INCUBATING w/FRIENDS! w/Sally Sunshine Shipped Eggs No problem!

[Saris]

Update: 19 chicks in the brooder, 3 pips in the bator, 4 unknowns, I will examine them tomorrow or as soon as the 3 pips hatch.

I am so thrilled, I can't thank @Sally Sunshine and @ronott1 and all you other enablers, this hatch is going about 1000x better than I would've expected. You guys are the best ever!

 

[chicken hawk 33]

Okay anyone.?I put my eggs in the afternoon do I go into lockdown in the morning or afternoon.Do I fill all the water troughs.??

 

[Saris]

Okay anyone.?I put my eggs in the afternoon do I go into lockdown in the morning or afternoon.Do I fill all the water troughs.??

Afternoon, and you only fill however many trough to get your humidity to around 60%. What kind of incubator do you have again?

 

[chicken hawk 33]

Still air.I am trying a new hatch a dry hatch.I filled three of six troughs and,then u don't add water till lock down.

 

[Saris]

Still air.I am trying a new hatch a dry hatch.I filled three of six troughs and,then u don't add water till lock down.

As long as the aircells can take it that's fine. At lockdown your hygrometer should read about 60% for humidity.

 

[chicken hawk 33]

As long as the aircells can take it that's fine. At lockdown your hygrometer should read about 60% for humidity.

what,do u mean if the air cells can take it

 

[Cynthia12]

@Sally Sunshine Try this for doing the @ thing...type it out like I just did, go and click at the front of the @, then it goes from there. I had the same problem, just had to play with it to find out how to work it. Silly thing anyway.
You asked how I am doing. Today was a pretty good day..thanks! Not so good yesterday, so, really happy for the good ones.

 

[Saris]

what,do u mean if the air cells can take it

If you have no plans to add any water until lockdown then your aircells may get too big. Humidity is not a set number, so you saying you're going to add water when you start and not add any again until lockdown is worrisome to me. Humidity should be adjusted relative to your aircell size.

 

[Cynthia12]

This is one of my favorite videos.

 

[Lamancha]

I chucked out my infertile duck eggs and put in 42 new chicken eggs today. 2 leghorns, 1 mix, and 39 BBS Orps.