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

[LocalYokel]

later, Bowls over

Fun begins

 

[caeti21]

no clue but they should be in upload not enough!!!

Awe they are so cute

 

[shahtir101]

they have the strangest nostrils dont they? 

I just noticed that! So weird!

 

[Sally Sunshine]

Quote: I am glad!!! he was a mess!!! what all did you do with him then??? did I track him and his treatment in notes? I cant remember!!!
How is the bator?

 

[Phage]

Daggummit! I came in from successfully moving the Naked Neck girls into the new coop (the rooster will have to wait until I can get him tonight), and was looking at the incubator, which was steady at 98.5 and 65%. I decided to top off the distilled water in the fill cup (on the outside). Then as I was watching, the humidity began to drop. Over a number of minutes. Ambient humidity is 31%, all I can think is that the incubator got stressed (but that shouldn't happen). There is a very very faint whining noise coming from one side now. I found a clean unused sponge (miracle) and cut into pieces, wet, and put in a little custard cup and put it in there. I tried to be quick to get it in. (Alas, things are a little crowded in there now - will this be ok?). I also put bowls of hot water around the vents to try to increase the humidity around the incubator (not sure if that'll do anything). Back up to humidity now. Guess I'll be watching this like a hawk much more than I thought I'd have to with a "fully automatic" incubator. Should I try to up the setting to 70%? Any benefit in that? @Sally Sunshine - Ant Farm

With time the humidity works less and less well with the rcoms. I added a wet sponge and put humidity up to max. I think hatching in them is not good for them (like in any bator really). I finally killed mine by trying to clean out the dander with tweezers. When it says don't put anything metal into them the mean it. It killed the electronics. I still can't see how though

 

[chicken hawk 33]

just a few of the serama,Silkie,and Turken eggs.ms,@Sally Sunshine,they are all small.my four blue ee eggs look like day seven air cells.the best I could do with my shacking

 

[lozerface79]

Hey @Sally Sunshine could you point me in the right direction of what to do with the chicks after theyre hatched, like taking care of them, what i will need and what they will need etc?

 

[Sally Sunshine]

just a few of the serama,Silkie,and Turken eggs.ms,@Sally Sunshine ,they are all small.my four blue ee eggs look like day seven air cells.the best I could do with my shacking

they are fine ch.... serama you dont want real huge air cells... those look good cept the wacky ones and you just seen gotro17 hatch hers out! so your good. I said do this on day 17 yer on 14 what do the others LF look like?

Hey @Sally Sunshine could you point me in the right direction of what to do with the chicks after theyre hatched, like taking care of them, what i will need and what they will need etc?

of course!!

see chick care section here

https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/incubating-w-friends-helpful-notes-links-informational-post-links

 

[chicken hawk 33]

they are fine ch....  serama you dont want real huge air cells...  those look good cept the wacky ones and you just seen gotro17 hatch hers out!  so your good.  I said do this on day 17 yer on 14     what do the others LF look like?

of course!!

see chick care section here

https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/incubating-w-friends-helpful-notes-links-informational-post-links

what's lf

 

[canadachickens]

With time the humidity works less and less well with the rcoms. I added a wet sponge and put humidity up to max. I think hatching in them is not good for them (like in any bator really).
I finally killed mine by trying to clean out the dander with tweezers. When it says don't put anything metal into them the mean it. It killed the electronics. I still can't see how though

Phage, a lot of the newer electronics are so sensitive to static electricity it doesn't take much to blow them up.
Dust, plus metal, plus the natural static from a human body is deadly to electronics. The advances in what they can do for us is amazing, but the trade off is they fail so much easier than the older technology.