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

[LittleLakePhil]

Whites I really liked this avatar...it does fit you as the "man on top of things" here....the pipe is a great prop....makes you look distinguished.

 

[Sally Sunshine]

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Thanks for all the advice fellow chickie-lovers. You have helped set my mind at ease.

I have a hovabator with automatic turner, wafer heater and no fan so I believe I kept my temps too low at 99.5 (what the instructions with the bator said!) .I had my temps too low and my humidity too high. I've been reading BYC for quite a while and thought I had the info I needed to start raising peeps from my backyard flock. Of course I was wrong! After starting the incubation process I read more, and thought I should change this, or I should change that. ( I am a bit of a worry-wort) I ran the incubator dry for about a week but it's styrofoam and held so much moisture it just wouldn't lower. Soooooo,,,,,,,,,3 days of 35% moisture just wasn't enough to dry them out. Come day 18 and time to raise the humidity. Ugghhh, my poor chickies look like they have been swathed in dippity-doo. ( I know, I am showing my age.)

My husband thought I was crazy this morning when I started washing baby chicks but the baby who hatched 36 hours ago was still encased in his solidified goop.

I've washed 2 chickies and they are dried completely and under an artificial broody-hen. (thank you for that post) They SEEM to be doing alright, active, but I haven't seen them eating or drinking yet, so of course, I am worried.

I have 2 more to bathe and 10 more eggs to hatch and it is day 23 so we'll see if I get any more.

No more late hatches and sticky chicks for me! Next time I am going to try dry incubation. I'll also see if I can get my hubby to install an old computer fan in the hovobator or buy the kit to get rid of hot and cold spots. I'll let ya know if any of them make it.

Thanks again for the help everyone!

dippity-doo

I know thats not funny but its funny reading the words! sorry you have a mess!! We can help get ya through a good one!
you have electrolytes and vits for the babies?

Quote: yea you should have!!

 

[Sally Sunshine]

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That's the one... Now is there one for quail eggs? Lol

QUAIL

• Hatching Quail Eggs & Brooding Chicks
  Coturnix Quail Egg Candling Guide: https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/coturnix-quail-egg-candling-guide
  TIPS on setting QUAIL eggs in turner begins post #31912 LocalYokel improvised cups/water bottle tops/ hatch= place in small dish damp papertowels.
  Quail incubating see this thread https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/732651/first-time-incubating
  Raising and incubating Japanese Quail click here
  Backyard Quail online book access~ incubation and keeping of COTS scroll up through book HERE
  Quail DIY Turner post #51866
  Quail incubation Chart post #51866
  QUAIL SPECIES COMPLETE http://www.gbwf.org/quail/index.html
  QUAIL BREEDING INCUBATION http://www.quailfarm.co.uk/index.php/quail-info/quail-breeding
  Hatching Quail Eggs https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/hatching-quail-eggs-and-brooding-quail-chicks
  Coturnix Quail Basics- Information and Pictures Galore click here
  Effect of relative humidity on incubation of Japanese quail eggs click here
  Quail Nutritional Facts post #51866
  Quail Coffee grounds dust baths misc dust baths post #51866​

  • How To Raise Bobwhite Quail​

  • Housing & Feeding Your Quail​

  • Quail Diseases & Keeping Quail Healthy​

 

[kwhites634]

Lol! Love it.

Anything to keep my ladies happy

 

[Sally Sunshine]

 

[kwhites634]

Whites I really liked this avatar...it does fit you as the "man on top of things" here....the pipe is a great prop....makes you look distinguished.

Thanks, Phil, but remember how deceiving looks can be

 

[Sally Sunshine]

kiddos need lunch!!

life calls

 

[mlm Mike]

kiddos need lunch!!

life calls

 

[kwhites634]

dippity-doo

I know thats not funny but its funny reading the words! sorry you have a mess!! We can help get ya through a good one!
you have electrolytes and vits for the babies?



yea you should have!!

I did..Didn't realize how warm it had gotten in the last couple hours. Stepped out in a goose down jacket & like to melted & run down in my boots before I got back. Has Spring finally sprung, I hope?

 

[LittleLakePhil]

Thanks, Phil, but remember how deceiving looks can be

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