Hatch Along - Setting eggs June 7th.....anyone else?

[crazy cat lady]

I just set 36 guinea eggs and the expected hatch date is June 4th. I need to take pics of the guineas I hatched a month ago and a week ago. The week old guineas are pied guineas..

Eva

P.S. I also have a baby pekin duck I hatched about a month ago.

 

[hmmcc123]

I have 3 thermometers in mine (no fan)

Actually Stephanie, I think your idea is better. I have seen people use the three thermometers like you are. I have noticed that the temp from the "water wiggler" is the same as the thermometer laying on my eggs. I have been considering taking my water wiggler thing out because it takes up so much space!

 

[boxedcow]

I would love to join in. I just set 22 eggs this afternoon ( I was only going to get a couple more chickens...). This is my first time so I am definitely a nervous egg mom.

In the "oven" are:
(purchased)
3 blue copper marans
3 black copper marans
5 blue-splash english orphingtons
5 olive eggers
2 Australorp x Black EE Roo
2 Blue EE x Black EE Roo
2 Partridge Rock (different chickens) X Black EE Roo

The last 6 are from my current girls and my roo. Supposedly he carries the blue gene so we shall see what they look like. I am using the Brinsea Eco currently 45% and 99.6 degrees. I ended up putting in another temp/humidity monitor as the top was off during testing. Here are my eggs

 

[Seslar]

I love the rich color of those Maran eggs! Gorgeous!

 

[Stephanie739]

Actually Stephanie, I think your idea is better. I have seen people use the three thermometers like you are. I have noticed that the temp from the "water wiggler" is the same as the thermometer laying on my eggs. I have been considering taking my water wiggler thing out because it takes up so much space!

My temps on the eggs right now are 100.5 and 99.5. The meter on the wall is at 99. I read tonight that w/o a fan, the temp should be around 100-102 rather than 99.5. We just cut the AC off for the night. That might make it heat up a bit. The humidity is at 52. I think that should be a little higher too. I added a small cup of water a little while ago. The humidity had dropped to under 40.

I think I will set my alarm and check on my eggs at least once during the night. I don't want what happened last night to happen again! I awoke this morning to an incubator temp of 90!

 

[Stephanie739]

I love the rich color of those Maran eggs! Gorgeous!

I agree. That is a very pretty assortment of egg colors!

 

[DeannaOR]

Hello!

Would love to join you!

I have:

24 silkies due to hatch Monday
5-6 Copper Marans to hatch the 13th
1 Welsh Harlequin duck to hatch June 15th
3 Welsh ducks to hatch June 18th
3 Welsh ducks to hatch Jun 26th
1 Call duck to hatch June 24th

I have 24 cochins to arrive next week, some cochin/silkie cross and some call ducks as well. This is my grand finale or my DH might kill me! This is my first year to hatch and I am addicted!

Giggling...ummmm ya think? I'm probably right behind you!

 

[DeannaOR]

hmmcc123...Yep that's him!

 

[DeannaOR]

Wow..got home from work and there were so many new replies here! I'm setting mine tonight. I think the humidity might be tough to keep in the right range and kind of worrying about it. The temp seems stuck at 99 degrees. Will it increase when I get the eggs in? I have a Havobator 1588.

 

[gabrielle1976]

It will Probly dip as the eggs warm up you shoudnt have to worry unless it stays down for longer then a few hours