Mahonri's 3rd Annual, BYC Easter Hatch-a-long!

[debs_flock]

<----- looks like dancing Elaine Benes. Surely, someone agrees?

Exactly!!!

Deb

 

[Spangled]

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Nice prize.

Thanks for offering it! I made my guess in the thousands! Will be cool for someone to win it!

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Of course, it's too early to give up hope.

Also, was the thermometer correct? Did you calibrate or double check with another thermometer? Where was the thermometer (if it's not built in)? Was it set right on top of the eggs? or a little below that level so that the temp was at the right setting for the interior of the egg itself?

A late hatch can sometimes mean low temperature during incubation.

I'm not sure about the dry incubation, but it sounds like you held the humidity at 20% (from your post). I have no idea what the best way is, but what is working here in the environment in my home only, I squirt some water in, the humidity goes up to 30 - 40% and then I let it run out. Sometimes it is run out of water at 22%. It only takes a couple of days to run out of water here at this house. I have a hygrometer right here next to me and it is reading 53% in the room the incubators are in. I have a styrobator and a Brinsea.

I would love to think that incubating is all skill. But it is combined with a lot of luck, finger crossing, and just figuring out what works in your house in a certain room. And I keep the door closed and luckily there's a thermostat on the wall so that I can keep this room's temp consistent. But that's not always necessary.

It's too early to give up hope on this hatch. But start collecting eggs again just in case you want to fill it back up and give it another whirl. Also, egg collection practices can be critical, too. Even the feed that your breeders are eating can make all the difference in the world since standard layer feed is often formulated just to get eggs laid -- not designed to necessarily get eggs that can even hatch.

Sometimes, you just don't know what happened. It's finding that sweet spot where all things come together and it works. It will happen. Maybe still this time!

 

[Shad64]

Submitted my guesses and have duck/geese eggs lines up for the bator. Now to find some interesting chicken breed eggs....shame there's no one around here with insight into that!

-Shad64

 

[wolftracks]

Submitted my guesses and have duck/geese eggs lines up for the bator. Now to find some interesting chicken breed eggs....shame there's no one around here with insight into that!

-Shad64

Where are you located?

 

[Noncentzter]

OMG! Haven't been on for 18.5 hours and I have 130+ posts to read!

 

[debs_flock]

OMG! Haven't been on for 18.5 hours and I have 130+ posts to read!

Where the heck are your priorities? Keep up!!!!

Deb

 

[Spangled]

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Ah. Good. I feel better.

 

[crazypetlady]

If anyone still needs eggs I can offer the following mixed & pure assortment for the cost of shipping

Mixed Large Breeds you will get will be from

Ameracuna - may be pure bred
Polish - may be purebred
EE - may be purebred
Barred Rock - may be purebreed
Rhode Island Red
Silver Laced Wyndotte
Speckled Sussex
Black Sex Link
OE


Bantam Breeds all running together your eggs have just as much a chance a being pure as mixed in the bantams

Silkie
BBS Cochins
Frizzle
D'uccle - only purebred
Serama - mixed
Silver Seabrite
Silver Penciled OEGB
Cochins

 

[Shad64]

Where are you located?

Just southwest of Atlanta. I'm not too picky about breeds, we've got a yard full of mutts already. Wife likes the bantams more, can you give me a shipping estimate for 3 doz to zip 30259, crazypetlady

 

[ronott1]

Shipped Eggs with air cell damage: Hatching Tip #?

This was posted by aveca:

my vet gave me a plan sheet quite a few years ago..it says for shipped eggs after the initial 24 hr rest period she had me place them in the forced airin turner but do not turn the turner on for the 1st 5 - 7 days depending on the damage..i have seen some pretty bad bubbly air cells heal as they grow and become surrounded by the veining..that gives embryo time to get a good start, after that a candeling and turner goes on..you will be suprised that those will hatch, hatch them in upright position in case air cell tends to travel a lot at lockdown time. we hatched a bunch of del eggs for a freind that were shipped.

I hope this helps

Ron