May Hatch Thread--Fill up those bators n' broodies!

[jnjmanning]

Put my eggs in lockdown this morning....day 19.....long story why I didn't get it dine yesterday.
Anyway....here we gooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
I will in fact be NUTS .for the next few days.wear myself out checking the bator.............
Don't get sleep from being up checking humidity every few hours....................
I crack myself up....................

It happens every hatch......................

Oh Lord girl we are on the same hatch schedule!!!! We can just drive each other nutty!!!!!

 

[CCCCCCCCHICKENS]

Well shipped eggs at BEST, you could expect a 50% hatch. Then you add in the rough handling of our wonderful USPS and that drops the rate, and then the normal infertile egg and you drop your hatch rate down to 10% at best. After these hatches I will never hatch shipped eggs again. I have 24 in the bator (shipped eggs) and at day 4 all I can see is 2 fertile. Very poor quality pourous eggs. It will be a miracle if any of these eggs hatch! I feel your pain!

Ya i can tell USPS cares a whole lot. lol. Hopefully when my eggs arrive they are in good shapes. I hope your eggs hatch, good luck!

 

[chickydee64]

. Your humidity is based on two things 1 the type of incubator being used still air or forced air 2 the altitude in your given geographic area, humidity must be adjusted for elevation to have the needed results .. Humidity during incubation should be used only as a tool to control the growth of the air cell in the egg there is no number that can be used as a base line the air cell is the only reason humidity is a factor during incubation at first candle you will adjust it accordingly to acquire the needed result for the air cell at the given time of Inspection to large a air cell to dry the incubator to small the air cell to wet the incubator . Simple,, let the egg tell you what humidity you need to use not the instructions in the box,, you need to look up Sally sunshines hatching 101 here on byc it is comprehensive and will explain with graphics the effect humidity plays during incubation,, that being said welcome to the addictive sometimes disappointing but always fullfiling world of hatching ,,,,,,, did that come out right ? Lol

Thank You,
I just could not put together what I was hoping to say...................................Yo

u made it simple............

 

[el pollo rey]

  Thank You,
I just could not put together what I was hoping to say...................................Yo u made it simple............

. Lol sometimes I ramble on lol but that's about the jist of it now don't get me started about lock down and hatching humidity that's a whole differnt animal lol aww sometimes I laugh at my self

 

[Lady EE]

Today is candling day!Day 14, at least for most of the eggs.

 

[el pollo rey]

Today is candling day!Day 14, at least for most of the eggs.

all the best I hope they all roll to lock down for ya !

 

[Lady EE]

all the best I hope they all roll to lock down for ya !

5 out of 6 were good

! 1 week to go!

 

[hokankai]

This baby is my favorite from the d'Anver hatch. I call it Hedwig because it looks like an owlet!

 

[jnjmanning]

This baby is my favorite from the d'Anver hatch. I call it Hedwig because it looks like an owlet!

awwwwwwwwwwww it is cute!

 

[chickydee64]

This baby is my favorite from the d'Anver hatch. I call it Hedwig because it looks like an owlet!

Makes me want to just reach out and hug it........so sweet.
I'll bet we are almost neighbors. I live on the Oregon side going toward Multnomah Falls...................