Incubators Anonymous

[phi3]

Sorry for the bad quality picture, Taking from outside of the incubator in low light.

These were set one the 19th of September 2015, 11:45AM.

Rhode Island Reds Chick, First to hatch, Was asleep when it did, It's currently 6:59AM 10/10/2015 in NZ.



Light Sussex has started to pip (2nd from the Hatched Chick)

Edit;

Piping from 2nd RIR (Left of cup).

 

[ronott1]

Sorry for the bad quality picture, Taking from outside of the incubator in low light.

These were set one the 19th of September 2015, 11:45AM.

Rhode Island Reds Chick, First to hatch, Was asleep when it did, It's currently 6:59AM 10/10/2015 in NZ.



Light Sussex has started to pip (2nd from the Hatched Chick)

Perfect!

Today is day 21.

homesteadapps.com/app/free/hatchchart/hatchturnsche.php

They were set before noon, so the first day counts. If you set them after noon, then you would use the next day as set day.

 

[MinnesotaNice]

Awesome! I'm expecting more pictures!

 

[PD-Riverman]

They were set before noon, so the first day counts. If you set them after noon, then you would use the next day as set day.

Please don't tell people this-----a day is 24 hrs----if you set them today at 12 noon----tomorrow at 12 noon is Day 1-----If you set them this morning at 6am----tomorrow morning at 6am is day 1----telling people the day they set them before noon is day 1 causes them to put them into lock-down a day earlier which might not hurt, but then it might. I am sure you were probably told this by someone whom clearly does not know how long a day is.

 

[phi3]

Awesome! I'm expecting more pictures!

Will do!

There hasn't been much progress so far though.

Waiting for my last Light Sussex to pip, Then from there it's the waiting game.

 

[ronott1]

Please don't tell people this-----a day is 24 hrs----if you set them today at 12 noon----tomorrow at 12 noon is Day 1-----If you set them this morning at 6am----tomorrow morning at 6am is day 1----telling people the day they set them before noon is day 1 causes them to put them into lock-down a day earlier which might not hurt, but then it might. I am sure you were probably told this by someone whom clearly does not know how long a day is.

I am telling them this because it is correct!

Incubation starts as soon as an egg gets up to incubation temperature.

The reason it is important is because not having the days of incubation calculated correctly will not let them know that they have a temperature problem.

 

[PD-Riverman]

I am telling them this because it is correct!

Incubation starts as soon as an egg gets up to incubation temperature.

The reason it is important is because not having the days of incubation calculated correctly will not let them know that they have a temperature problem.

I have had this conversation a lot of times and am convinced that we often do not understand how time works. When to change over to hatching from incubation is a whole other conversation. I do not go by the old day 18 rule.

I would rather tell people the truth about incubation time than to lie to them hoping that they will set for incubation in a better way.

Incubation DOES start as soon as you put them in and you are Very correct on correctly calculating the days. I went to school and was taught that there is 24 hrs in a day--- I just hope people here will read this so they do not get mixed up-----a day is 24 hours, not if you put them in before noon----day 1 will be 24 hours after you put them in.

If you go rent a motel room and check in at 11am and go to check out at 11am the next morning----I am sure you would Pay for 2 days, being you checked in at 11am. I only pay for one because I was only there for 24 hrs---1 day. Mercy

 

[ronott1]

Incubation DOES start as soon as you put them in and you are Very correct on correctly calculating the days. I went to school and was taught that there is 24 hrs in a day--- I just hope people here will read this so they do not get mixed up-----a day is 24 hours, not if you put them in before noon----day 1 will be 24 hours after you put them in.

If you go rent a motel room and check in at 11am and go to check out at 11am the next morning----I am sure you would Pay for 2 days, being you checked in at 11am. I only pay for one because I was only there for 24 hrs---1 day. Mercy

Right, 24 hours are already up and you have started day 2: You are no longer on day 1 which is why you count the first day.

Does that make sense? It is hard to explain this to people.

I did not make this up--The app that I posted a link to calculates the same way and that is what you will be taught in Poultry Science.

To everyone reading this, please do not take it too seriously. It really does not matter and I really do not know why so many get so upset about it. My advice is to use the hatch app and use it for the days to set for incubation(BYC calls that lockdown--only place in the World that does).

 

[PD-Riverman]

Right, 24 hours are already up and you have started day 2: You are no longer on day 1 which is why you count the first day.

Does that make sense?

To everyone reading this, please do not take it too seriously. It really does not matter and I really do not know why so many get so upset about it. My advice is to use the hatch app and use it for the days to set for incubation(BYC calls that lockdown--only place in the World that does).

If you are saying the you are "IN" the 1st day and the 1st day ends at 24hrs after you put them in then day 2 starts but you are not 2 days into incubating till 48hrs have passed----I totally agree, but that can be very confusing to a newbie. Its just easier in my opinion to tell them the day you put the eggs in---write "set" on the calender-----24 hrs later write day 1. 48hrs later write day 2. etc.


I am on many chicken sites---some of those are on FB, Every sight uses the "Lock-Down'" word to describe the last 3 days of incubation. Good Luck with all your Future hatches!!
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[ronott1]

If you are saying the you are "IN" the 1st day and the 1st day ends at 24hrs after you put them in then day 2 starts but you are not 2 days into incubating till 48hrs have passed----I totally agree, but that can be very confusing to a newbie. Its just easier in my opinion to tell them the day you put the eggs in---write "set" on the calender-----24 hrs later write day 1. 48hrs later write day 2. etc.


I am on many chicken sites---some of those are on FB, Every sight uses the "Lock-Down'" word to describe the last 3 days of incubation. Good Luck with all your Future hatches!!
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Yes, there is no such thing a day 0. 0 is a placeholder in math. There is no day 0 on the calendar--it starts with day 1.

Incubation is, on average 21 days, with the day they are set counting. Like I posted earlier, it is better to use something like the hatch calculator for newbies. You get a record of your hatch that way. I print them out and keep them in a notebook for reference.