HERE WE GO AGAIN Anyone SETTING Aug 30th - Sept 8th join me!!

[wayne813]

thank u, dad is very big

 

[Feathersprings]

OK : Question lovely people .......... when it's time for lockdown, I have done both ie kept them in the turner (upright) and laid them on their sides and feel like I have had better luck with them upright - but that may just be me .... what do you guys recommend, from your experience, keep in the turner upright to hatch (obviously with turner switched off) or taken out of the turner and laid on their sides?

I have never tried to leave them upright and asked a lot of questions about it for this hatch. I got a lot of different responses. One that bothered me was that when they were in egg cartons some had foot problems (curled toes) if they didnt get out of the cartons soon. In the end my feeling is that hens dont set them upright to hatch so Im not going to jump right into doing that. Seems it was a bout 50%- 50% people that had better luck each way...

 

[Chicky Dee]

Several of my eggs have funky air cells. I am planning on cutting an egg carton in half so that the eggs are leaning upright but still able to have the air circulation. I read somewhere on BYC that if the eggs were left upright to hatch, the chick may not be able to get the top of the egg off. This is my first time, so I am just making it up as I go

 

[Feathersprings]

Several of my eggs have funky air cells. I am planning on cutting an egg carton in half so that the eggs are leaning upright but still able to have the air circulation. I read somewhere on BYC that if the eggs were left upright to hatch, the chick may not be able to get the top of the egg off. This is my first time, so I am just making it up as I go

That might be a case where I would set mine up... I had horrible luck with really bad air cells. You can also cut holes in the bottoms of the cartons

 

[StacyTN]

Um, Yes. See something similiar made specifically for chicken egg size (ducks, quail, ec.) and it could accomodate more eggs, but if only hatching a few that would be perfect with a few holes drilled to allow air flow. Of course, I'm new to all this and have a feeling that as time goes by I will not freak out so much during hatching and let things be as they were meant to be. For one thing if a hen is hatching the eggs I'm sure they get knocked and rolled around some.

Right now I am happy with how the thin low profile egg crate foam worked. Only thing I thought about was I hope there are no real or bad toxns in the the foam. ?????? and not sure how it will clean up, might not or probably best to use clean new piece. I did clean &.rinsed it out under hot water & then left it slightly wet for humidity when I put it in at lockdown.

The best thing for me to get the humidity up was the wash clothes soaked in hot water. Before those I had two bowls of water and tray full it would only get up to 60-61. After the wash clothes placed in long ways along three sides, humidity then has stayed up around 68 or so.

You mean something like this? Silicone Mold

 

[cindersga]

So some of my Catdance Silkies hatched

last night, YIPPEEEEE! I have pictures of two but I hear others under her I just haven't seen them. A partridge egg and a blue. Here we go...lots more fun tonight.

 

[StacyTN]

so darn cute!

Can't until the day my hens start doing their own thing, nothing better. Oh don't get me wrong, love to watch them hatch in incubator but IMO nothign better than to see a hen with babies following behind etc.

 

[Feathersprings]

So some of my Catdance Silkies hatched

last night, YIPPEEEEE! I have pictures of two but I hear others under her I just haven't seen them. A partridge egg and a blue. Here we go...lots more fun tonight.

Beautiful babies!!!

 

[StacyTN]

I beleive my last has hatched - still one with a little hope another three I put in lockdown but didn't see any movement for about a week before, but you never know!

My count now is:
9 Australrops
4 bantam cochins

So, it looks like out of 32 SHIPPED eggs I had 13 make it and another 4 that were pretty well developed but something happened. So, I am going to call it a 53% success rate for viability & 48% hatch success. Granted the breakdown is: 9 of 12 (75%) blk. Australorps & 4 of 20 (20%) bantam cochins.

Which assuming all 13 make it it averages out that I pd. @ $5.70ea. I can live with that and very pleased with: 1st ever purchase of eggs and 1st ever shipped eggs.

Hahaha - sorry I am somewhat anal about these kinds of thing and it helps me justify, if only to myself

, what I pd. for the 32 eggs.

Promise pics later tonight after last two get moved to brooder.

 

[Brookhavens]

I have never tried to leave them upright and asked a lot of questions about it for this hatch. I got a lot of different responses. One that bothered me was that when they were in egg cartons some had foot problems (curled toes) if they didnt get out of the cartons soon. In the end my feeling is that hens dont set them upright to hatch so Im not going to jump right into doing that. Seems it was a bout 50%- 50% people that had better luck each way...

None of mine ever had curled toes. I did have one with spraddle leg but I think that had more to do with the humidity being too high.