How does a DRY HATCH work?

[shawluvsbirds]

Oh I know they do. I've also seen how many times y'all take eggs from them and finish incubating them.

Yup! That also happens.
In my situation that has a lot to do with my setup. It's not safe for ducklings to go running amok out in the palace amongst the herd.
So I try to candle and count days and watch for hatch time and then I fence off the broody mom. I have had several times the broody will not tolerate it and end up abandoning the nest.
Another thing that happens is I end up with nests that get added to by other ducks when the broody mom gets up to go swimming. So then I end up with started eggs at all different stages and I have to remove the ones that aren't going to hatch for a while longer so she will take care of the ones that did hatch.

 

[JohnTheChickenMan]

Its called dry because the water wells ain't wet for most of the incubation period.

I just think its misleading to a newbie. They may live in dry climates and make the mistake of thinking eggs need no humidy when hatching and loose their precious chicks that they have been looking forward to arriving. Slide your hand under a hen that is setting and u will feel moisture. Instead of preaching "dry hatching" the individuals could simply remind others that they are lucky enough to have a humid environment in which they do not need to add extra water. Again i stress to the newbies monitor your humidity do not just assume that there is some magical "dry hatching method"

 

[JohnTheChickenMan]

My bator humidity reads 10 right now.... Thats far from humid lol

Sounds like u have a bad hygrometer or u are in for a poor hatch rate OR u have some magical breed that needs no humidity. In that case congrats on your excellent work in selective breeding

 

[JohnTheChickenMan]

Research everything!

Well said

 

[JohnTheChickenMan]

I believe this is exactly what I'm doing and why it's called a dry hatch. No water means dry, right?
Where is the confusion? Why are you relating the term to having no humidity? No one's calling it zero humidity hatching.

Humid is the opposite of dry

 

[JohnTheChickenMan]

Co-sign.

U missed the point entirely. Its not for me that i disagree with the incorrect lingo. Its for the person new to incubation. Many people discover this website because they are trying to learn

 

[JohnTheChickenMan]

U missed the point entirely. Its not for me that i disagree with the incorrect lingo. Its for the person new to incubation. Many people discover this website because they are trying to learn

For those trying to learn .... u can have ur incubator too dry or too wet

 

[JohnTheChickenMan]

I believe this is exactly what I'm doing and why it's called a dry hatch. No water means dry, right?
Where is the confusion? Why are you relating the term to having no humidity? No one's calling it zero humidity hatching.

If your a moonshiner u probably haven't been dry in a while. Lol. Just kidding, just trying to lighten the mood

 

[Isadora]

@JohnTheChickenMan Allow me to redirect you to the pet peeves thread where you can record your frustrations:

https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/pet-peeves.1508101/

 

[Painted Calls]

Welcome to the forum, John! A lot of us are just plain crazy.