Jan./Feb. 2014 hatch a long

[Rodriguez]

Well ive read a little bit about dry hatching, but still din know what it is. Is there anyway you could tell me what it is in english plz?

 

[DiamondDust]

Day 16 for my eggs and I just candled with a stronger light than I had been using. I have set Barnevelder eggs and they are fairly dark...VERY hard to see what's going on inside! Anyway, I candled just one to see what I could see and I saw a swimmer! Squirmer? Not sure what to call it but I could definitely see it wiggling away inside there. I feel better just knowing that the first egg I checked was doing great! I only have to wait until Wednesday now! It is hard to believe that they can develop so quickly...I can't wait to see the little chipmunk stripes running around!

 

[Heidisgran]

Quote:
the buff are due next week
sky blue are about a week in
MY CANDY CORN JUST HATCHED ALL 4
can you tell I'm so excited to have them!!!??? so pretty

 

[Heidisgran]

Well ive read a little bit about dry hatching, but still din know what it is. Is there anyway you could tell me what it is in english plz?

when your dry hatching you don't add water UNLESS the humidity drops below 25% for the first 18 days
then on day 18 get the humidity up to 45-65%

if you live in a climate that is naturally humid this method is helpful for making sure the eggs lose enough moisture...I live in N. Texas so right now I'm having a ton of trouble keeping the humidity up enough but in the summer it's very humid here so I don't need to raise the humidity much at all

did that help?

 

[Heidisgran]

Day 16 for my eggs and I just candled with a stronger light than I had been using. I have set Barnevelder eggs and they are fairly dark...VERY hard to see what's going on inside! Anyway, I candled just one to see what I could see and I saw a swimmer! Squirmer? Not sure what to call it but I could definitely see it wiggling away inside there. I feel better just knowing that the first egg I checked was doing great! I only have to wait until Wednesday now! It is hard to believe that they can develop so quickly...I can't wait to see the little chipmunk stripes running around!

 

[Heidisgran]

http://naturalchickenkeeping.blogspot.com/2013/06/the-benefits-of-garlic-cayenne-and.html

 

[oesdog]

Up this am and still nothing! - I guess we are still on Day 21 until tonight as I set in the evening. I am pretty sure one of the eggs deffinately has "something " in it.
Though I remember last year when we eggtopsied the first batch I got slow scrambled egg instead of the little chicks I was convinced were growing when I candled! lol

I am still of course hopeful. - It is early days and I do think the temp was a bit on the low side so thinking a later hatch maybe tomorrow or Monday morning?

Oes

 

[kimmommy23]

I would say good.Had the same problem last hatch,,
Some others may chime in ......good luck

Thank you!

 

[kimmommy23]

I haven't ever had a problem with them being unable to hatch due to the size of their air cell...when they pip the air when it's not enough anymore it'll pip the shell....

Thank you!

 

[SilkieSensation]

Hello and welcome!! what kind of eggs did you get? I highly recommend the 2 links in my signature, particularly the Dry method

I wanted to get an opinion about what's been going on with my incubator the first day (I had posted this on my own thread somewhere else before I found this one) Here's what I wrote:
[COLOR=0000FF] I just started incubating my first batch of eggs and I'm so nervous/excited! I have 25 various breeds (some from my own girls and some that were given to me from a friend's flock) I have read a bunch on incubating eggs and really hope this goes well. I figured I would post on here my"journey" in hatching.[/COLOR]
[COLOR=0000FF] I have a still air incubator for now (I want to update that later...maybe next hatch or so) The thread "Hatching 101" has been a wonderful source of information for me so far. I made sure to regulate my temps for a few days before I put eggs in there but the first morning after I started them (I started them in the evening), the temp shot up to 104* in the incubator. ( I have 3 different types of thermometers in there..one of them is a probe inside of a water wiggler to help get an idea of internal temp.that one wasn't as high, but it said 102*) How detrimental to the eggs is it that it got so high? I turned it down just a touch and it went lower than I wanted it to go(100* with the high number and 98.9* with the internal probe. I have since gotten the temp to stabilize..will these temp swings badly effect my hatch or not to much of a worry? I can't wait to candle my first eggs on day 7...waiting somewhat patiently lol[/COLOR]

Edited to add: Also, my humidity was really high for a little while (49%) It's at 44% now but should I go ahead a take a bit out since it's on the higher end of the scale? (and did I really give my eggs a bad start with both of these issues I've had so far or should it probably be ok?)

I really don't monitor humidity. I do what would probably be considered a dry hatch. In winter when the air is dry from running the heat I add a small container of water (never use the troughs in the bottom of the bator, way too hard to get water back out of & humidity back down if you get too much in there) until lockdown & then add 2 more at lockdown. In summer, if it has been rainy I don't add any water until lockdown & then add 2 containers for lockdown. If it's dry I add 1 extra container for lockdown & 1 during incubation. As for temperature, I have had eggs survive spikes to 116°F and drops to 50°F or lower. They are much hardier than we think. Just get them back to temp & candle in 4-5 days. Any quitters should be obvious by then.

Well ive read a little bit about dry hatching, but still din know what it is. Is there anyway you could tell me what it is in english plz?

Dry hatching is simply kerping a lower humidity until lockdown. You only add as much water as necessary to keep humidity above 25% until lockdown & then raise to 45-60% for hatch.