Hatching Eggs / Paypal CHAT Thread

[GableBabble]

Who was it on here that has LF cochins?

 

[Thespoiledchicken]

Who was it on here that has LF cochins?

Aceschix

 

[chiqita]

I've been having poor hatches for some reason lately. I only got six little cuties to hatch. I had thought it was shipping, but I just had a poor hatch on eggs I transported for a three hour drive. (Very Expensive Eggs) I've got some from BHep in, and they only had an hour or so drive. I'm currently testing hatching "on the side" versus "in a carton" on some Wellie eggs. I let all the little buttons hatch in the hatcher tray of the cabinet so they didn't get stomped, but that didn't help. I have no idea what is going on. The only thing I do know is that it's happening to others I know, so maybe it's environmental. Beth and I were discussing humidity possibilities.

However, you don't need to go to the expense of sending more. My poor hatch is not the fault of your eggs! Especially since you sent double what I "mined" to start with, plus some! (But I would like to discuss me buying some more.....) I would also love to see pictures of how you keep yours. I have done a lot of reading, but nothing beats learning from experience!

Aside from Bob, the Bourbon Red tom turkey we just had to put down at eight years old, my husband has not shown much interest in my poultry other than their involvement with our cashflow. These button quail he checks on several times a day, including right before he goes to bed! He is totally fascinated with them! I'm loving it!

recalibrate your thermometers. If you REALLY want to find out where the problems are, weigh the eggs and check the air cells daily for a hatch. It is the single best way to tell what type of humidity you should use for your area and the chicken type you are hatching. They are supposed to loose so much % of weight a day, Between that and checking to see if your right temps are still right, many hatching problems can be solved. I had FOUR thermometers that all went wonky some time between when I stopped hatching and when I was using the new incubator. I was off by four degrees, and you can imagine the hatches I was having.

I know coturnix quail eggs are very sensitive to loosing too much water and drying out and not hatching, id imagine buttons can be the same way.

I broke down and bought a brinsea temp check because calibrating wasn't working well for me, and now I know what the right temp is for all the other thermometers.

 

[Hollowoakfarm]

What kind of Bator do you have?  Does your temp stay steady?  Do you incubate  and hatch in the same bator?  What humidity do you use for incubating and lockdown?  Sorry for all the questions.  You don't need to be lose good eggs if it's at all possible.  Hope I can help.

You don't have to pay for more.  I have tons and I hatch tons.  You would not believe what I have here.  I have my feed made for me and I go threw 2 tons of feed a month, plus fodder.

OH!  Do you cut the bottoms out of the egg cartons?

I have been incubating...dry...in a cabinet, and hatching in a Hovabator so I can track the humidity. Temps are constant in both. Letting the quail hatch in the hatching tray of the cabinet was only the second time I have ever done that, adding humidity, of course. The first time, it was 100% hatch. But I'm getting poor hatches in the Hovabator, too.

This will be my first time hatching in an egg carton, and I did cut out the bottom and reduce the center pillars.

Here in the Southeast, the normal humidity is usually enough, so dry incubating works. I'm thinking that may not hold true right now, so hubby is picking me up a new hygrometer on his way home today so I can start tracking the cabinet better.

And I should pay for more...plus shipping. Why should you "eat" my poor hatch? Although you're a very generous soul for offering!

 

[kraftyladies]

Update on my rabbits. Hubby found the missing one.

Stupid dogs. Good thing I love them.

 

[puglady]

Update on my rabbits. Hubby found the missing one.

Stupid dogs. Good thing I love them.

 

[smfildes]

I have been incubating...dry...in a cabinet, and hatching in a Hovabator so I can track the humidity. Temps are constant in both. Letting the quail hatch in the hatching tray of the cabinet was only the second time I have ever done that, adding humidity, of course. The first time, it was 100% hatch. But I'm getting poor hatches in the Hovabator, too.

This will be my first time hatching in an egg carton, and I did cut out the bottom and reduce the center pillars.

Here in the Southeast, the normal humidity is usually enough, so dry incubating works. I'm thinking that may not hold true right now, so hubby is picking me up a new hygrometer on his way home today so I can start tracking the cabinet better.

And I should pay for more...plus shipping. Why should you "eat" my poor hatch? Although you're a very generous soul for offering!

Are the eggs growing? I wonder if your bators have some kind of germ that's killing them if they are growing. You never know what they pick up.

 

[swindledana]

I wished I had a place for these. I would buy them.
http://atlanta.craigslist.org/eat/grd/3733270703.html

 

[Hollowoakfarm]

I have been incubating...dry...in a cabinet, and hatching in a Hovabator so I can track the humidity. Temps are constant in both. Letting the quail hatch in the hatching tray of the cabinet was only the second time I have ever done that, adding humidity, of course. The first time, it was 100% hatch. But I'm getting poor hatches in the Hovabator, too.


This will be my first time hatching in an egg carton, and I did cut out the bottom and reduce the center pillars.


Here in the Southeast, the normal humidity is usually enough, so dry incubating works. I'm thinking that may not hold true right now, so hubby is picking me up a new hygrometer on his way home today so I can start tracking the cabinet better.


And I should pay for more...plus shipping. Why should you "eat" my poor hatch? Although you're a very generous soul for offering!

Are the eggs growing?  I wonder if your bators have some kind of germ that's killing them if they are growing.  You never know what they pick up.

They grow, but don't even internally pip. The ones that hatch, with one exception, have been strong, healthy chicks. But I'm not the only person in the area having this problem, which is why we were thinking environmental first. And I clean and disinfect between hatches. I'll be checking the humidity first. Then I'll try checking the temps in the incubator. The Hovabator is preset. I'm also going to do a hatch with full incubation and hatch at the same time in the cabinet, the Hovabator, and an LG, just to see. Half in turners and half hand-turned, too. But I have to wait until May, when my eggs will all be done. I want another good scrub on the cabinet first.

 

[CelticOaksFarm]

evening all...............baggng and boxing noodles, then sending all of our noodles we are keeping to the freezer.

new cases of shipping boxes should be in Tomorrow so we can resume shipping larger batches of birds again. Still have plenty of 50 chick boxes on hand, so new hatchlings go out tomorrow.

Just spent a small fortune on animal medical supplies to restock their cabinet.

Oh and we are going to sell off the entire EE flock. It includes 2 black split Lav Am hens plus a bunch of EE girls and the roos too. If anyone is interested we will make a heck of a deal (if you arent local for pick up) to off set shipping costs. 3 Roo's you can 1, 2 or all three (2 EE, 1 AM) We have large swan boxes they be shipped in.