jlwquilter
Songster
I want to give an update. This is night 8 so I candled the eggs. The 2 extra that were on top of the ring developed just fine. I’ve been hand turning them a couple of times a day on addition to what turning they got by the incubator. Happened that 2 eggs in the slots didn’t develop at all so they’re gone and the extras are now in slots. Worked perfect!
Remember when I said the extra eggs have to straddle the ring in order to turn? Well I noticed that one of the extra eggs kept getting turned in a way that it usually, but not always, ended up horizontal on the ring. So I’d turn it and place it back crosswise. The other extra one rarely ended up horizontally. My guess is the size of the eggs differ and how they rest on the eggs below. Anyway, so far so good.
I’ve kept the humidity below 55% except for one time it went to 56%. There has been a few random times where it went below 35%, even a few times as low as 27%. I’m really curious to see how the lower humidity will effect the hatch date. All previous 4 times eggs have hatched a day early. And of course if I get a higher hatch rate overall. I do feel keeping the lower humidity is easier to achieve with less swings.
Remember when I said the extra eggs have to straddle the ring in order to turn? Well I noticed that one of the extra eggs kept getting turned in a way that it usually, but not always, ended up horizontal on the ring. So I’d turn it and place it back crosswise. The other extra one rarely ended up horizontally. My guess is the size of the eggs differ and how they rest on the eggs below. Anyway, so far so good.
I’ve kept the humidity below 55% except for one time it went to 56%. There has been a few random times where it went below 35%, even a few times as low as 27%. I’m really curious to see how the lower humidity will effect the hatch date. All previous 4 times eggs have hatched a day early. And of course if I get a higher hatch rate overall. I do feel keeping the lower humidity is easier to achieve with less swings.