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

[BlueEyes12977]

Hi everyone I'm new, and attempting my first hatch of just 14 eggs here in SW Montana. Need some advice please. I candled my eggs since its day 5 and I can confirm at least 1. I can see the embryo and the veins, but the rest just have a shadow and not really seeing any veins. When should I check again and remove the bad eggs.

 

[Pensmaster]

Hey Brother

Hope all is well with that milking machine. Glad you know how to fix stuff like that. Wished you could work on my Ford truck, fuel pump I think. Just not sure and it's not priority here well until the grandkids need to borrow it that is.

 

[chicken hawk 33]

Good morning all

 

[kwhites634]

Hi everyone I'm new, and attempting my first hatch of just 14 eggs here in SW Montana. Need some advice please. I candled my eggs since its day 5 and I can confirm at least 1. I can see the embryo and the veins, but the rest just have a shadow and not really seeing any veins. When should I check again and remove the bad eggs.

I'd say day 14. Even if they're clear, they shouldn't go bad before then; keep an eye on them, just in case, & make sure the temp & RH stay where they belong. How old were the eggs when you set them?

 

[BantyChooks]

Hi everyone I'm new, and attempting my first hatch of just 14 eggs here in SW Montana. Need some advice please. I candled my eggs since its day 5 and I can confirm at least 1. I can see the embryo and the veins, but the rest just have a shadow and not really seeing any veins. When should I check again and remove the bad eggs.

Welcome! Recommended candle times are days 7, 14, and 18. Day 5 is a little early to see stuff on some eggs, so candle again on day 7 or 14. If they are clears, they will not go bad so you don't have to remove them right away. Dead embryos should be removed ASAP though, which usually have blood rings. Good luck with your hatch!
-Banti

 

[casportpony]

Hi everyone I'm new, and attempting my first hatch of just 14 eggs here in SW Montana. Need some advice please. I candled my eggs since its day 5 and I can confirm at least 1. I can see the embryo and the veins, but the rest just have a shadow and not really seeing any veins. When should I check again and remove the bad eggs.

Welcome to BYC! I'll let the more experienced hatchers answer your questions.

-Kathy

 

[BlueEyes12977]

I purchased my eggs from a local farm and I was told some were laid the day before and the rest were from that day.

 

[ChickenCanoe]

The one I remember most is "Do as I say, not as I do" Dad never thought my ideas were any good 'til he'd come up with the same idea 6 months later, like it was his own...then it was the best idea since ice cream

I used to have a high level manager that was that way. He never thought anyone had good ideas but him. I figured out a way to get my ideas implemented. I would suggest something which he immediately discounted. Then I'd wait 6 months and tell him, "Hey that was a great idea you had about - insert my idea here". He'd ponder a minute and say, "Yeah, I think we'll do that."

anyone have any brainy ideas for an turner for reg cooler bator that wont take up the entire floor, I like having tons of space for eggs

You need a bigger incubator.

Good evening everyone, good night to everyone that has already gone to bed. I just opened up the incuview and tossed the dead eggs, and started to take it apart to sterilize. I had 5 calibrated hygrometers in there and they read 98 to 100.5. When I got down to the water trays, the water was cold. How can the water be cold? I had the glass stones in there, as well as pennies (from the 60's). Even with the pennies, the water was slimy. I've never used the water trays before, I've always had sponges up top, they were easier to add water to.

So, questions - shouldn't the water in the water trays be as warm as the air in the incubator?

With pennies in the water trays, shouldn't that prevent the water from getting slimy?

If I use the Incuview for the early hatch days (the water trays will be dry), can I put the sensor from one of my hygrometers under there - if so, what should the temp be under the eggs? Does it even matter?

I've seen in the past, but can't seem to find it.....there is a sensor shaped like a fake egg that you can use to check the temp inside the eggs - does anyone know what it's called?

Thank you!!!!!

I guess when you say hygrometers, you really mean thermometers. Hygrometers are for measuring humidity.
The water should be nearly the same as the air temperature. It sounds like there is a problem.
Is there a fan in it?
If they range from 98-100.5, they're not calibrated close enough unless it is a still air and you're measuring hot and cold spots.

It shouldn't matter what the temperature is under the eggs. I know there has been other information here but if it is a still air, the temperature at the top of the eggs should be 100.5-102 and if forced air, it should be 99.5-100 in all parts of the incubator.
http://www.thepoultrysite.com/articles/166/care-and-incubation-of-hatching-eggs/
I wouldn't worry about the water getting slimy. It usually won't unless it starts out a bit tainted or you don't clean it out between incubations. Try some bleach in the water trays between incubations and if it still becomes a problem a little white vinegar should help.

