Hands on hatching and help

[aandtg]

Thanks ladies, I was surprised to have this little one I saw the pip when I was getting ready to clean the incubator. I hope it makes it. I forgot to mention I gave it some electrolyte water

 

[casportpony]

Thanks ladies, I was surprised to have this little one I saw the pip when I was getting ready to clean the incubator. I hope it makes it. I forgot to mention I gave it some electrolyte water

 

[AmyLynn2374]

Jinx, AmyL...

I'm almost always jinxed...lol

Xs 2


Well five out of 6 are out. Four out of the six are blues with beautiful dark skin. The last egg I don't expect to see hatch until early morning as it pipped way later than the others. But I can tell from the yellow fluff sticking out it's not a blue...lol I think I'm going to end up keeping this batch. I'll get fluffy pics tomorrow hopefully.

 

[jenniferlamar70]

Thanks! One of my incubators has the metal screen floor and one had plastic, so I want to get a liner in them!  I am also the one incubating at high altitude so I am fighting to keep humidity up and adding water a lot:/   50-55% and so far seems to be going better than last year! Air cells not looking too big and can see veins! Going to candle in 3 days and will post my air cells for day 10 for help!

We don't live in high altitude but when I hatch during the summer its very hot and dry. It makes it impossible to keep my humidity up. I started using sponges to extend the time in between adding water. Not sure if that would work for you or not but might be worth a try.

Thanks ladies, I was surprised to have this little one I saw the pip when I was getting ready to clean the incubator. I hope it makes it. I forgot to mention I gave it some electrolyte water

Good luck. I hope it pulls through!

 

[BYC910]

So following my last cpl messy hatches w/ my new cabinet bator (one set dried out and one super wet way more than usual DIS and even deformed) I called the manufacturer to trouble shoot. I'm a total ding ding even tho it wasn't anywhere in the info/directions the vents on the back weren't open and it was too close to the wall. So I resolved these issues so I thought only to have a horrible hatch AGAIN! Granted the shipping wasn't the best (po not packing) but still I lost 14 before lockdown either blood ring no development or early deaths before day 14. Now w/ 12 in lockdown 4 hatched perfect no issues. The rest

UGG I ended up getting 3 more out w/ some assistance one seriously has no eye and a scissor/funky beak. Another I had opened had only the bottom beak the top was MIA so weird. They were in the bator maybe 5-7 days when I resolved the ventilation issues temp around 100 auto turn humidity 20-40 depending on when I add water that's not as stable as I would like it seems harder to regulate in the wood than it is in the plastic bators... I'm just super frustrated/venting I was hoping someone might have some idea suggestions I will try whatever I have Araucana eggs in as I thought I had fixed the issue grrrr these are for my breeding program

I will try ANYTHING!!! Thank you as always for everyone's consistent help and patience glad I missed the drama. I have helped so many of my own chicks as well as other ppl with the help from ppl on here. And @ Pyxis can you please bring one duck in diapers to chickenstock

Cabinets are totally different than plastics are Styrofoam incubators .Airflow is much more rapid in a cabinet . While heat warms the water to make humidity rapid airflow will dry it out much like a hair dryer . Most cabinets vents will not close as tight as two piece smaller incubators . Trouble holding humidity most of the time means that ambient humidity is lower than the desired incubator humidity. The best way to explain this is like the difference between the amount of moisture a dry towel will absorb compared to the amount of moisture a damp towel will absorb . Just like smaller incubators cabinets function better in a controlled environment. So I'm all set my incubator room thermostat is set at 68 to 70 degrees

Now what is the humidity in the room

Well you best find out .

Control the ambient temper and humidity as best you can . Watch for mid day temperature spikes . Open your top vent about 25% more than the bottom vent . If you live in a very humid area of the world you don't need to run the vents full open . Humidity travels both ways .BTW I'm just guessing so you better run the numbers

 

[BYC910]

@ AmyLynn2374 you had drama and didn't come get me

 

[AmyLynn2374]

@ AmyLynn2374 you had drama and didn't come get me

Oh we had drama today. Unfortunately. I was saving you from the experience...lol

 

[Ravynscroft]

I'm almost always jinxed...lol
Xs 2


Well five out of 6 are out. Four out of the six are blues with beautiful dark skin. The last egg I don't expect to see hatch until early morning as it pipped way later than the others. But I can tell from the yellow fluff sticking out it's not a blue...lol I think I'm going to end up keeping this batch. I'll get fluffy pics tomorrow hopefully.

Me too, lol... I am getting absolutely no notifs from here...

Not even ones saying I was quoted when you quote someone else!

Congrats on the Silkie hatch... my Paints just started laying...

 

[newchickmama91]

Been a long night but the duckling is still alive. At one point it was cheeping so loud like it was in pain so I got it out and it was rock hard from the sticky stuff drying out so I put some warm water on it and it started wriggling again. If I didn't do that I don't think it'll be alive right now!

 

[Ravynscroft]

Been a long night but the duckling is still alive. At one point it was cheeping so loud like it was in pain so I got it out and it was rock hard from the sticky stuff drying out so I put some warm water on it and it started wriggling again. If I didn't do that I don't think it'll be alive right now!

Forgot about the goo that turns into gorilla glue... :/