Halloween/Thanksgiving Hatch-a-Long 2019

[mixedUPturk]

Three hermit crabs, three boxes. She THREW them to me through her car window, sideways. She would have crammed them into the mailbox if she could.
The last mailman was four hours late delivering mail. He left $400 worth of eggs on the ground by the highway during a hailstorm. The next day, he brought them to the house, frozen. Of course the box was destroyed.
I have nothing but horror stories about USPS, FedEx, and UPS when it comes to living things.

How terrible! My post worker laughed outright at me when i told her i was shipping eggs. I told her i knew about their sorting machines and packaged for it double boxing and individually wrapping every egg. She wasnt impressed til i the second time when i told her about half of them hatched. I think with education some of them would be better like her, but of course youll always have the jerks that dont give a hoot about Living Beings.

 

[FortCluck]

eggs here are always delivered to door.....i’ve been lucky overall with no major issues

We live in an agricultural zone so think that's why ours is so different. They know when to hold boxes and call

 

[FortCluck]

I've had 2 chicks die. They weren't moving in the egg so I did eggtopsies. Both were insanely small and not absorbing the yolk. Not sure why this is happening.

 

[BullChick]

I've had 2 chicks die. They weren't moving in the egg so I did eggtopsies. Both were insanely small and not absorbing the yolk. Not sure why this is happening.

Cold zones in the incubator, problems with the parent stock, humidity issues.

 

[FortCluck]

I have a few more not doing anything but I'm over seeing dead chicks for the day

 

[FortCluck]

Cold zones in the incubator, problems with the parent stock, humidity issues.

When you say humidity issues... What % is perfect?

 

[FortCluck]

My humidity is crazy right now because of all the chicks that hatch. It was 55% this morning. Now it's 65%

 

[FortCluck]

 

[mixedUPturk]

My humidity is crazy right now because of all the chicks that hatch. It was 55% this morning. Now it's 65%

This is normal and there isnt really a 'perfect,' its diff for every scenario. Some eggs loose moisture faster than others, some slower based on shell density. Some climates are too dry for low humidity, some too wet for high and it ups mortality both ways in those areas. I dry hatch almost everytime.

 

[FortCluck]

This is normal and there isnt really a 'perfect,' its diff for every scenario. Some eggs loose moisture faster than others, some slower based on shell density. Some climates are too dry for low humidity, some too wet for high and it ups mortality both ways in those areas. I dry hatch almost everytime.

What's dry hatching?

No water in the incubator?