Well I hope I'm doing this right. All I have to go by is the old Dickey threads. The average temp has been about 100 and the average humidity has been about 30% for the whole incubation time.
This morning I moved the eggs to the hatching trays and put a larger water pan in to raise the humidity to around 50%. Tomorrow morning I plan to put another container of water in the top egg tray to try to raise the humidity to 60-65%.
In the old threads I've read where some mist the eggs and leave the humidity close to 50% and some raise it by adding another pan or sponges. I'm choosing to add another pan rather than opening the door to mist. If I recall what I read correctly each 1/2 degree in temperature changes the hatch date by one day so I'm predicting pipping on day 20(Tuesday) We will see what happens. If anyone thinks I should do something different then by all means please speak up.
Since I'm hatching in the cartons I had to make wire partitions to keep the strains separated and to keep the chicks from falling out of the trays. The sides of the trays aren't tall enough with the lids on to hatch in cartons. Pam yours are in the front, top tray.
The Frio Temp gauge has come in handy. (You know the one Linda laughed at me for buying
) It has a bottle on the end of the white wire you see that I can move anywhere in the bator. From between the eggs in the egg tray to the bottom where it is now mounted to the top of the partition. It's very accurate and reads the same as the other gauge in the bator. From the top egg try to the bottom of the bator it can be nearly a degree difference in temps. In the pic the gauge on the door reads 100.6 while the temp just above the eggs is 100. So should be a little cooler near the bottom eggs.
This morning I moved the eggs to the hatching trays and put a larger water pan in to raise the humidity to around 50%. Tomorrow morning I plan to put another container of water in the top egg tray to try to raise the humidity to 60-65%.
In the old threads I've read where some mist the eggs and leave the humidity close to 50% and some raise it by adding another pan or sponges. I'm choosing to add another pan rather than opening the door to mist. If I recall what I read correctly each 1/2 degree in temperature changes the hatch date by one day so I'm predicting pipping on day 20(Tuesday) We will see what happens. If anyone thinks I should do something different then by all means please speak up.
Since I'm hatching in the cartons I had to make wire partitions to keep the strains separated and to keep the chicks from falling out of the trays. The sides of the trays aren't tall enough with the lids on to hatch in cartons. Pam yours are in the front, top tray.
The Frio Temp gauge has come in handy. (You know the one Linda laughed at me for buying
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Are you going to remove them as they hatch or leave them in awhile?
