Hatching Eggs / Paypal CHAT Thread

[CelticOaksFarm]

Charles is such a good boy. Thank you Gable for blessing us with him and his girls.

 

[GableBabble]

Charles is such a good boy. Thank you Gable for blessing us with him and his girls.

I look at your pictures of him and think...wow! He has filled out just since being at your place. I thought they were fatty's before... I think they were ment to be with you, all along. He looks so happy, it makes me cry. Happy tears. If I was not on a chicken forum I would feel a bit strange saying that...

I do miss his deep crow though. It is so pretty to listen to.

 

[CelticOaksFarm]

Anyone have any bright ideas for me? I've been having crap hatches. I finally broke lockdown to candle eggs. There are several dead already (and I just candled a day or two ago). They all had tiny aircells. The larger aircells are the ones still alive, the two largest are the two that are currently internally pipped. Now, my humidity is from 16%-20% because I've been having these horrid hatches. Well, NOW it's 65%, but for incubation, it's 16-20%. So, I know that you can sand some to help evaporate them, but if it's late in incubation, can you maybe put a fake pip in like a week before lock down to try to get the excess fluid out? Any other ideas? Because they just aren't losing enough fluid, even with dry incubation, and I'm sick and tired of losing 99-100% of my hatch!

sounds like you need to calibrate your hygrometer and run one in the room where the bator is too because realitive room humidity will effect them too.

 

[CelticOaksFarm]

Quote: He has gained, likely a good pound total since arriving. They have an entire yard to themselves right now, we occassionally move the momma goats up there with babies. Otherwise he wants for nothing and never shares a food pan.

 

[GableBabble]

He knows he is pretty, and knows he is king. He does not have one aggressive bone in his huge body.

 

[CelticOaksFarm]

hubby ADORES that flock. He sweet talks the girls and tonight I could hear him talking outloud about their markings

 

[Brookhavens]

hey I have one of those big boys too lol

He really is stunning!!

 

[Bettacreek]

40% humidity in the room. I haven't been adding a lick of fluid to the bator for incubation. Started that maybe two weeks ago.

 

[CelticOaksFarm]

40% humidity in the room. I haven't been adding a lick of fluid to the bator for incubation. Started that maybe two weeks ago.

still need to calibrate the hygrometer in the bator to make sure it is reading accurate.

anytime I hear of someone having problems I give them the same check list.

calibrate thermometer
calibrate hygrometer

once you know those are reading accurately you can move on to checking other things like ventilation

 

[CelticOaksFarm]

ok, we have final wiring on the new plucker tomorrow and I have a TSC run and birds shipping so I am going to go veg with a book and hope to fall asleep early tonight