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

[Torch404]

Thank you for the pictures. I obviously need a better flashlight. I think my temps were a little low and they were just starting slow. I upped the temp and have veins in 6 of 6.

Day 4 candles...

 

[ValliDorian]

Hey, I have a question bc I'm really concerned about my eggs. I have a homemade incubator. Just made another one in hopes that it works better... Well, what happens was the temp got way too high, so I unplugged the light; I forgot about it and it got down to 77 degrees! I candled my eggs and they seem to be growing and normal. My new incubator seems to be keeping a better temp (99/100) and humidity (about 60) so I'm hoping them getting too cold didn't hurt them. I started incubation Saturday night so this would be about the 4th or 5th day. I'm SO WORRIED that I killed my babies! Had this ever happened to anyone?! Did ANY survive? These are Legbar eggs (12 cost me $12) so it's really important that they live! Do you want candled pics? Please let me know if this happened to any of you.

 

[COChix]

Hola gang & fellow hatchacholics. COchix reporting for hatching action.

picked up 1 doz. of my hatching eggs from a friend, here is my set up. Had a few questions.

1. Should I be worried about the rooms humidity that things the eggs and bator are in? I have the blinds shut, door closed. It's a colder room In the house. It is currently 64 degrees and 35% humidity.Lights on or off? Am I being too picky? Worried mama :/
2. Got the main bator up and running with two hygrometers. It is a Farmer Innovators 4200 with fan and electric turner. The eggs are on the turner sitting on the base of my extra bator at room temp. I need to find out the egg dates but my guess is less than 7 days. Got the turner running, should it be? Drove down a fairly bumpy farm dirt road, I kid you not. Then to the main road. Should I be adding water to the main bator now? I am running it overnight, it has been completely dismantled and disinfected and reassembled. I ran it after that for 3 days dry and marked my knob on the bator. Picking up more hatching eggs tomorrow that are 7 days old and have been on a turner. I was hoping to integrate (assuming thing are all running smoothly) eggs into turner. Then set eggs tomorrow night or Friday am? Suggestions on timing, I am a newbie

Thanks gang......e.

 

[LittleLakePhil]

Sweet...good job.....

 

[Phage]

Hola gang & fellow hatchacholics.

COchix reporting for hatching action.

picked up 1 doz. of my hatching eggs from a friend, here is my set up. Had a few questions.



1. Should I be worried about the rooms humidity that things the eggs and bator are in? I have the blinds shut, door closed. It's a colder room In the house. It is currently 64 degrees and 35% humidity.Lights on or off? Am I being too picky? Worried mama

2. Got the main bator up and running with two hygrometers. It is a Farmer Innovators 4200 with fan and electric turner. The eggs are on the turner sitting on the base of my extra bator at room temp. I need to find out the egg dates but my guess is less than 7 days. Got the turner running, should it be? Drove down a fairly bumpy farm dirt road, I kid you not. Then to the main road. Should I be adding water to the main bator now? I am running it overnight, it has been completely dismantled and disinfected and reassembled. I ran it after that for 3 days dry and marked my knob on the bator. Picking up more hatching eggs tomorrow that are 7 days old and have been on a turner. I was hoping to integrate (assuming thing are all running smoothly) eggs into turner. Then set eggs tomorrow night or Friday am? Suggestions on timing, I am a newbie

Thanks gang......

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Sounds great!
I would put in some water and run the bator for 24 hours before putting in the eggs. I would also set all the eggs together. Humidity at the start is not too critical, especially if it gets a bit low low.
At 7 days you can reassess the humidity based on the appearance of the air cells.

GOOD LUCK!!!

 

[CyndiD]

@Sally Sunshine
I received my SWH, I pulled the plug on them Sunay March 6th, they were all clear except for 1 blood ring. I received a 2nd batch of SWH today and will set them in 2 days.
I have in my bators right now:
12 Pekin duck
3 F/W Runner duck
2 Seabright
2 NH
5 WCBP
7 LH
2 Wyan/Aus mix

Thank you

 

[BullChick]

 

[BullChick]

Hey, I have a question bc I'm really concerned about my eggs. I have a homemade incubator. Just made another one in hopes that it works better... Well, what happens was the temp got way too high, so I unplugged the light; I forgot about it and it got down to 77 degrees! I candled my eggs and they seem to be growing and normal. My new incubator seems to be keeping a better temp (99/100) and humidity (about 60) so I'm hoping them getting too cold didn't hurt them. I started incubation Saturday night so this would be about the 4th or 5th day. I'm SO WORRIED that I killed my babies! Had this ever happened to anyone?! Did ANY survive? These are Legbar eggs (12 cost me $12) so it's really important that they live! Do you want candled pics? Please let me know if this happened to any of you.

I don't think there is any harm to the eggs. However, I would turn the humidity down about twenty or so percent.

 

[kwhites634]

Mine's already made. Want some of what I have?

 

[BullChick]

YES!!!!!