HATCHING DATE 7th - 8th JUNE!!!! HATCHING BUDDIE ANYONE!!

[matlock585]

I'm just west of Nashville,TN. I'm getting some eggs in the morning though.
Thanks.

 

[CO-OP_COOP]

We just set our eggs in the incubator. (Little Giant) With an egg turner. For a thermometer we are using the two that came with the inc and egg turner. These are off by 4 degrees from each other. I added a culinary thermometer which we calibrated which matches one of the flat thermo. Then we purchased a digital thermo hygrometer. Because we also need to read the humidity. Problem is that this digital thermometer is off by 7-10 degrees from the other thermos. ????? Go figure. 4 thermos 4 different readings!!!! Now what do we do to adjust the temp?? We are concerned about keeping the temp right. How are we supposed to take care of these little guys with 4 readings????? One flat reads 99.5 other flat reads 102.0 Culinary reads 99. The digital reads 94.7 eggs have been in incubator since Wednessday. Any suggestions?

 

[matlock585]

I tried using a digital and two liquid thermometers together and was having the same results. I did the salt test on my digital therm/humidity and it read accurate, so I decided to just trust it and took the 2 liquid ones out. I feel so much better looking in there and seeing only one temp reading. If they don't look far enough along at the first candling in one week, I'm just gonna bump it up some.

 

[chknfrmr]

I'll join in, if it's not too late. I set 14 Blue Lace Red Wyandottes and 10 Barred Rocks this evening that I bought from Okiehen. She did a marvelous job packing them, so I am hopeful for a successful hatch. I added eight eggs from my own hens, as I have been able to hatch them succesfully last weekend. If there are problems with the hatch, this will let me know if I'm doing something wrong with the incubation or if the Post Office managed to scramble them, without breaking them.

Lamar

 

[CO-OP_COOP]

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What is the salt test? Is that just for humidity? How can you be sure its accurate? I am a chef by trade. We use thermometers all day long. We calibrate with water and ice. Im confused. My culinary thermo reads 99 but the digital reads 94. But I know....that my thermo is calibrated. I dont want to cook my eggs. it is a 5 degree difference.

 

[jeepchick]

Hiya! I have Japanese Bantams, barred rock/cochin and RIR/cochin due about June7th if its OK for me to get in on the hatching buddy thread

 

[greening]

ive got 20-ish barnyard mixes (between the hen [she is a bantam and is tan and white but idk what she is, we call her Jer-Bear/Jeri/Jer] and my black sexlink rooster) that are due the 2nd-ish, 24 ringneck phesants due the 9th, 14 guinea hens due the 9th, and 1 albino turkey egg due the 10th or 11th.

 

[matlock585]

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What is the salt test? Is that just for humidity? How can you be sure its accurate? I am a chef by trade. We use thermometers all day long. We calibrate with water and ice. Im confused. My culinary thermo reads 99 but the digital reads 94. But I know....that my thermo is calibrated. I dont want to cook my eggs. it is a 5 degree difference.

The salt test only test if your humidity reads right. But it is 1/2 cup salt to a 1/4 cup water in a coffee mug. Mix it till it looks like wet sand then put it in a one gallon zip loc bag. Place your hygrometer in the bag but make sure the salt mixture won't spill. Seal the bag and check it in 8 hours. Your humidity reading should be 75%. Mine was 74%, so I add 1% to what my display says. As far as the thermometer... I'm just trusting the 24 hour recorded high/low averaged to one reading. Hope it works.

 

[jeepchick]

Just candled my eggs......I HAVE BABIES GROWING!!! This is my first hatch so forgive me if i'm a little too excited hahaha

 

[coldupnorth]

Joining a little late, but I have some that are due to hatch on June 4th. I have a small 3 egger Rcom incubator that I used in my classroom. I've had very good luck with it so far. Four hatches from it - first hatch was 3/3, second hatch was 2/3, third hatch was 2/3 and fourth hatch was 2/3. The ones that didn't hatch were fully developed, but obviously had some other issues that had them dying in their eggs. So far with this batch, I see three developing little ones when I candled them. My kids just love the excitement (me too!). My are EE/BO mixes that are great layers so far.