Ended Halloween Hatch-A-Long 2018

[CapricornFarm]

Hi Penny, i guess i am going to need to plug in another bator to use as a hatcher!

 

[pennyJo1960]

that was reasoning I had other than I sucked at it

 

[AshleySGM]

I cracked 3 eggs to see if there was any live left. One is alive but it is a crossbeak and still has some blood so it's in the incubator. I don't have much hope it'll hatch. I noticed in the 13 chicks, one of them is crossbeak. Between them hatching a day early and so many eggs not hatching, I think it's more than just humidity. I think the preset temp is high too.

 

[igorsMistress]

that was reasoning I had other than I sucked at it

It's so much easier with a broody though...zero effort on our parts. In my case she did the integration too. All I had to do was give them food and water and try not to get killed by mama in the process.

 

[pennyJo1960]

Need to get a water dish out there for peeps they will have to be like 2 weeks to use the nipples

 

[AshleySGM]

The last chick is out of it's shell. I had to help it out but its out now. I don't know if it'll be strong enough to live. It's a crossbeak too. Here's a picture.

 

[muddy75]

I cracked 3 eggs to see if there was any live left. One is alive but it is a crossbeak and still has some blood so it's in the incubator. I don't have much hope it'll hatch. I noticed in the 13 chicks, one of them is crossbeak. Between them hatching a day early and so many eggs not hatching, I think it's more than just humidity. I think the preset temp is high too.

does your incubator allow for temp calibration? I calibrated mine and double checked temp throughout using both auxiliary thermometer and meat probe thermometer. preset calibration was about 2 degrees off, and auxiliary ranged from 2-5 degrees off. I made manual adjustments from the calibration to keep the meat probe between 99 and 100. I did not remove the meat probe thermometer until active hatching to prevent possible injury to chicks. doing same with quail eggs.

 

[AshleySGM]

does your incubator allow for temp calibration? I calibrated mine and double checked temp throughout using both auxiliary thermometer and meat probe thermometer. preset calibration was about 2 degrees off, and auxiliary ranged from 2-5 degrees off. I made manual adjustments from the calibration to keep the meat probe between 99 and 100. I did not remove the meat probe thermometer until active hatching to prevent possible injury to chicks. doing same with quail eggs.

I have a Hovabator Genesis with the preset digital thermostat. Yes it can be adjusted. I figured since they were hatching a day early both hatches I've done, then I'd need to adjust .5 or a full degree lower to see if that helps.

 

[AshleySGM]

This new baby is very active and kicks around a lot. If it thrives it'll move in with the other chicks. I hope it does, I hate to see anything waste away and die.

 

[pennyJo1960]

This new baby is very active and kicks around a lot. If it thrives it'll move in with the other chicks. I hope it does, I hate to see anything waste away and die.

As you probably know do not lower to far it will not help but hinder.. went to silky coop to find a third peep out but not black. My lavender ameracauna to my EE blue and green layers thought would produce black but have the most adorable lavender and yellow peep will post a photo shortly have go back up after sourdough goes in the oven.. did get photo of new one other is 3 days old now has a white spot on head think it may be blurry