Incubators Anonymous

[ladycat]

Personally I wouldn't want to fool with making a nest, but other people may have different opinions.

 

[Dawnrenae]

So just laying them down on the grate will work?

 

[kmollyhughes]

Yes, leave them on whatever tray/floor the incubator has. 43% humidity seems high too. I keep mine no higher than 30-35% ...max. Probably drier and my hatches are great. Eggs have to get rid of enough weight to have healthy chicks in the end that are able to hatch. All depends on what incubator too.

 

[Dawnrenae]

Still air hova-bator. Temp down to 100. Humidity is now 38.

I will set the eggs at about 9.

 

[kmollyhughes]

Have you calibrated your hygrometer and thermometer? Very few are actually correct. And maybe with your still air have a couple thermometers in there at egg level in different spots for reference.

 

[DMRippy]

I broke my rules today..... I NEVER set more than 180 eggs but then hubby said to stop hatching so we can take a trip.... so I set 210 eggs today

I am going to be in so much trouble when they hatch. I had a tray from a project pen.... a whole tray WOW. Those girls are great layers. 4 girls and I get 4 eggs most days. I did have to cut back on how many I set.... only set 18 of the 30+ I had. Can't wait to see what hatches. I have another project pen and had about 18 eggs from that pen too, that one is a first cross so not expecting anything great this hatch. Then someone gave me 4 doz Silver Penciled Rock eggs.... I couldn't say no could I? So my biggest hatch of the year and then a break and then an EVEN BIGGER HATCH LOL. I don't really HAVE to quit hatching I just needed to change my hatch days LOL. But he will never figure that out.

 

[SRHartley]

I have buckeye popping!e

 

[ladycat]

It's probably a really good thing that my incubator capacity is limited.

 

[DMRippy]

It's probably a really good thing that my incubator capacity is limited.

It really is.... hubby was telling me today "aren't you glad I made you make it so big now? You only wanted 180 eggs you would be kicking yourself if you had made is smaller." I said "I would have learned to live with it."

 

[Tuhmu]

Ending day 10 with 21 little swimmers. One possible blood ring, just couldn't decide what it was so it got put back in. Keeping humidity at 35%, air cells look ok to me. First time judging by the air cells. :/