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

Well I went home at lunch to find 3 new silkies had hatched and my eggs for June (Cochin) had arrived!
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Have duck eggs in a still air incubator, holding steady around 101.5-102, doing a dry incubation for now, as I'm in a house with high humidity, set 3 days apart (1st batch will be day 28 on the 30th, 2nd batch on the 3rd, so my lockdown dates should be on the 28th and 1st) Most of the eggs are Silver Appleyard (hopefully I'll get all with the right mohawk pattern coloration), some are Swedish (plan to sell all of the Swedish to help cover costs), and there may be a couple of mini-Silver Appleyards in the mix (have someone interested if I get any of those). I need to set up and candle them tonight, and figure out whether I have any "duds". Then, need to set up a separate hatcher before month's end, so that I can add the humidity needed for the hatch :)
Wish me luck!
 
Have duck eggs in a still air incubator, holding steady around 101.5-102, doing a dry incubation for now, as I'm in a house with high humidity, set 3 days apart (1st batch will be day 28 on the 30th, 2nd batch on the 3rd, so my lockdown dates should be on the 28th and 1st) Most of the eggs are Silver Appleyard (hopefully I'll get all with the right mohawk pattern coloration), some are Swedish (plan to sell all of the Swedish to help cover costs), and there may be a couple of mini-Silver Appleyards in the mix (have someone interested if I get any of those). I need to set up and candle them tonight, and figure out whether I have any "duds". Then, need to set up a separate hatcher before month's end, so that I can add the humidity needed for the hatch :)
Wish me luck!

Tons of luck!
 
Update: we now have 10 poults! When Dot stopped sitting on the final four eggs I brought them in and put them in the back of the incubator. I didn't really think they would hatch....but one did today. A little Royal Palm. I let him dry and then tonight took him down to his Momma..she accepted him. That was the first time I watched a baby hatch. Awesome!

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