Heading to lockdown

[larrymull]

Update late on day 22 - all 6 eggs that I had placed in for lockdown have hatched very successfully with no known issues thus far. I am more than pleased and very surprised I got a 100% hatch rate from the 6 eggs I placed at lockdown. From a cheap eBay type incubator I couldn't really fault the outcome, the only issue I had was the beeping sound when humidity went over 69%. As soon as a chick hatched it spiked the humidity and the alarm goes beep, beep, beep. If I only knew how to disable that alarm!

Now as I live in suburbia I cannot keep rosters, I wonder when I will be really be able to tell if the are boys or girls?

 

[aart]

Congrats!
Males of most breeds will be readily apparent at about 6-8 weeks, sometimes sooner.

 

[WVduckchick]

Congrats!! Great job!

Does the incubator have codes for the alarms? I’ve never seen that particular incubator, but several use these controls.

 

[larrymull]

Congrats!! Great job!

Does the incubator have codes for the alarms? I’ve never seen that particular incubator, but several use these controls.
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Yes that is the one - same settings. Note that it has a lower humidity value, which is good if humidity drops too low - I set this to 35%. It just doesn't have a higher humidity alarm that you can change.

 

[WVduckchick]

Yes that is the one - same settings. Note that it has a lower humidity value, which is good if humidity drops too low - I set this to 35%. It just doesn't have a higher humidity alarm that you can change.

Ha! Shame on me, I didn’t even notice.
That’s kinda silly. I don’t use the incubator those codes came with anymore, but I don’t remember it alarming too much.
Of course, that was one that was way off, like 20% low on the humidity reading, compared to actual anyway, so that’s probably why mine didn’t alarm.

 

[pennyJo1960]

Only thing I will add I have 4 Silky do not need an incubator easy fix

 

[larrymull]

Ha! Shame on me, I didn’t even notice.
That’s kinda silly. I don’t use the incubator those codes came with anymore, but I don’t remember it alarming too much.
Of course, that was one that was way off, like 20% low on the humidity reading, compared to actual anyway, so that’s probably why mine didn’t alarm.

It may well be well off, my theory in humidity was around 40-50% during the first 18 days then from lockdown I wanted to see condensation on the lid. As for temperature I wrapped it in towels to make sure the temperature held across the incubator.