May 2020 Hatch-A-Long

[ShannonsChimkens]

Experimental double Maran yolker just went in...

 

[FortCluck]

Experimental double Maran yolker just went in...

Thought you left us! I haven’t seen you hatching in a while since the emu.

 

[CayugaCrazy15]

New to backyard farming! Just got 4 baby Cayugas!

 

[Mixed flock enthusiast]

I never raise my humidity and I stop turning a week before all my eggs hatch.

That’s interesting! What humidity are you running at?

 

[FortCluck]

That’s interesting! What humidity are you running at?

25% right now it goes anywhere from 19% to 25%. Once external pips happen it goes up 10% on its own. I’ve never added water unless I’m doing ducks and I do just a bit and that’s more to keep the bottom of my incubator clean. Ducks are messy when hatching.

 

[Mixed flock enthusiast]

25% right now it goes anywhere from 19% to 25%. Once external pips happen it goes up 10% on its own. I’ve never added water unless I’m doing ducks and I do just a bit and that’s more to keep the bottom of my incubator clean. Ducks are messy when hatching.

Wow! That’s dry hatching taken to the extreme!!! You don’t have shrink wrapping when hatching at that low humidity? Well, one of the hypotheses I’ve read about marans eggs is that the bloom doesn’t let enough water evaporate during incubation. If so, your ultimate dry incubation method could help to counter that issue...

 

[FortCluck]

Wow! That’s dry hatching taken to the extreme!!! You don’t have shrink wrapping when hatching at that low humidity? Well, one of the hypotheses I’ve read about marans eggs is that the bloom doesn’t let enough water evaporate during incubation. If so, your ultimate dry incubation method could help to counter that issue...

Hmmmm interesting.

The reason why I hatch like this is because with my first incubation, I had a lot of dead in shell chicks. Someone on here told me to not add any water at all and wait. I did and 90% hatched. Ever since I haven’t added any water at all.So far it has worked with quail, chickens, and ducks.

I’m addicted to quail now. I even traded my ducks so I can continue with quail and chickens. Ducks just aren’t my thing unless they are muscovies.

Ive never experienced shrink wrapping with my humidity. Most chicks I’ve never assisted and they hatch perfectly. I just had 24 of 25 quail hatch perfectly.

 

[2102Simm]

I know this one is a little old, but he is from my last hatch and is one of only 2 that survived. He's why I started calling my babies franken (Frankenstein) babies. He's 5 weeks old and ready to go outside finally.

 

[BertyRoux]

I know this one is a little old, but he is from my last hatch and is one of only 2 that survived. He's why I started calling my babies franken (Frankenstein) babies. He's 5 weeks old and ready to go outside finally.View attachment 2136288

Pretty! What are the parent stock?

 

[2102Simm]

Pretty! What are the parent stock?

His dad was a Barred Holland and his mom is a Buff Orpington. We lost his dad about 3 weeks ago to a predator attack.