June Hatch A Long

[CluckNDoodle]

I finally found that image I mentioned from an earlier discussion if anyone was still curious.

 

[jolenesdad]

Welp. I did it. I’m gonna be a mottled Orpington daddy in July with any luck!

I’m only doing 6 or 12 eggs in my ovation 56. I’m going to keep all trays in and use temperature probes in them to test this out @CluckNDoodle.

I’ll be rotating my trays tonight. I may start doing that daily when I take the lid off for cooling. It has an auto cool down feature but it doesn’t tell you WHEN that is happening and it makes me nervous to think it will cool right before I come to candle.

 

[CluckNDoodle]

Welp. I did it. I’m gonna be a mottled Orpington daddy in July with any luck!

I’m only doing 6 or 12 eggs in my ovation 56. I’m going to keep all trays in and use temperature probes in them to test this out @CluckNDoodle.

I’ll be rotating my trays tonight. I may start doing that daily when I take the lid off for cooling. It has an auto cool down feature but it doesn’t tell you WHEN that is happening and it makes me nervous to think it will cool right before I come to candle.

YES!!! A new addition to the Mottled English Orpington club! I just love them! Did you get Chocolate Mottled or Black Mottled?

 

[CluckNDoodle]

This is the flock my Black Mottled Orpington eggs came from. She said she's only getting 50% fertility from the flock, she thinks from their butts being so fluffy.

 

[jolenesdad]

Omg they look amazing!!!!

They’re BBS. It’s a Blue Mottled rooster over black mottled and blue split to mottled hens.

 

[CluckNDoodle]

Omg they look amazing!!!!

They’re BBS. It’s a Blue Mottled rooster over black mottled and blue split to mottled hens.

You mean there's a BLUE Mottled Orpington and I didn't know about it?! July is going to be AWESOME!

 

[jolenesdad]

I love the splash coloring and I only hatched splash copper marans cockerels. :-(

If I could get a splash Orpington hen?!? Omg. The fluffiest of fluff.

 

[Mixed flock enthusiast]

I finally found that image I mentioned from an earlier discussion if anyone was still curious.

Interesting! Even though my Hovo bator has a fan, I’m still seeing hot spots, so I’m rotating the eggs around once per day, as per the pattern in the uploaded file. I have a calibrated probe that I’m also rotating around and trying to write the temperatures down (see picture). Where two values are recorded, the first was before the auto turner was turned on. Interestingly, having the autoturner on seems to have modulated temperatures so that the hot spots are less extreme. I’m a little uncertain what to do with humidity. I’ve been running at about 35%, but with my problem air cells in some eggs, I’m wondering if I should up it a bit...

 

[Tatuana]

My tiny baby peepers are driving me insane. They now think the only way to drink is to stand IN the water. The only way I can avoid this is to use a very shallow lid, which they guzzle in ten minutes. Foe now they just sit in the dish to drink.

They also love their daily snuggle. Toss wm under the blanket and off you go! It's the only way to get them to sleep in the afternoons.

These ones are much more hands on than my other babies! Curious to see what they are when they get older.

 

[jolenesdad]

Interesting! Even though my Hovo bator has a fan, I’m still seeing hot spots, so I’m rotating the eggs around once per day, as per the pattern in the uploaded file. I have a calibrated probe that I’m also rotating around and trying to write the temperatures down (see picture). Where two values are recorded, the first was before the auto turner was turned on. Interestingly, having the autoturner on seems to have modulated temperatures so that the hot spots are less extreme. I’m a little uncertain what to do with humidity. I’ve been running at about 35%, but with my problem air cells in some eggs, I’m wondering if I should up it a bit...

This. I. Love.

I love tracking and figuring things out like this. And sharing the discussion.

I have always felt like with bad air cells I have to base the hatch off the best eggs and just cross my fingers for the poor cells. I haven’t come across any specific research about humidity specifically for shipped eggs. And I do agree their air cells keep growing and getting bigger.

However, I was shocked to find my worst air cell eggs (tiny bubbles and totally displaced) in the March hatch lost 20% of their weight and still hatched. Apparently that’s not uncommon at all, and you’re going to have more hatch with 20% loss than say 8%, so I would keep humidity geared towards the best eggs hitting 12-13% and the bad cells should be okay losing more.

My tiny baby peepers are driving me insane. They now think the only way to drink is to stand IN the water. The only way I can avoid this is to use a very shallow lid, which they guzzle in ten minutes. Foe now they just sit in the dish to drink.

They also love their daily snuggle. Toss wm under the blanket and off you go! It's the only way to get them to sleep in the afternoons.

These ones are much more hands on than my other babies! Curious to see what they are when they get older.

Do you have any tiny rocks or pebbles?