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

[mlm Mike]

Quote: Don't worry so much about the humidity percent. 35% should be just fine, the 30-35% from just the air without you adding water should be perfect. When you candle if the air cell appear to large then you would want to raise the humidity For shipped eggs, if the air cells are good you can incubate with eggs up or laying down, bad air cells do better if incubated and hatched upright.

 

[kajira]

Don't worry so much about the humidity percent. 35% should be just fine, the 30-35% from just the air without you adding water should be perfect. When you candle if the air cell appear to large then you would want to raise the humidity For shipped eggs, if the air cells are good you can incubate with eggs up or laying down, bad air cells do better if incubated and hatched upright.

If their air cell is suspect, you want the pointy side "down" in a little carton to rotate them around, to help with the air cell then? (Just making sure I understand.)

If I don't have egg cartons handy, what do you guys use to keep the eggs upright?

 

[mlm Mike]

Planning to set our first eggs ever tomorrow. I'm kind of freaking out.

We're using the Brinsea Mini Advance with 3 Lav Ameraucana, 3 B/B Ameraucana, and one Olive Egger egg (all obtained locally).

I've had the incubator up and running and cross checked the temp, which seems to be spot on. I've ordered a hygrometer that should be here tomorrow so I can double check the humidity.

Questions:

The pointy end should go INWARD toward the water reservoir, correct?

I tried candling the eggs to see the air cell, but all I see is a slightly darker mass that I'm assuming is the yolk (except the OE egg, which looks completely dark??). Is it normal not to see a clear air cell yet? Also, the eggs (again, except the OE) look very porous. Will this cause any issue or mean that there's anything I should adjust?

Thanks for the hand holding

I have very good luck with that incubator just following the instructions that came with it. Brinsea suggest the pointed in out, blunt end in for most eggs:



Link to manual: http://www.brinsea.com/Manuals/MiniAdvancePlus-US.pdf


One suggestion I would make is to put something like shelf liner on the bottom at hatch time, the plastic is very slippery and could cause leg issues if the chicks don't have something they can safely stand on.

1. "Set the eggs in the pockets in the egg disc. Most eggs favour being set with their pointed ends towards the edge of the egg disc (blunt end towards the centre). Some experimentation may be required to check which direction gives the most even turning. Very small eggs typically favour being set with their points towards the centre, especially when using the Small Egg Disc for 12 eggs. "

 

[mlm Mike]

Quote: Yes, you want the air cell up. Not certain, I've always had egg cartons available. Anything that would hold the egg in position and allow the air to freely circulate around the egg should work.

 

[Pensmaster]

Not so well, he is in hospital yet again. Sadly his situation is not supposed to improve, he is fighting, but still...
we pray that he will not suffer to much.
Thanks for remembering.

Will be praying for him and family

 

[kajira]

Yes, you want the air cell up. Not certain, I've always had egg cartons available. Anything that would hold the egg in position and allow the air to freely circulate around the egg should work.

Alrightie. Well, I have a 30 egg, carton holder in my fridge. We never have that many eggs in our fridge (at this point) so we didn't have cartons sitting around. I could easily go buy a dozen eggs at the store to get a carton to use, our feed store charges more for egg cartons, then buying eggs with a carton at walmart. LOL

 

[kajira]

Will be praying for him and family

I agree. I'm sorry to hear he's struggling

 

[DwayneNLiz]

I ended up with 3 bcm and 3 easter eggers.

Awesome!

Kid made some signs today kiddo playing with her serama Luke finally realized they have a silkied serama lol he loves her

lol, does that kid own any clothes? Super cute pics

Rexi has decided to accept/adopt star

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Star has such an unusual face/coloring pattern.

cute!

I'll ship my chicks to you, you're the one that convinced me to set them eggies in the first place instead of eating them, so TAKE THEM ALREADY!! Hi!! Dawww!! so TINY!

Ok I can always give them away or eat them

You got lucky. She is out... For now.

OMG!!! one just pipped!!!

Not so well, he is in hospital yet again. Sadly his situation is not supposed to improve, he is fighting, but still... we pray that he will not suffer to much. Thanks for remembering.

for you, your wife and family

Planning to set our first eggs ever tomorrow. I'm kind of freaking out. We're using the Brinsea Mini Advance with 3 Lav Ameraucana, 3 B/B Ameraucana, and one Olive Egger egg (all obtained locally). I've had the incubator up and running and cross checked the temp, which seems to be spot on. I've ordered a hygrometer that should be here tomorrow so I can double check the humidity. Questions: The pointy end should go INWARD toward the water reservoir, correct? I tried candling the eggs to see the air cell, but all I see is a slightly darker mass that I'm assuming is the yolk (except the OE egg, which looks completely dark??). Is it normal not to see a clear air cell yet? Also, the eggs (again, except the OE) look very porous. Will this cause any issue or mean that there's anything I should adjust? Thanks for the hand holding

depends on how fresh they are for the aircells, fat end toward the center CALIBRATE your hygro and thermo

If their air cell is suspect, you want the pointy side "down" in a little carton to rotate them around, to help with the air cell then? (Just making sure I understand.) If I don't have egg cartons handy, what do you guys use to keep the eggs upright?

dixie cups trimmed down

 

[atm21]

I have a question about shipped eggs. I'm on day 19 and they are in lockdown. Trying to get the humidity up any suggestions? I have cups and bowls of water on empty shelves with water and it's not doing much. I also wanted to know if the eggs should be taken out of the cut up egg cartons and put horizontally or leave them in the cartons?

 

[DwayneNLiz]

And don't tell Benny but I definitely just had a fried bologna sandwich for lunch
Yummy