January 2017 Hatch-a-long

[EggSighted4Life]

Any opinions.... on how often is too often to turn your eggs?

Is there a minimum number of hours I should wait between turns?

TIA

 

[feedman77]

My cabinet does its normal slow steady tilting. But every hour it does a full cycle of tilt left to right. And stops where it began.

So with what it does I guess there is no minimum time for turning.

I have also had a batch I set and forgot to plug the turner in. Went to candle about 12 days in and noticed it.

They still hatched

 

[orrpeople]

I love that idea!

I wonder about keeping small water bottles in there in my future.... Might do it from the beginning if there's room instead of trying to worry about it in that instant. Do you think one would work better than the other? Rock verses water bottle?

And then would you just cover it with more blankets as well, until the power came back on? I can't believe what a difference they made in getting my bator to the right temp! Although, it does make total sense. 

Hubby said they lost power at work last night and he had to take the long way home due to a downed tree. And I was like oh no, did we... but realized my stove clock would be blinking. So we were safe this time.

And getting any contractor to show up and do a good job installing our generator in our area is why I haven't had it done yet.   Hopefully before the next years storm season.   

BYC and the community here is a huge blessing in my life and that of my flock as well! 

I have seen the water bottle idea also. Thankfully I didn't have to find out how well the rock works - I don't think the storm was quite as severe as predicted. But, I think my poor, rained on flock would love to see a little dry spell in the future (never thought I'd actually be saying that here in Cali.)

 

[dannyelle123]

Two pips so far out of 5 eggs under my EE broody Kinkajou! I'm so excited I can hardly contain myself! I keep popping my head in and can hear little tiny peeps coming from her eggs,..

 

[jessnurse05]

I set 6 eggs, 4 buff orpingtons, a black austrolorp and a silver penciled rock on 12/31 (due 1/21). 5 went into lockdown on Thurs (day 19) and 1 pipped today on day 22. I was certain that 4 were viable at lockdown, and 1 was iffy so I left it in there (it looked less developed than the rest but I still thought I saw movement). My pip is chirping away but hasn't made any progress for about 7 hours. I can barely stand the suspense! It pipped on the side instead of on the end, do you think it will have trouble getting out?

 

[dannyelle123]

I don't think so! Looks like a nice healthy pip to me! Both of my pips under my broody are on the sides, not the ends... I think that's normal... I haven't had any progress all day under my broody just 2 pipped eggs all day, they are due tomorrow. Hope to wake up to some babies and that I don't end up sleeping in the coop! Wish I had a nest cam.

I set 6 eggs, 4 buff orpingtons, a black austrolorp and a silver penciled rock on 12/31 (due 1/21). 5 went into lockdown on Thurs (day 19) and 1 pipped today on day 22. I was certain that 4 were viable at lockdown, and 1 was iffy so I left it in there (it looked less developed than the rest but I still thought I saw movement). My pip is chirping away but hasn't made any progress for about 7 hours. I can barely stand the suspense! It pipped on the side instead of on the end, do you think it will have trouble getting out?

 

[jessnurse05]

I don't think so! Looks like a nice healthy pip to me! Both of my pips under my broody are on the sides, not the ends... I think that's normal... I haven't had any progress all day under my broody just 2 pipped eggs all day, they are due tomorrow. Hope to wake up to some babies and that I don't end up sleeping in the coop! Wish I had a nest cam.

I wish I had a camera too! It pipped this morning and hasn't changed in about 12 hrs. I have to work tomorrow so I hope I wake up to a chick and don't have to wait till I get home from work.

 

[dannyelle123]

I just went and checked and have 4/5 pips though not all are visible in this pic... I can hear peeps about every 30 seconds to a minute... This is taking forever! Ahhh! So glad I have staggered hatches to keep me occupied. 3 of my incubator eggs go on lockdown tomorrow! And by then I should be too infatuated with these lil babies to obsess over the incubator...

 

[SunHwaKwon]

I wish I had a camera too! It pipped this morning and hasn't changed in about 12 hrs. I have to work tomorrow so I hope I wake up to a chick and don't have to wait till I get home from work.

I hope so too! Especially since it looks like you are a nurse and probably work long shifts

 

[orrpeople]

And... we are in lockdown. Of all the terms we use for incubating, (pip, zip, candle, humidity, temperature, turning, veining, etc) "lockdown" just doesn't seem to fit - and as an educator, it has a whole additional meaning! So, I sternly told my eggs this morning, "Okay guys and gals, we're in lockdown. Turn off your cell phones, lock the doors, shut all the curtains, and be quiet!" Best group of students so far.