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

[Jessimom]

16 weeks

Thanks!

 

[kwhites634]

yes,but don't have any change to get them.

Go ahead & install it; put the batteries in later.

 

[casportpony]

Quote:

Quote:

Put on your church clothes and go door to door and ask people if they have any yard work or chores for you. Or get on your bike and go apply at burger-world or a grocery store.

-Kathy

 

[chicken hawk 33]

Go ahead & install it; put the batteries in later.

idk how

 

[kwhites634]

idk how

Didn't come with instructions?

 

[Ur-ur-ur-urrr]

Missed ya Ur!!

Thanks... I sure missed being here! Feeling much better today!!!

16 weeks

Waiting to see how good 16 week old Barred Rock roos taste. Only 10 more weeks to go...

 

[Peep_Show]

It's got instructions, and the instructions even tell what size battery and how to load them. Even with my bad eyes I could read that.

CH33 --
It's all there. For gosh sakes....Learn. IMHO, lately it seems you've been coming across in posts as wanting people to do everything for you and giving excuses for why you cannot. A bit of unasked for advice? There are two types of people in the world: Victims and survivors. The latter, those that do for themselves and sometimes take the hard and uncomfortable road as a means to an end, are the ones that succeed in life. When you turn the corner from victim to survivor you'll be surprised at how strong you actually are and what you can accomplish and keep accomplishing. I realize that may be a difficult concept for one so young with so many life lessons yet to experience, but the sooner that idea is grasped, then the quicker you'll get to where you want and need to go and will be admired for your efforts.

Again, sorry if that sounds harsh -- yeppers, reality bites -- but glean from others the lessons already learned. You've been given A LOT of sage advice on this thread. What are YOU going to do with it?
(And try not to whine or wheedle, s.v.p.)

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[chicken hawk 33]

Didn't come with instructions?

NO

 

[kwhites634]

Thanks... I sure missed being here! Feeling much better today!!!

Waiting to see how good 16 week old Barred Rock roos taste. Only 10 more weeks to go...

Bubs wouldn't even do a recap 'cause you weren't here

Don't that just make feel all warm & fuzzy inside?

 

[Chaos18]

ooopsies!!! how did that one get in there!! ma bad sowwy

anytime, and if your air cells look 65-70 if they still need a tad to loose go 60 until you see externals, if they too big go 70-75
you saw my calendar right ? no clue if I set morning or night, never mattered as long as they are locked before internal pips, bantams may wanna check day 17

and put something over your wire, and be sure chicks cant drown in water dishes and you can do the lower temp if your thermostat aint so touchy and read this again on marking prob pip area setting up.

Candle day 18 is to determine growth, weigh, pencil mark air cell size and dispose bad eggs. It will look pretty dark and FULL in there! You may or may not see movement on this candle. Its ok if not, don’t panic! The chick may easily be resting! See how that air cell is beginning to dip more to one side and if you lay the egg down it will roll into the hatching position. I set my eggs with lowest dip in the aircell up. This position for hatching is good so the chick is able to turn into position and I can easily see my pips too! Day 18 laying horizontal for actual hatching helps a chick hatch 1-2 hours earlier. I lay my eggs down LOWEST DIP of the AIRCELL UP! This is the normal and most likely hatching position and the chick will break through or Internally pip and externally pip in that probable area. See the image below with the x, x being lowest dip in air cell and probably pip area/s.








LOCKDOWN!
Stop turning, Remove Turner and Raise Humidity to 65% - 70%
depending on what your air cells may still need

NOTE: It is now known that the different embryos communicate with each other by a series of clicking sounds,
the rate of clicking being the important feature. Ensuring the eggs on the hatching trays are in contact with each other facilitates
the synchronization of hatching where the eggs are incubated in a modern machine. This assists in reducing the time between when the first and last chicks hatch.


After Day 18 candle you will “LOCK DOWN” your eggs. Lower the temperature see suggest temps below and increase the humidity the last three days. STOP turning and the incubator stays closed, for the next three days while the chicks hatch! If you’re having a hard time with humidity it is OK to open quickly to boost, add warm water or increase the size of the pan or add a wet sponge. NEVER ADJUST HUMIDITY BY cutting back airflow. VENTILATION is EXTREMELY important at this stage!

Researchers have found that lowering temperatures will prolong incubation,
HOWEVER it is favourable to do so at the end of incubation.
Day 19 & 20 Temp Min 98.0 Max 98.5
Day 21 Temp Min 97 Max 98.0
for more information please refer here:
PAGE 42
http://www.hubbardbreeders.com/media/incubation_guide_english__030374800_0945_07012015.pdf


A REALY GOOD READ
on what that chick is doing in that egg at this time!
Development of motor patterns in avian embryos:
hatching behavior http://www.int-ornith-union.org/files/proceedings/durban/Symposium/S46/S46.1.htm

A GOOD IDEA FOR SOME STYROFOAM INCUBATORS
COVER THE BOTTOM WIRE GRATE with A SMALLER TYPE OF SCREENING
CHICKS can get broken legs in these large sized wire grates
EXAMPLES Window SCREEN, or DOLLAR store rubber Shelf mat with the holes
see below:
Note: foam grip drawer mat on the wire bottom of incubator on day on day 18 lockdown. A cloth, crinoline, or paper towels could work as well. This ALSO protects the navel, the place where the abdomen closes after surrounding the remains of the yolk, from injury. It also makes cleaning the incubator easier. NO the wire on the incubator bottom should not injure or effect your chicks after they hatch. Dollar store baskets are great to keep hatching chicks separated by breed.

Serama, Day 19 Draw down, very close internal pipping

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another Serama Day 19 drawn down and very close to internal pip if its not already pipped

VIDEO : Early day 19 INTERNAL PIP
(shipped initially loose air cell, set after 12 hours and turned upright in the cabinet cooler incubator right from set)
Silky embryo in position for hatch and with internal pip (NOTE: NO EXTERNAL YET!)

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As always thanks Sally. If the eggs will roll to how they need to be what is the point in marking probable pip area? I'm not sure how touchy thermostat is as I haven't had to adjust it so I will not be monkeying with it. As far as water dishes go I have a plastic tray under the wire floor that has water channels in it that chicks can't access. Will try and find something to put on top of the wire floor though.

First one out is out of our free range layers. I'm going to venture to say the daddy is our Rhode Island White Roo. If it's a pullet, it'll be added to the layers. If it's a Roo, extra crispy please.