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

[Avalon1984]

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Good luck with the purification then

I ended up with 14 out of 26. 8 from the same hen were all infertile and I had 1 early quitter and one blood ring. Tomorrow I am picking up 4 dz new eggs to incubate. My little ones better hatch sooooooooooon.

haha thanks ill need it shes a feisty one but these hens and roo's aren't really hand trained either I bought them fairly old bout 4 weeks after they started laying and they aren't all that friendly lol but old English have never been known for their friendliness haha I figure just to be sure ill lock each one of them in the breeding pen with the roo for a day or so to make sure ALL of them are fertile
i know mine better hatch as well got my hatcher all set up humidity is at 67-70 temp 100 and a fan thats correct rite? the closer I get to lock down the more nervous I get LOL

I have to agree. My game hen has attitude too! I have my incubator at 50% during the first 18 days and then go up to 75-80%. I have found that with my climate this works the best. What is weird though to me is that I am having a harder time getting the humidity up this time. I wonder if it is because there is more eggs in the bator?

 

[tigercreek]

Morning of day 20 and I have 2 chicks drying!! Got maybe 5 more pips and 1 zipped almost all the way around. All picked up eggs, none of my shipped eggs have done anything yet but they did develope, so I still have hope. It's early. Pics later today............stan

 

[ShortCircuitRanch2332]

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haha thanks ill need it shes a feisty one but these hens and roo's aren't really hand trained either I bought them fairly old bout 4 weeks after they started laying and they aren't all that friendly lol but old English have never been known for their friendliness haha I figure just to be sure ill lock each one of them in the breeding pen with the roo for a day or so to make sure ALL of them are fertile
i know mine better hatch as well got my hatcher all set up humidity is at 67-70 temp 100 and a fan thats correct rite? the closer I get to lock down the more nervous I get LOL

I have to agree. My game hen has attitude too! I have my incubator at 50% during the first 18 days and then go up to 75-80%. I have found that with my climate this works the best. What is weird though to me is that I am having a harder time getting the humidity up this time. I wonder if it is because there is more eggs in the bator?

haha at least its not only my birds I did the dry incubation method it stayed at about 45 the first 18 days and now im at about 73
GAHH and I still have no pips oh well ill just keep watching everyone was moving rite before i locked down so im hoping for the best

 

[Equine_Angel]

ShortCircuit: I locked down yesterday morning.

Now when I go to check on my eggs, I sit there and chirp at them to give them some support. They always tend to move when I start chirping

 

[mlward]

Well, entered into lockdown at 9pm last night. Nothing so far. Even tried Equine_Angel's trick of chirping at them.

Nothing... Good thing I have stuff to do away from the house today!

 

[basteph1977]

morning of day 20 here and no pips that i can see yet...hard to see from the webcam tho so ill go down to school in a while and look a little closer. Going to have to check temp and humidity anyway. We tried to set up the thermometer and hygrometer (sp) so i could see them in the camera but then i couldnt see the eggs and after all they are the star of the show. More later www.livestream.com/playchickens

 

[Equine_Angel]

Ahhh....I have three eggs slowly shaking about after I start chirping with them....AHHHH!!! CUTENESS!!! I will be sleeping on the couch over the next few days to be closer to them!!!

 

[Long Last Farm]

Got about 4 pips right now!

 

[ShortCircuitRanch2332]

2:15 on day 19 and nothing is it still to soon? there not even moving yet

 

[basteph1977]

Day 20..no pips no movement

( everyone was moving at lock down..am i just impatient ?