It's called a water wiggler.

Something is amiss. Yes, the water should be around 100F, same as the air temp... or close to it. It might be a little cooler due to thermal conduction through the bottom of the tray, but should still be warm. The temp below the mesh should be similar to the surrounding air since it is a fan-forced bator. The fan may not be running fast enough to circulate the air like it should. I believe it also has an adjustment in the menu.

The water shouldn't be slimy. Not sure what that's all about, but I highly recommend distilled or RO/DI water instead of tap. Pennies may attract some impurities, but copper also oxidizes in the presence of moisture. Not worth the risk to me...

You're asking about the "egg-o-meter".

X2

I,an worried about my set tip for my chicks.it's like u would hAve ducks there getting wet.the paper towel soaked.anyone have an idea for a waterer to where they can put there head and drink and not get there feet or body wet

Is this the type of chick fount you are using?
http://www.strombergschickens.com/product/Chick-Waterer-Multiple-Colors/chick-and-small-founts
I put a paver slab in the brooder space and sit the fount on that. It keeps it stable and they can hop up on the slab and drink without being able to scratch debris into it.
I don't hatch tiny birds so haven't needed pebbles to prevent drowning but you may need something for seramas.

Hi.. I have fertile hatching duck eggs being shipped to me today. I should receive them by Thurs. can anyone direct me to a site that will tell me what to do first when i receive my eggs?
Do i keep them warm 70 degrees?
Do I lay them on their side when I first get them home? or do i set them in the UN-heater incubator immediately, AC up?
Do I set them in my heated and ready to hatch incubator as soon as i bring them home? or, or, or?
I have been searching for this info and can not find any.
Can anyone help me. thank you

Shipped eggs should be allowed to settle for 24 hours before incubating. Assuming you are going to set within a day of arriving, keep them at the temperature they were unless they are above 80F.
If the eggs are between 40F and 70F, slowly raise the temperature, 10F per hour till you get into the 80s then set them.

Morning all. Freezing rain here. Waiting till the temp warms up a bit before taking to the highway! Even got hubby doing the same! Getting antsy for hatching. May try some duck eggs from the local health food store. As well as some brown ones (just for grins and giggles). Hope to make new bator, then set sometime in March.

Sally, where did you get those pronged egg holders that you show in your coolerbator? You have a manual tilter, yes? I'm debating on making a slider to turn eggs, or doing a tilter. Either one will be manual. Weighing options re: using dbl light bulbs vs other heat source in dorm fridgeabator. All suggestions entertained!

double light bulbs work but I prefer a metallic heat element since there is no filament. The life cycle of which is shortened by the constant cycling on and off. The more a bulb cycles, the shorter its life.
Size of heat element depends on the size of your incubator.
The ones in LG and others are 40 watts.
In bigger incubators go for something between 100 and 250 depending on size.
Here are some options.
http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_fro...ent.TRS0&_nkw=incubator+heat+element&_sacat=0

Didn't plan to disappear on you guys last night, but the sleet & ice collecting on the face of the dish finally killed the signal; not the 1st time it's happened.

I had a stroke of genius this morning. I figured I'd have to go out in the sleet & rain to throw warm water on the dish, which is on a 4-5' post, close to the back of the house. I noticed it was also not far from the kitchen window, so I extended the spray tube in the faucet as far as it would go, waited for the water to warm up, & cleared enough ice off the dish to ge a signal, & here I am.

I'm so brilliant sometimes that I scare myself

That's what you get for using your noggin.

Well sick chickens, sprained ankle, and now the young boar I was going to sell has hurt himself. I don't really have the money to process him and no room in the freezer. I hope Craigslist works today. I sure hope this is three and with me still gimpy and him hurt I can somehow get him in the trailer after work.
Hope you all have great days.

Are you talking about the price to process because you have to hire someone to do it or take it to a processor?

 

[kwhites634]

I purchased my eggs from a local farm and I was told some were laid the day before and the rest were from that day.

Over-age eggs aren't the problem, then.

 

[ChickenCanoe]

Hi.. I have fertile hatching duck eggs being shipped to me today. I should receive them by Thurs. can anyone direct me to a site that will tell me what to do first when i receive my eggs?
...
Can anyone help me. thank you

http://www.metzerfarms.com/IncubatingAndHatching.cfm

it s just how he roles. I got the painting done and went through her toys and clothes to make room. At least he can't say that don't go out of my way for him.

As long as people come to his aid, that's how he'll roll.
When people quit jumping when he calls, he may have to learn how to roll on his own.
Tough love.