Help.With Incubation

[CrazyChickLady7]

Hi all. I'm not really new to the world of chickens (8ish years) but I have never incubated eggs before. I am planning on doing lots of research before incubating, and I figured that this was a good place to start. Could anybody with incubating experience help me please?

 

[Sarafena1982]

Just depends on what you're looking to know.

Ask away ... I am here to help if I can.

 

[CrazyChickLady7]

Haha i know very little about incubation of chickens. I'm pretty sure that the humidity of the incubator is supposed to be at 50-54% if you aren't doing a dry hatch and you go into lock down at 18 days. I don't need to know about candling the eggs, just the incubating process

 

[chiques chicks]

Hatching 101. There really is such a thing. Search for it, it will tell you more than you ever wanted to know,

Don't ask me, I rarely candle and I incubate all wrong! No, really, I bend or break almost every rule and still get chicks to hatch, listening to them now.

 

[Sarafena1982]

Haha i know very little about incubation of chickens. I'm pretty sure that the humidity of the incubator is supposed to be at 50-54% if you aren't doing a dry hatch and you go into lock down at 18 days. I don't need to know about candling the eggs, just the incubating process

it's honesty simple. I myself am very hands on. I keep my humidity around 40 to 45% day 0 to 18. I keep my temp at 99.5 to 100.5 it will fluctuate up and down but keep it around there. I turn the eggs 3 to 5 Times a day if I don't have the egg turner in. On day 18 I put my humidity to 70 to 75% and stop turning. This is the hard part to tell the truth because I just have to wait lol.... During hatching anything can happen and its very nerve wracking. I truly learned the saying "don't count your chickens before they hatch" but after a few days of no sleep it's so worth it. I really don't know what more to tell you. Hmmmm lol any questions you can think of feel free to ask

 

[CrazyChickLady7]

I have an egg turner, so that is good. This is off topic, but do jubilee orpingtons lay at the same time as normal chickens. The English standard ones.

 

[Sarafena1982]

As in age? From my understanding they start laying around 6 to 7months old. They are good egg layers about 150 to 200 eggs a year. From what I've been told.

 

[CrazyChickLady7]

Thank you person who suggested hatching 101. It has helped me greatly. I feel like I can now start my first incubation. I want to start having pretty good hatch rates before I try my jubilees. Looks like 'bators loaded.