Humidity Obsessed

[Roxannemc]

I am very new to this site and to human assisted chicken hatching. One of the things that surprised me was the obsession with humidity. I was thinking there are some pretty whacky people here

. Before I got my first batch of "proof of concept" eggs I decided to get a Meade TM005X-M Wireless Indoor/Outdoor Thermo Hygrometer. The bator was warmed, I drove 50 miles to get some fresh fertile eggs and joined the circus. WIth the auto turner I dont have to open the bator at all till I candle on day 10.

I now have a remote sensor with min and max humidity and temp alongside my bed. I have joined the whack and depraved.

LIke your "circus" reference !!! TRUE!

Just FYI Brinsea sells a bator that has a cool down cycle.as hens get off the eggs when they hatch and consensus is it gives 3% better hatch rate tocool down here and there so dont worry about opening here and there until lockdown. .Its actually ok up to 12 hours cool down (Dont know if i would ever let mine cool that long maybe 15 minutes but thats what" they" say)
Does make me mad when my humidity goes to 15 durning the night though b/.c i am too tired to get up and check it. You have that solved!
And HELLO From Missouri Glad to have you!
Join the hatch a long threads if you havent its fun and informative..

 

[Roxannemc]

You said you semed oto be alone on the thread...Here is where we all are...All us Dec hatchers..new and older...come join!!https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/...-holiday-season-hatch-along/250#post_10057942

 

[ozexpat]

I got them from my amazingly awesome neighbor! They are from his flock of hens, but he accidentally got a male when he ordered them, and when he heard that I was looking for some eggs to incubate, he offered to give me some!!! Even though he has about 50 hens to one rooster, I thought I might as well try it! His male is a white leghorn rooster, and the females that laid my eggs were rhode island red hens! (I think he has a split of 25 white leghorn hens and 25 rhode island reds, and all my eggs are brown, so it's prolly more like one rooster to 25 hens, but anyway...) The way to make red sex links is to have the rooster be a rhode island red, and the hen(s) white leghorn, but in my situation, it's the other way around, and I looked up chicken genetics, so I'm pretty sure they'll be all one colour (yellow peepers) no matter the gender. So I guess we'll see if my predictions are right. :3 (If they hatch!)

Wow - a one to 50 ratio. You really got lucky. No wonder you are excited. Congrats again.

 

[ozexpat]

You said you semed oto be alone on the thread...Here is where we all are...All us Dec hatchers..new and older...come join!!https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/...-holiday-season-hatch-along/250#post_10057942

I meant talking to myself rather than all alone and dejected. I found company - I am talking to my eggs

 

[3Dchicken]

Thanks! I'll post pictures if they hatch on Friday or Saturday!

 

[ozexpat]

lockdown at midnight.

I better start thinking about how i am going to feed these guys till I can get them to their new home.

 

[3Dchicken]

My lockdown started on Wednesday, and it is day 20 now. I still am struggling to get the humidity high enough.

I am now waiting to see what happens...

 

[ozexpat]

if you dont have a pip, crack the bator open and put a wet sponge in there

 

[3Dchicken]

I'll try that if I have any clean sponges anywhere. :3

 

[3Dchicken]

I put in some wet facecloths. Oh my goodness I hope this works!