurate at 99.5. Also there is an increase in the variance of temperature the further you go away from the calibrating temperature.

IE, if you calibrate at 32 and the thermometer is off by a degree at 32F It will often be off more when you get to 99.5 if you have a slight error in calibration.

Also, does your thermometer read in tenths? If not toss the thermometers and get a better one.

One is a meat thermometer, the other is an aquarium thermometer. Neither are digital, but have worked fine with my last 4 hatches in this incubator. I originally used a wonderful little digital thermometer, but it has since succumbed to moisture and no longer reads accurately. Since eggs have a decent window of temperature (99.5-102 as far as I've read) I usually try to keep the temps at 100F. So far the other 35+ eggs are doing quite well. We shall see! Plus, I'm not willing to shell out any more for thermometers. Maybe one day, but not today.

 

[DwayneNLiz]

I calibrated my 2 thermometers using ice slush method. Also using third uncalibrated thermometer/hydrometer to monitor highs and lows (has been reliable in past, but I can't be sure ). One calibrated thermometer reads 101F the other reads 100F, which is around where I like my eggs to be. Only the severely cracked egg was solid (SO WEIRD!), and most of the early quitters had been refrigerated . Whoops!

lol, i have had a couple dry out like that, uber high temps lol
and cracks
i was just wondering

Good Luck!!

 

[Twinsnchickens]

OK! Took 9 eggs out of the bator....then snuck the dark one back in. lol. 1 was clear, 1 was...cracked and solidified?!?!, the rest were early quitters with bloodrings. Eggtopsied them all -then cooked them up for the chooks to eat. lol

Sorry to sound like a newb, but how can you tell it's a blood ring from the outside? I tried candling some of my eggs and some definitely looked like the start of veins and others looked like possible vein growth or blood rings ‍ But I don't want to throw them out on account of me possibly being completely wrong.

 

[Twinsnchickens]

**I used an emoji of a woman shrugging, but apparently on byc it translates to a female symbol haha

 

[DwayneNLiz]

Sorry to sound like a newb, but how can you tell it's a blood ring from the outside? I tried candling some of my eggs and some definitely looked like the start of veins and others looked like possible vein growth or blood rings ‍ But I don't want to throw them out on account of me possibly being completely wrong.