Hands on hatching and help

[SherrynBill]

Manually turn at least 3 times a day. Mark them in pencil with X and O and keep track of which way they are being turned. 50 to 55% humidity works good until day 18 lockdown. Them I boost it up to 65%.

 

[jenniferlamar70]

Manually turn at least 3 times a day. Mark them in pencil with X and O and keep track of which way they are being turned. 50 to 55% humidity works good until day 18 lockdown. Them I boost it up to 65%.

I read earlier that if you plan on removing the chicks before they have all hatched that it was better to have higher humidity, like around 75 percent. Would you agree with this or do you think it's to high?

 

[slordaz]

finally the first one is starting to unzip

 

[slordaz]

first one has successfully hatched

 

[Laurel Meadows]

first one has successfully hatched

:yiipchick

 

[WVduckchick]

Manually turn at least 3 times a day. Mark them in pencil with X and O and keep track of which way they are being turned. 50 to 55% humidity works good until day 18 lockdown. Them I boost it up to 65%.

You must live in a very very dry environment. If I incubated at 50-55%, they would all drown. I use 25-35%.

No number is good for everyone. Watching air cells does work for everyone! Everyone needs to find what works for them!

 

[WVduckchick]

I read earlier that if you plan on removing the chicks before they have all hatched that it was better to have higher humidity, like around 75 percent. Would you agree with this or do you think it's to high?

That's not too high, unless it causes condensation.

 

[slordaz]

second one is out, one of ameracuana crosses

 

[AmyLynn2374]

Hi! I have some guinea eggs in the bator. We are on day 23. We candles today & one of the eggs was dark insude. The others you could see the chick in there. My question is in regards to the dark egg. Btw, loving this thread! Thx!

Welcome to the thread! I know nothing about guineas except my nephew keeps trying to get me to take some and I keep saying NO! lol My last hatch I had a green egg that you could previously see into the air cell. After internal pip everything went black. When I opened it up I had found that the chick pipped straight into a vein, (still had the membrane with vein in its beak) and must have either suffocated on the blood, (it was all up it's beak and nose) or bled out. The reason I could no longer see into the air cell was the blood had covered it making it opaque. I hope that's not the case, but that's the only experience I have with an egg going totally dark.

Well my little 5 month old broody Marans did an awesome job with her eggs! She hatched 5 of the 6 eggs under her and for a young first time momma has done a great job with the babies

Of course I haven't been able to catch them all out with her at the same time for pics lol.

Congrats!!

Manually turn at least 3 times a day. Mark them in pencil with X and O and keep track of which way they are being turned. 50 to 55% humidity works good until day 18 lockdown. Them I boost it up to 65%.

While some can successfully hatch at higher humidity (especially those in high altitudes) many of us can not hatch successfully at that high of humidity. The chicks will drown due to the egg not looding enough moisture. Best thing any new hatcher can do that doesn't know what humidity works for them overall is pick a humidity range and then monitor air cells to know if it's working.

I read earlier that if you plan on removing the chicks before they have all hatched that it was better to have higher humidity, like around 75 percent. Would you agree with this or do you think it's to high?

I use 75% Often it goes up even higher during hatch. I don't worry about high humidity during hatch unless I see condensation-which is almost never.

You must live in a very very dry environment. If I incubated at 50-55%, they would all drown. I use 25-35%.

No number is good for everyone. Watching air cells does work for everyone! Everyone needs to find what works for them!

xs 2

That's not too high, unless it causes condensation.

xs 2

second one is out, one of ameracuana crosses

WooHoo!

 

[neduckmomma504]

I will continue to candle and wait. I don't expect to ho into lockdown for a few more days. Thx for your input & for this thread.