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

[kwhites634]

It's got instructions, and the instructions even tell what size battery and how to load them.

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Can you upload them & send them to CH?

 

[Jessimom]

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...

I'm glad you are feeling better. For the roos - you aren't even half way there yet....

I still don't think I could ever process any of our roos - but I think I've finally decided to look for someplace that will do it for us. Baby steps?

 

[Jessimom]

So, what a difference 15 miles makes. This is what it looked like at my house this morning:



And this is what it looked like when I got to work:



There are fog advisories throughout the area.

 

[kwhites634]

So, what a difference 15 miles makes. This is what it looked like at my house this morning:



And this is what it looked like when I got to work:



There are fog advisories throughout the area.

Shoulda called & said you couldn't see coming in...literally

 

[casportpony]

Quote: Or maybe there is an online manual?

-Kathy

 

[Jessimom]

Shoulda called & said you couldn't see coming in...literally

The roads were packed! I'm sure there were some folks that used that excuse, but I didn't find any of them. At least the speeds were quite a bit slower than normal - 60 instead of 80.

 

[Peep_Show]

Can you upload them & send them to CH?

The instructions are there on the picture he loaded.

In any event, he could google the manufacturer and model number and I bet the website has a manual or -- at the very least -- a customer service number.

 

[BantyChooks]

Bubs wouldn't even do a recap 'cause you weren't here Don't that just make feel all warm & fuzzy inside?

It woulda been the worlds most borin recap....

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.​

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[COLOR=FF0000]LOCKDOWN![/COLOR]​

Stop turning, Remove Turner and Raise Humidity to 65% - 70%​

depending on what your air cells may still need​

[COLOR=008080]NOTE: It is now known that the different embryos communicate with each other by a series of clicking sounds,[/COLOR]​

[COLOR=008080]the rate of clicking being the important feature. Ensuring the eggs on the hatching trays are in contact with each other facilitates[/COLOR]​

[COLOR=008080]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.[/COLOR]​

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. [COLOR=FF0000]NEVER ADJUST HUMIDITY BY cutting back airflow.[/COLOR] 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. ​

[COLOR=FF0000]Day 19 & 20 Temp Min 98.0 Max 98.5[/COLOR]​

[COLOR=FF0000]Day 21 Temp Min 97 Max 98.0[/COLOR]​

for more information please refer here: PAGE 42​

[COLOR=333333]http://www.hubbardbreeders.com/media/incubation_guide_english__030374800_0945_07012015.pdf[/COLOR]​

[COLOR=008080]A REALY GOOD READ[/COLOR]​

[COLOR=008080]on what that chick is doing in that egg at this time![/COLOR]​

[COLOR=333333]Development of motor patterns in avian embryos:[/COLOR]​

[COLOR=333333]hatching behavior http://www.int-ornith-union.org/files/proceedings/durban/Symposium/S46/S46.1.htm[/COLOR]

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:
[COLOR=000080]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.[/COLOR]​

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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
[COLOR=333333]VIDEO : Early day 19 INTERNAL PIP[/COLOR]​

[COLOR=333333](shipped initially loose air cell, set after 12 hours and turned upright in the cabinet cooler incubator right from set)[/COLOR]​

[COLOR=333333]Silky embryo in position for hatch and with internal pip (NOTE: NO EXTERNAL YET!) [/COLOR]​

meee toooooo I wanna fish for big cattys he wouldnt dare! he is my hero! Ken? then call him and ask him for a job! wait till bubbles does this recap he did not add that, CH go add that to your post! so you dont sound like a beggar, cause that aint good. A man should work for what he has and at least show he deserves it just sayin

Id better start now........

 

[Chaos18]

The roads were packed! I'm sure there were some folks that used that excuse, but I didn't find any of them. At least the speeds were quite a bit slower than normal - 60 instead of 80.

Thats how it is round here when it snows. People drive the speed limit instead of 20 over.

 

[Peep_Show]

But, honestly, the digital stuff is pretty easy. Pressing buttons once the battery is in will go from screen to screen to screen and usually with a little Rh or temp symbol to tell you where you are.