January 2020 Hatch along

[jolenesdad]

I caught him sneaking in to check on the babies in the brooder last month...

they usually do.

 

[jolenesdad]

Last batch mine named one. I said I was moving the chicks off the porch to the coop and he goes “let me say bye to mrs. Harris first”

 

[FortCluck]

Dry start it is! I am going to closely monitor these to see if I can get closer to 75%. I’m going based off of how many go into lock down. As some may be infertile, or die early on. Which were probably damaged from shipping.

Sneaking in the emu eggs was the hardest. He was like “WTH is this?!” Now he’s kind of looking forward to them if they hatch.

I caught him sneaking in to check on the babies in the brooder last month...

I sneak eggs in like a sneaky ninja and no one noticed. I can see how he would notice other eggs with the emus

 

[wolfwalker]

I live in the high desert, so on a wet rainy day of a week worth of rain it might hit 34% humidity outside. So dry hatching is not for me.

On the other hand, to increase my viability I noticed if I started my shipped eggs in the Hova-bator, with the egg turner that is in there. It is in constant motion, a full one side to the other takes about 2.5 hours.

Every single questionable air cell is fully intact and where it should be after a week in that turner. I then move them to the Nurture Right 360 to finish the last 2 weeks.

I have noticed more eggs making it to lockdown, and greater number of hatched by doing this.

Where I am right now.
7 hatched
2 pipped through blood vessels and did not make it
4 being very quiet, but we are only on day 22

 

[ShannonsChimkens]

It’s been 5 weeks and he hasn’t noticed the betta in the pineapple plant. That’s Ninja status right there.

 

[ShannonsChimkens]

Hopefully the last 4 are just finishing the last bit of absorbing...

 

[jolenesdad]

I live in the high desert, so on a wet rainy day of a week worth of rain it might hit 34% humidity outside. So dry hatching is not for me.

On the other hand, to increase my viability I noticed if I started my shipped eggs in the Hova-bator, with the egg turner that is in there. It is in constant motion, a full one side to the other takes about 2.5 hours.

Every single questionable air cell is fully intact and where it should be after a week in that turner. I then move them to the Nurture Right 360 to finish the last 2 weeks.

I have noticed more eggs making it to lockdown, and greater number of hatched by doing this.

Where I am right now.
7 hatched
2 pipped through blood vessels and did not make it
4 being very quiet, but we are only on day 22

I have a brinsea where you can choose to incubate on the side or upright. I’ve done quite a few experiments and while some hatch while incubated On their side, I definitely see a better result upright. That’s the only drawback I see of the nurture right. I also see a higher rate of bottom pips in eggs (shipped) that I incubated on their sides. I have no idea why. I incubate my own eggs from my flock on their side and they hatch at 100% rate.

I like your methods!

 

[FortCluck]

It’s been 5 weeks and he hasn’t noticed the betta in the pineapple plant. That’s Ninja status right there. View attachment 1999748

 

[FortCluck]

I have a brinsea where you can choose to incubate on the side or upright. I’ve done quite a few experiments and while some hatch while incubated On their side, I definitely see a better result upright. That’s the only drawback I see of the nurture right. I also see a higher rate of bottom pips in eggs (shipped) that I incubated on their sides. I have no idea why. I incubate my own eggs from my flock on their side and they hatch at 100% rate.

I like your methods!

I like my upright turner a lot! I won't change, ever!

 

[jolenesdad]

I have 15 out, 2 externally pipped, and one being quiet. Im about to run down on water in the wells, so I am contemplating what to do. I think I am going to just wait it out until I get back from my toddlers birthday party... that way it gives the pips a chance to progress before I open it up. That will be 24 hours since the first one hatched.

I'm hoping if I do happen to run dry, the amount of chicks in there can keep it up around 50 for those last ones because there IS a sponge in the extra cup I added.

@ShannonsChimkens I am ROLLING on the floor laughing at the betta fish.