Hands on hatching and help

[AmyLynn2374]

I love this thread! Ill be sure to post updates when I hatch again later in the year!

Welcome to the thread!

Hubby just noticed another pip. I am shocked. We opened that thing way too many times this hatch. sigh

Thanks so much for the help.

You wouldn't want to see me at hatch time...lol

 

[audy5000g]

40/50 was probably a bit high for those eggs, but maybe not in your area. Shipped eggs are always a gamble, so it may not be anything you did. I have the following weeks eggs from the same hens in my incubator right now doing great.

The wet chicks will raise the humidity and that's fine. As they dry, it will come back down, doesn't affect the eggs much.

The chicks dont need grow gel or anything to eat right now, they will be fine, so dont worry about that either.

Any more pips?

I am in Michigan so maybe you are correct on too high humidity. I wish someone who was awesome with this kind of incubator would just walk me through it. Ha ha

 

[audy5000g]

Welcome to the thread!

You wouldn't want to see me at hatch time...lol

I don't know, maybe I would. I am clueless still. Heard so many opinions. But I can't just sit by and watch them die.

Thanks for the friendly welcome.

 

[AmyLynn2374]

I am in Michigan so maybe you are correct on too high humidity. I wish someone who was awesome with this kind of incubator would just walk me through it. Ha ha

Does your Hovabator have the fan or no? Hovabator and LGs are similiar except Hovas are more reliable...lol I use a LG. Here's is my method all the way through: http://hatching411.weebly.com/

I'd be happy to walk you through a hatch. Styros can produce great hatches once you get the hang of them. Of course, it's a different ball game with shipped than with local.

 

[FridayYet]

Does your Hovabator have the fan or no? Hovabator and LGs are similiar except Hovas are more reliable...lol I use a LG. Here's is my method all the way through: http://hatching411.weebly.com/

I'd be happy to walk you through a hatch. Styros can produce great hatches once you get the hang of them. Of course, it's a different ball game with shipped than with local.

X2, but styros are also better off being watched - so if you are home 24/7 for 21 days it can really help!

 

[AmyLynn2374]

X2, but styros are also better off being watched - so if you are home 24/7 for 21 days it can really help!

That is true, especially with the LGs, but the Hovabators have a much better performance rate for staying steady.

 

[BantyChooks]

X2, but styros are also better off being watched - so if you are home 24/7 for 21 days it can really help!

Ditto. My LG behaved EXTRA perfectly when I had the start of another bator build right beside it, which I wasn't finishing because the LG was being so good. I think it knew!

 

[jenniferlamar70]

Hey I know this is not really hatching related but when you all hatch extras that your not keeping how do you decide on price to sale them?

 

[tracyjg]

How do I do that. There's not a lot of space after 44 eggs go in. There's only enough room for two small flat dishes. One for water one for food if I have a real bad chick. They run into the heater all the time as is. At not even a day old. The lid has to fit perfectly back on the machine or you lose humidity and temperature. They wouldn't be able to move around and would be stuck. Fan big.its about the size of a small gift box for a piece of jewelry. Maybe a watch or several necklaces or bracelets.

 

[Pyxis]

Hey I know this is not really hatching related but when you all hatch extras that your not keeping how do you decide on price to sale them?

Well, I go based on rarity of the breed, whether they're straight run and or if they're cockerels or pullets (cockerels being less expensive, pullets more), and of course I have to factor in demand and how much people in my area are willing to pay. So for my Easter Eggers, for example, I sell them as day olds at $3 each and they fly out of here. Cockerels I sell for $5 each and usually I can sell them at that price. Pullets start at $10 and increase the closer they are to POL.