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

[slrose24]

I would still get her up n running early in case something is malfunctioning (knocks wood), and you calibrated not only the included thermo/hygros correct? you rely on others than what came with the unit? please say yes!!!
as far as this statement "my last hatch was between 50-60 % with lockdown being 60-70%, there were also a couple very high spikes when i tried to adjust the humidity up for lockdown. this hatch i want to try 35% throughout and 50-65% on lockdown" can I add that humidity should never be a set number, use it only as a tool. Have you found the Hatching 101 Article I wrote to help others? with CCL they can be hard to loose weight and you need that first week to help loose weight. 35% does not sound like a bad number, HOWEVER you really dont have a clue YET what your eggs are going to look like when you get them, they could have LARGE air cells, they could have tiny air cells. IT ALL DEPENDS on the required weight loss in the egg! You run humidity for what the majority of the eggs in the bator need! Some people will weight eggs, I actually wont suggest this for shipped eggs, only because you have no clue how much they already lost during the shipping process. Fresh eggs this is perfect for learning how to monitor weight loss. Fresh eggs is what I always suggest when learning to incubate. So decide on that humidity when you see what you have coming to you!

each egg, breed, bator, room, house, week, season, area, climate, location, altitude, ITS ALL DIFFERENT! no one can tell you what you need for that egg, BUT YOU and when you see them and what they do during the first 18 days! So you have to learn how to read those eggs! and we are here to help you !

I think the turner will work, just be careful your turning is sufficient and that you dont crack the bottoms of the eggs and your not getting too close to heat source

yes i have a couple of these guys that i have been testing off of each other in my incuator and in the rooder. they are bought from differant sources and registering the same...i think i might order a few more to have two per heat controled box. (i really like these tw...good tool and only 5 bucks off ebay...)

http://www.ebay.com/itm/161736781604

i have everything in the ator now and its running, started a tad high, but i brought it down and now im working on humidity. do you have any pics to show what the ideal air space is? i do not have a scale but i suppose to could get one or mark the eggs with pencil to see progress.

i didnt think about the closeness to the heat souce! im glad you mentioned it! the highest looks low enough to be safe and i feel ok about height because there is a fan

 

[Sally Sunshine]

Subscribing tho not incubating right now. It's getting tough to resist tho, lol. Chicken math is dangerous. Last week I told someone (and I believed it to be true) that I only had 32 chickens. Then I went out & did a headcount at night check & came up w 37.

Nothing has hatched here in a couple months. Not sure how I lost & then found 5 birds, but there they are, happily scratching around doing chicken things.

Sally, it's so great to have you back!! It was a sad day when I read u were taking a break from chickens & byc. Hope your health is doing better and your spirits are high. You are appreciated far more than you know.

and another!

Thank you, I was wrong in going to support groups, it was you guys i needed all along!!!

ONLY 37!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I sold most of my flock and still have twice as many

 

[Sally Sunshine]

yes i have a couple of these guys that i have been testing off of each other in my incuator and in the rooder. they are bought from differant sources and registering the same...i think i might order a few more to have two per heat controled box. (i really like these tw...good tool and only 5 bucks off ebay...)

http://www.ebay.com/itm/161736781604

i have everything in the ator now and its running, started a tad high, but i brought it down and now im working on humidity. do you have any pics to show what the ideal air space is? i do not have a scale but i suppose to could get one or mark the eggs with pencil to see progress.

i didnt think about the closeness to the heat souce! im glad you mentioned it! the highest looks low enough to be safe and i feel ok about height because there is a fan

does your heat run around the top? I would set your thermometers where your eggs will be, rig something for now, and keep track of temps awhile and turn them as you are planning to, and keep track of temps, this will tell you if you are running too close to the heat at the top or too low at the bottom as you turn. this will tell you how your turning apparatus is holding up

 

[Sally Sunshine]

@slrose24 you did read in the Hatching 101 article the section on how to treat shipped eggs correct? about the settle time and to treat normal eggs normally and loose and rolling eggs as suggested in that section?



https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/hatching-eggs-101




IF anyone would like to discuss how to ORDER your shipped eggs for the best eggs to incubate we can discuss that at any time, ITS A VERY IMPORTANT part of getting a GREAT HATCH RATE with shipped eggs!! And you are the customer, you should never hesitate to request your eggs to be chosen, and shipped a certain way!

 

[Sally Sunshine]

Speaking of choosing and packing some eggs, I promised some eggs to @venymae some very special eggs to get a very special hatch after a notsospecial Ghostly hatch! now we can get it right!

Getter calibrated with at least three thermostats/hygros~ thats #1

 

[WVduckchick]

Looks like a neat one that slrose posted a link to. I have an obsession with flashlights and thermometer/hygrometers. Used to be shoes/boots, now its chicken stuff!

Sally, do you still have those turkeys you bought? How are they doing?

 

[PhoredaBurds]

:yiipchick :yiipchick :yiipchick and another! Thank you, I was wrong in going to support groups, it was you guys i needed all along!!! ONLY 37!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I sold most of my flock and still have twice as many

It's been no small task to get the population down to 37. Started w 18 over last winter and then hatched out another 95+ between March & June. Like I said, chicken math is dangerous!! i try to get the numbers down a bit for winter bc they have less room when the snow starts flying. Still have a couple more roosters that need to go, they're just too darn pretty.

 

[GreenRunner]

It's been no small task to get the population down to 37. Started w 18 over last winter and then hatched out another 95+ between March & June. Like I said, chicken math is dangerous!! i try to get the numbers down a bit for winter bc they have less room when the snow starts flying. Still have a couple more roosters that need to go, they're just too darn pretty.

Oh, I totally have that.

My numbers are LOW compared to you, but I have four poland roo's at the moment when I really only need one. AND, none of them are the right colour for chamois breeding so really I ought to get rid of them all. BUT, two are from my first ever hatch; how can I get rid of those boys? I just can't!

 

[PhoredaBurds]

Looks like a neat one that slrose posted a link to.  I have an obsession with flashlights and thermometer/hygrometers.  Used to be shoes/boots, now its chicken stuff! 

Sally, do you still have those turkeys you bought?  How are they doing?

You are not the only one. Last Christmas, my DH was making fun of me bc we took back the fancy diamond earrings he got for me so I could get a fancy incubator instead. Lol, his tone changed in June when he pleaded w me to stop making more chickens

 

[lazy gardener]

and another!

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I am getting better thank you so much! welcome! I put an ad on CL to get rid of the pullet legbar and now I have so many messages for chicks I am not sure I have enough eggs in the little coolerbator! I just set for fun for halloween LOL Whodathunk so many people would want chicks this late! I am thinking about having Hubs carry the upright coolerbator upstairs for me and setting another batch quickly!

What have you been up to! any new breeds? changes? I was going to get turkey but the guy didnt hold his word and sold a tom out from our hand shake and I believe in a solid handshake, so I wont deal with him. I will find them elsewhere come spring! I am old school when it comes to honoring our word!

I'm all ears regarding shipping info. Also, curious re: TSA regs regarding slipping eggs through in the US in carry on luggage. Specifically, will the X-ray on the conveyor belt damage embryo's. Also, are eggs required to be NPIP or any other certification or inspection. I talked with a TSA employee yesterday, and he said that he thinks it's up to the supervisor on duty at any particular check point. He thought that eggs would have to go through conveyor belt, and it would be wise to have a person standing by at departure point to take eggs just in case they were denied passage. My thought might be that if I were to try this, I'd take packing material and one of the pre-paid shipping boxes to the airport, arriving in plenty of time to package them for slo-mail if they were denied.