Incubating different sized eggs together?

[Raptorchick]

Lockdown day for the seramas !! I admit, I couldn't dial in the Janoel 12, the thermometer was off by several degrees and the humidity kept jumping and dipping, I gave up Ended up paranoid with all the blue eggs/1 brown in my mini brinsea advance, hand turning them, temp stable at 99.5 and humidity 45% ... the seramas are locked into the 1600, I put a thin towel to help them grip, humidity is at 65% and temp 99....

 

[WVduckchick]

Good luck!!

FYI, I like the rubber shelf liner stuff from the dollar store. Allows for air circulation and for the humidity to rise through the gaps in the liner.

 

[Raptorchick]

I've got my first pip! It just happened ! But it's not anywhere near the air cell .... humidity staying at 65%, temp 99... I'm freaking out lol

 

[RNK Farms]

Awesome, I am so excited for you. I am sure you will be addicted to hatching now!!!!

 

[Raptorchick]

Awesome, I am so excited for you. I am sure you will be addicted to hatching now!!!!

Lol I never thought I'd have three incubators in the same room lol...
Three more pipped! One has three pip spots, all right next to each other... I had to go to work, probably for the best, my eyes would be glued to the bator if I stayed home lol....
I candled two of the other blue eggs real quick before I left, one had clear veining, the other didn't (day 6 for them), I'm really curious how those eggs will turn out...
thanks for the advise/support

 

[EggSighted4Life]

Lol I never thought I'd have three incubators in the same room lol...

Same!

Bigger question... can I keep it down to three?

 

[RNK Farms]

I'm not sure if that's possible, I have so many and I keep buying more........

 

[WVduckchick]

I'm not sure if that's possible, I have so many and I keep buying more........

same here!

@Raptorchick how’s it going now??

 

[Raptorchick]

same here!

@Raptorchick how’s it going now??

Thanks for asking
So, I have 7 fluffy hatched bits out of thirteen I left for work at 9 am yesterday and there were 5 pips, then my boyfriend started sending me pics of ones that had hatched literally an hour later! I came home from work at 7pm, to find that 2 of the very first pippers hadn't moved I tracked everything, one was at 18 hours after pip, one around 25 hours... I tried to help them, took coconut oil and moistened the membrane, my humidity never dropped below 65, put them straight back in after I found the beak, but they are definitely goners. Then one pipped at 8pm, started zipping, was looking great. At about 12am, I realized, crap hes not moving, th e membrane is looking dry. So I did the same. Chick still hasn't moved, it's like it pipped, zipped, and then just died, I'm not understanding Still have three eggs that haven't pipped at all, this is day 21, and the other 7 are looking quite fluffy. Should I candle those three to check for movement ?? And the hatched babies are almost 24 hours old, how soon do I put them in the brooder?
Super super super excited for my first seven hatched but still worried about the other three ...

 

[WVduckchick]

Thanks for asking
So, I have 7 fluffy hatched bits out of thirteen I left for work at 9 am yesterday and there were 5 pips, then my boyfriend started sending me pics of ones that had hatched literally an hour later! I came home from work at 7pm, to find that 2 of the very first pippers hadn't moved I tracked everything, one was at 18 hours after pip, one around 25 hours... I tried to help them, took coconut oil and moistened the membrane, my humidity never dropped below 65, put them straight back in after I found the beak, but they are definitely goners. Then one pipped at 8pm, started zipping, was looking great. At about 12am, I realized, crap hes not moving, th e membrane is looking dry. So I did the same. Chick still hasn't moved, it's like it pipped, zipped, and then just died, I'm not understanding Still have three eggs that haven't pipped at all, this is day 21, and the other 7 are looking quite fluffy. Should I candle those three to check for movement ?? And the hatched babies are almost 24 hours old, how soon do I put them in the brooder?
Super super super excited for my first seven hatched but still worried about the other three ...

#1 issue in a word -- Seramas! Sorry to say, but it happens with them, from the lethal gene that some still carry. I still lose some at lockdown too. So more than likely, it wasn't your fault. (I do tend to assist seramas quicker than any other breed)

Congrats on the 7 though! You can move them to the brooder any time you want. And yes, while you're removing chicks, you may as well check the remaining eggs. Just be quick and careful about it, and keep the humidity up.