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

[BullChick]

Good Easter Morning everyone!  After almost 2 years since having my last chickens due to an unexpected move, I am finally getting back to it.  I got my eggs yesterday from a local-ish breeder (actually drove a few hours away, but that's still better than shipping, right?) and put them into my Brinsea this morning.  The only issue is that I actually have a few too many for the auto-turner to do it's job and the extra incubator I ordered won't arrive until Tuesday (huge shipping snafu.  The one they shipped last week was broken and I had to get a new one shipped).  I've never turned eggs by hand before, but figure I can do that for a few days so they'll be hatching on the weekend when my nephew can be here to watch (he's VERY excited).  Soooo...  how much should I turn them (angle)?  The Brinsea turns the eggs between 90 and 120 degrees each time.  Is that what I should mimic by hand?  Or should I turn them the full 180?  Is it ok to have them stand on end (pointy end down of course)?  Sorry for the dumb questions.  I'm not new to hatching, but I've always been able to let the Brinsea do all the work before. 

Hi, welcome! Hoppy Easter too!
Yes, you can leave them standing up. You can turn them 180°, but be sure you are not turning them the same direction every time. Also, turn them an odd number of times per day.

 

[Phage]

[COLOR=333333]Hi everyone, I'm hoping to start filling my incubator tomorrow night, but I have some questions that maybe you experienced hatchers can help with. So, I know that it is recommended to get the incubator good and steady for 48 hours prior to adding eggs, but how steady are we talking? I have a round metal bator with a wafer thermostat (new wafer added this month) and a computer fan added and my temps are ranging 99.3-100.8, but mostly 99.9. Is this good? I need to not tweak with it, right? When it gets to 100.8 I get nervous![/COLOR]
[COLOR=333333]Thanks! [/COLOR]

That sounds as good as you can expect. Awesome!
I would add some water and make sure that with higher humidity it will still hold temp. It should!

 

[dheltzel]

Having a record hatch this weekend. 191 out of the incubators so far, a few more still in there. Looks like I will break 200 easily.

Yes, yes, I am a bit insane, but I'm sure to find understanding here.

 

[Phage]

Having a record hatch this weekend. 191 out of the incubators so far, a few more still in there. Looks like I will break 200 easily.

Yes, yes, I am a bit insane, but I'm sure to find understanding here.

AWESOME!!

Insane???? Why would you say that?????

 

[venymae]

8 hatched chickies! 5 more pipped! yippie!!!

 

[Phage]

It is still reasonably early morning in San Diego so sharing a sunrise pic for this beautiful day:

 

[Chickenluver106]

Happy Easter y'all

 

[casportpony]

It is still reasonably early morning in San Diego so sharing a sunrise pic for this beautiful day:

Beautiful picture!

-Kathy

 

[kwhites634]

You can always compensate for small coop space with a large run, since most of their time is spent outside. It's those days when they're stuck inside due to inclimate weather that the extra space comes in handy. I spent more than I wanted on mine, but since I have less than $600 in each, it's too bad when compared to similar sized "kits"... which are easily double that amount. I could build the same sized structures for half (or less) than what I spent on these if I had access to some good recycled material. Since I don't, and I have neighbors, and it's viewable from the road, I tried to make it look fairly decent. I would cringe more if I saw a couple of shanties out there...

I built my last one out of recycled skids. I have it partly torn down 'cause I didn't like the looks of it, and it's not anywhere near visible from the road.
I like the design of the kit coop I bought last year, except for the cheap materials, so I'm trying to duplicate it using better material and a couple of modifications. Going slower than I expected, but I'll get there, eventually.

 

[Chickenluver106]

Guys what would a jubilee x polish tolbunt look like