I locked them down tonight!

[HickoryHollow]

Well, my first attempt ever to incubate went into lockdown at 8:30 or so this evening. (26 golden buff eggs) I have done nothing right, and everything that could have gone wrong......HAS! lol They even went through a power outage. I tried to candle them, but had no idea what I was looking for or at. I posted some pictures when I candled them, but didn't get much response as to how they looked, so I just took my chances and ran them all.

I used the dry method, just added water at lockdown. Humidity was at about 30% at beginning, an hour later up to about 76%!

Wish me.....and my babies good luck!

 

[tdsummer]

Good luck. I am waiting for more of my batch to hatch. 3 so far...

 

[HickoryHollow]

Good luck. I am waiting for more of my batch to hatch. 3 so far...

How did it go? Any more? How many eggs? What breed?

 

[blzzrdqueen]

I have been in lockdown since Saturday night as well. I have 9 silkie eggs in my bator. Today is day 20. I'm very impatient!

 

[HickoryHollow]

I have been in lockdown since Saturday night as well. I have 9 silkie eggs in my bator. Today is day 20. I'm very impatient!

This is day 21 for me, but I didn't put the eggs in until 9pm on March 26th so it isn't actually 21 days until 9pm tonight. No sign of pipping yet at all.....can't wait for tomorrow!!!! lol

 

[blzzrdqueen]

This is day 21 for me, but I didn't put the eggs in until 9pm on March 26th so it isn't actually 21 days until 9pm tonight. No sign of pipping yet at all.....can't wait for tomorrow!!!! lol

I will be on day 21 at 8pm tonight! If you can be quick about it you can candle them and see if they have internally pipped. I did this morning and I have two for sure that have, they are chirping in the shells and you can hear the beaks hitting the shells too. So exciting!

 

[blzzrdqueen]

I am streaming my hatch live, the link is in my signature if you want to check it out, although there is no visible action as of yet.

 

[HickoryHollow]

I am streaming my hatch live, the link is in my signature if you want to check it out, although there is no visible action as of yet.

Jen,
I checked out your web cam.......awesome. You and I should both see pipping at almost exactly the same time. We set our eggs just an hour apart on the same exact day.

See you at the finish line!!

 

[blzzrdqueen]

What kind are you hatching? I have silkies and the lady I got them from said most of hers hatch on day 20. I don't see that happening for me though. I am such a worried hen right now. This part is really nerve wracking for me. I can hear chirping once in a while come from the bator (my laptop is set up next to it so I can stream and do homework and my kids keep coming in asking if anything has happened yet. I just now got my humidity up past 60%, with 4 water bowls with sponges and a wet washcloth in there.

 

[HickoryHollow]

What kind are you hatching? I have silkies and the lady I got them from said most of hers hatch on day 20. I don't see that happening for me though. I am such a worried hen right now. This part is really nerve wracking for me. I can hear chirping once in a while come from the bator (my laptop is set up next to it so I can stream and do homework and my kids keep coming in asking if anything has happened yet. I just now got my humidity up past 60%, with 4 water bowls with sponges and a wet washcloth in there.

Jen,
I have 26 golden buff eggs set. This is my first attempt, and everything that could go wrong has. I had bad temperature swings, a power outage that made me run for the generator, and just plain bad luck for most of the last 3 weeks. It will be a miracle if any hatch.....but we will see.....My humidity is running about 68 to 70 % in the entire lockdown time. I used the dry hatch method up 'till lockdown.

Tim