Help with egg setting calculation?

[Daniellenoel123]

It has been a while since I have done this. Using a brinsea mini Eco
Have 7 new eggs
Was going to set them tonight,
Would I start counting 24 hours from now as day 1?

 

[Daniellenoel123]

Also when would I start lock down?

 

[drumstick diva]

I've never hatched chicks - so you'll do best by going to "Raising backyard chickens," forum and clicking on the side tab(right) 'incubating and hatching eggs."

 

[TwoCrows]

Welcome to BYC!

Day 1 starts 24 hours after setting. So if you set today at noon, tomorrow at noon is considered 1 day. The next day at noon is 2 days and so on.

If you need any help with your incubating, we have a nice article in our learning center on incubation...

https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/hatching-eggs-101

Of you run into any issues along the way, you can post questions in our Incubating Eggs Forums for help...

https://www.backyardchickens.com/f/5/incubating-hatching-eggs

Good luck with the hatch and keep us posted!

 

[Kelsie2290]

Hello and Welcome To BYC! Good luck with your hatch! TwoCrows gave you some good links and advice. Brinsea also has their manuals on line if you need a copy http://www.brinsea.com/pdffiles/Mini Eco US.pdf

 

[gander007]

The first 24 hours are just the warming up of the gee's or day 0

BYC has a very useful learning center

 

[Daniellenoel123]

Thanks
So we have had a few issues with humidity, tends to be a bit higher 51%-53% more often. A drop once down to 35%
But mostly right at 50% or a little above

Just double checking my calculations for lockdown. We set the eggs thurdsday evening April 24th around 10 pm
would lockdown be this Monday evening or Tuesday evening?

Should I expect to see hatching friday the 16th?

Thanks so much