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

[kwhites634]

Still waiting!!
Don't lollygag! And that is debatable.
Mike has something Swedish that he knows I want badly.

Curses! Foiled again!

 

[mlm Mike]

Quote: Still waiting!!

Quote: Don't lollygag! And that is debatable.

Quote: Mike has something Swedish that he knows I want badly.
Mike has nothing Swedish.

 

[BullChick]

Where did my ducks go? :-(

 

[mlm Mike]

Where did my ducks go? :-(

Oh. One disappeared one day. There is one more though.

 

[kwhites634]

Where did my ducks go? :-(

Under the table where you put them.

First your keys, now your ducks...what are we gonna do with you?

 

[ctkling 192]

Thanks for all the advice fellow chickie-lovers. You have helped set my mind at ease.

I have a hovabator with automatic turner, wafer heater and no fan so I believe I kept my temps too low at 99.5 (what the instructions with the bator said!) .I had my temps too low and my humidity too high. I've been reading BYC for quite a while and thought I had the info I needed to start raising peeps from my backyard flock. Of course I was wrong! After starting the incubation process I read more, and thought I should change this, or I should change that. ( I am a bit of a worry-wort) I ran the incubator dry for about a week but it's styrofoam and held so much moisture it just wouldn't lower. Soooooo,,,,,,,,,3 days of 35% moisture just wasn't enough to dry them out. Come day 18 and time to raise the humidity. Ugghhh, my poor chickies look like they have been swathed in dippity-doo. ( I know, I am showing my age.)

My husband thought I was crazy this morning when I started washing baby chicks but the baby who hatched 36 hours ago was still encased in his solidified goop.

I've washed 2 chickies and they are dried completely and under an artificial broody-hen. (thank you for that post) They SEEM to be doing alright, active, but I haven't seen them eating or drinking yet, so of course, I am worried.

I have 2 more to bathe and 10 more eggs to hatch and it is day 23 so we'll see if I get any more.

No more late hatches and sticky chicks for me! Next time I am going to try dry incubation. I'll also see if I can get my hubby to install an old computer fan in the hovobator or buy the kit to get rid of hot and cold spots. I'll let ya know if any of them make it.

Thanks again for the help everyone!

 

[lindalouly]

Thanks for all the advice fellow chickie-lovers.  You have helped set my mind at ease.

I have a hovabator with automatic turner, wafer heater and no fan so I believe I kept my temps too low at 99.5 (what the instructions with the bator said!)  .I had my temps too low and my humidity too high.  I've been reading BYC for quite a while and thought I had the info I needed to start raising peeps from my backyard flock.  Of course I was wrong!  After starting the incubation process I read more, and thought I should change this, or I should change that.  ( I am a bit of a worry-wort)  I ran the incubator dry for about a week but it's styrofoam and held so much moisture it just wouldn't lower.  Soooooo,,,,,,,,,3 days of 35% moisture just wasn't enough to dry them out.  Come day 18 and time to raise the humidity.  Ugghhh, my poor chickies look like they have been swathed in dippity-doo.  ( I know, I am showing my age.)  

My husband thought I was crazy this morning when I started washing baby chicks but the baby who hatched 36 hours ago was still encased in his solidified goop.     I've washed 2 chickies and  they are dried completely and under an artificial broody-hen.  (thank you for that post) They SEEM to be doing alright, active, but I haven't seen them eating or drinking yet, so of course, I am worried.   I have 2 more to bathe and 10 more eggs to hatch and it is day 23 so we'll see if I get any more.

No more late hatches and sticky chicks for me!  Next time I am going to try dry incubation.  I'll also see if I can get my hubby to install an old computer fan in the hovobator or buy the kit to get rid of hot and cold spots.  I'll let ya know if any of them make it.  

Thanks again for the help everyone!

I'm on my phone so I can't post the link.. But you need to read the link about humidity and air cell size. That will give you a good idea what to aim for instead of going into blindly with a dry incubation. Good luck on your next hatch.

 

[BullChick]

Where did my ducks go? :-(

Under the table where you put them.

First your keys, now your ducks...what are we gonna do with you?  

Anything you want.

 

[kwhites634]

Thanks for all the advice fellow chickie-lovers. You have helped set my mind at ease.

I have a hovabator with automatic turner, wafer heater and no fan so I believe I kept my temps too low at 99.5 (what the instructions with the bator said!) .I had my temps too low and my humidity too high. I've been reading BYC for quite a while and thought I had the info I needed to start raising peeps from my backyard flock. Of course I was wrong! After starting the incubation process I read more, and thought I should change this, or I should change that. ( I am a bit of a worry-wort) I ran the incubator dry for about a week but it's styrofoam and held so much moisture it just wouldn't lower. Soooooo,,,,,,,,,3 days of 35% moisture just wasn't enough to dry them out. Come day 18 and time to raise the humidity. Ugghhh, my poor chickies look like they have been swathed in dippity-doo. ( I know, I am showing my age.)

My husband thought I was crazy this morning when I started washing baby chicks but the baby who hatched 36 hours ago was still encased in his solidified goop.

I've washed 2 chickies and they are dried completely and under an artificial broody-hen. (thank you for that post) They SEEM to be doing alright, active, but I haven't seen them eating or drinking yet, so of course, I am worried.

I have 2 more to bathe and 10 more eggs to hatch and it is day 23 so we'll see if I get any more.

No more late hatches and sticky chicks for me! Next time I am going to try dry incubation. I'll also see if I can get my hubby to install an old computer fan in the hovobator or buy the kit to get rid of hot and cold spots. I'll let ya know if any of them make it.

Thanks again for the help everyone!

Do yourself a favor & don't trust the directions that came with the 'bator. I doubt they address the variables such as ambient temp & RH, or the different ways to control humidity if it's too high or low. We have folks here who've been there and are only too happy to get you over the rough spots; just jump in and ask any time. Good luck!

 

[lindalouly]

Anything you want.