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

[Abzonthefarm]

Hi Vicky!! Welcome to BYC!!

for us to help you we also need some questions answered lol, and you think you gave us some? bawhahhahhahaa welcome to the addiction!

@Abzonthefarm

Questions for you!
What day is lockdown and when is est hatch day?
Not quite sure I understand are you in lockdown now?
What bator are you using?
Fan or no Fan?
You should run 30 if your air cells need to loose. yes get rid of that humidity
You are adding water to the troughs or you have little containers above to get humidity in there?
Perhaps empty all water and switch to something above with the eggs or off to the side?
You understand humidity is NOT a set number, most of us begin incubation 25-35% the first week and then adjust as needed per air cell growth/weight loss.
You are running at what temps?
You have more than one thermo hygro and they had been calibrated?
You have rotated your eggs around the bator at candles?
Have you misted or washed the eggs?
where they shipped or your own eggs/local eggs?
How old were the eggs at set?
How old is your flock?
Turner or no turner?
Incubated upright or horizontal?

Can you get pics uploaded of your marked air cells by chance?

Sally thank you SO much for getting back so quickly, I'm really grateful.

Addictive?? Hehe, tell me about it! I've turned into a crazy scientist these past few weeks!!! Ok questions as follows

The remaining eggs are all Khaki Campbell ducks, set at different stages (6th feb, 7th feb, 8th feb, 10th feb, 13th feb, 14th feb, 16th feb, 18th feb etc (right up until the 25th feb


Lockdown is this wednesday for the 1st eggs (I have bough a brinsea mini eco just for lockdown eggs so I can have the humidity up really high without affecting the younger eggs.)

Main incubator for growing eggs is a fan assisted : http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/321964077...49&var=510901739349&ssPageName=STRK:MEBIDX:IT

Temp has been pretty consistent at 37.0 - 37.5 but I try to mimic the mother leaving the nest by letting them cool ever so slightly for 5-10 mins or so now and then

I did not calibrate the built in hygro i'm afraid (newbie error) I just bought two probe hydro/thermo's on eBay so will be doing so when they arrive

The eggs have all been shuffled around the bator yes

I did wash the eggs (before I found out that you're not supposed to!) But khaki campbells are very dirty birds and our land here is wet and muddy

All my own, all showing as fertile. Got great movement and growth in almost every single one.

All eggs were set at no more than 24 hours old

My flock are 1st/2nd year

I have a turner that tilts them from side to side but I have also been obsessively turning them all also

incubated upright


I hope this helps, the humidity was finally stabilised at 30% this morning when i checked so i added just a few drops (before I read your message) but I'll let it dry out a bit until lockdown

Thank you so much for taking the time

Best wishes from Rhydcymerau Wales U.K!!!

Vicky

 

[kwhites634]

And if tomorrow never comes?

Will she know how much I loved her?

 

[kwhites634]

My blue silkie hen that the rooster will have nothing to do with has gone broody and is sitting on a bunch of eggs. She is only 9 months old and she is the first of my silkies to go broody. What's the chance she will actually hatch these chicks?

Let's hope she has better luck than I have been having in my incubator!!.

I've read on here that Silkies are "born broody". That's not so, of course, but it gives you an indication of just how they "hang in there"
This may not be relevant, but the only broody hen I've had so far is one of my RSL's. She started in June and never quit 'til September.

 

[Chaos18]

We did not. Nor did we find her iPod, mind, sanity... She has lost her phone twice in the past week as well.

Well if you ever find your stuff can ya help me find my stuff? Of the things I've lost I think I miss my mind the most.

Shaloom to all of you! And good night to all the sleepy ones.

I am on the begining of the the work day!

Shalom Benny. How was the day?

Mornin Ol' Timer

 

[LocalYokel]

Well if you ever find your stuff can ya help me find my stuff? Of the things I've lost I think I miss my mind the most.

Shalom Benny. How was the day?

Mornin Ol' Timer

I lost my stuff in a series of small fires

 

[Chaos18]

I lost my stuff in a series of small fires

Fire sales?

 

[LocalYokel]

Fire sales?

lol hardly

 

[Chaos18]

lol hardly

Slowly but surely. Whats crackin cracka?

 

[LocalYokel]

Slowly but surely. Whats crackin cracka?

Nother day nother 73 cents after the gubmits cut

 

[Chaos18]

Nother day nother 73 cents after the gubmits cut

Trufax