Just filled my incubator! due to hatch 5/1 anyone want to join me?

[Long Last Farm]

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No, we won't go anywhere till everyone has hatched!

 

[Equine_Angel]

Don't worry tigercreek...I am right with you and will be doing lockdown tomorrow morning. I don't know if I am going to get anything out of this batch. I have tried candling this bunch and I can't see very much. UGH...it will just be a waiting game them. Here's to everyone....HAPPY HATCHING!!!

 

[emjay]

I go into lockdown on may 1st, does that count for the group? hahah.
This is my second go round ever with the incubator, and the last for the season. I have 5 broody's as well right now, so it's just too too much. They all go broody AFTER i filled the bator, go figure !!!
I have 42 eggs in it, 2 are from my bantam cochin, my EE roo Marbles has been mating her, so I'm super curious to see what they will look like, I will most likely let my daughter keep those two (if they hatch that is) !!

I also have 4 eggs from my favorite blue hen in there, she always throws me blue babies, of which I will keep the girls and keep a roo. And my youngest roo Matti will be rehomed. We don't like each other. sad, as I saved his life as a chick. what is up with that, hahah.

I haven't candled these ones and not planning too. was too successful with my first go round to make changes to this one.

good luck to all, spring has sprung. !!

 

[basteph1977]

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ok so was sort of kidding about the webcam thing..then i got to thinking.....what if? So i called a few local computer places and one just got back to me! Said she would love to help and they will be here to set up our webcam WITH live streaming tomarro for FREE!!! This is so cool...anybody as scared as i am?

can you post a link so we can all watch?

Live streaming a go!! www.livestream.com/playchickens Planning lockdown tonight about 9 pm. going to do a final candeling and probibly remove 4 more

. 6 out 0f 16 doesnt sound like very good odds but we ARE in a preschool, they ARE shipped eggs, this iIS our first attempt...heck i would be happy if just one made it

) . I plan to arrange the eggs so the air cell is toward the camera so we can see the first pip!

 

[Avalon1984]

Happy Hatching Everybody!

 

[ShortCircuitRanch2332]

EVERYONE IS GOING INTO LOCK DOWN AND MINES TOMORROW AND I'M LOOSING MY MIND
no but im very impatient ........ just 21 MORE HOURS GAHHHHHHHHH!!!!!! LMAO

 

[Avalon1984]

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Don’t worry Short Circuit, before you know it your little fuzzy butts will be hatching too!

 

[mlward]

Okay, I'm new to incubating, so could someone please explain the "lockdown" thingie?

From my research I see that you should refrain from turning the eggs during the final 3 days of incubating. Is this correct? And is that what everyone is referring to? My hatch day is May 2nd, but we've had 2 power outages in the last couple days, both about 3 hours long. The second one was during the day with plenty of sunshine. I put the incubator in a plastic bin, placed it in the yard and was able to keep the temp at 99.5, had a more difficult time during the nighttime outage. The temp dropped into the 70's. Hope I still have some viable ones!

 

[ShortCircuitRanch2332]

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Don’t worry Short Circuit, before you know it your little fuzzy butts will be hatching too!

i know they will be......BUT I WANT THEM NOW! lol so how are your eggs doing? I had one more quitter so I got ten out of 22 5 quit and the rest were infertile
I'm in the process of finding the PURE hen and starting the in purification process LOL

 

[Long Last Farm]

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You are right. Lockdown means you stop turning the eggs, and raise the humidity higher than the previous 18 days. Most people recommend NOT opening the incubator for te last 3 days ( Hence the "Lockdown")
Hopefully, you will get some chicks! Good luck!