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

[jnjmanning]

thanks!! yeah, I read that they should stay in for 24 hrs before putting in the brooder. They are just rolling the other eggs around in their flailing!! Hope the others will start pipping and zipping soon!!

It is been proved that those who hatch 1st will peep to encourage the others yet to hatch.

 

[melina90]

. Too cute Mel ! Glad to have you back with us

Thankyou my friend! How are things over at your farm? This thread is so overwhelmingly fluid so I haven't been able to catch up at all! There were like 50 new pages since the last time i checked, lol!

 

[sallywithchickens]

Keeping my fingers crossed for you, Helen!

Mine had day 21 yesterday. I've been travelling and visiting friends, so didnt make it home until today and guess what - 4 gorgeous little fluffy hedemora chicks in the bator! I bought 20 shipped eggs, put all in the bator. None were infertile, 7 quit early, 13 went into lockdown and only 4 hatched. That's 1/5 eggs hatching, not a result to go crazy about... But at least I got some babies! This was my most exciting hatch so far, the ones that I hatch from my own chickens have had a 100% hatch rate and they all look the same(buff orps) so it's not quite as exciting

Here's a photo of the three first ones to hatch:


Congrats on all the new chickens out there! So sorry I haven't been able to pop by this week, things have been so busy.

How beautiful!!! so far, I have 2 out of 13 Ameraucanas. Keep listening for more pips!

 

[misschickenlittle]

Today is day 21. Well tonight is. I've been out of town with no one checking on anything so I was anxious to get home! Temp was fine but humidity too low. Paper towels were dry as a bone! Added water and it has gone up to 61. Really hoping with all the craziness I've had with these eggs at least 1 will hatch.

 

[Kymw90]

Today is day 20 and we have chirping and one has pipped. Can anyone advise me on how long to expect an egg to hatch from first pip? Can hear lots of tapping. Humidity is at 70

 

[MadamContrary]

Today is day 20 and we have chirping and one has pipped. Can anyone advise me on how long to expect an egg to hatch from first pip? Can hear lots of tapping. Humidity is at 70

Some pip and zip in under an hour, most take 12-24 hours from first pip.

 

[dolfi]

I am on day 18 dont know if i should take them off the turner now or wait for tommorow. temp keeps getting up to 102 and humidity is only on 50. how can i raise it or should i leave it alone

 

[Silkiesandco]

I shall be putting some eggs in the *new* bator on Sunday (May 26th). I might have to join onto the June thread once May ends.

 

[Kymw90]

Thanks Madamcontrary. So they make that small triangle pip then they crack/unzip and pop out? This is my 2nd incubator hatch and my first went not well. 1 out of 6 and that one needed help. He survived though

 

[annabell254]

ok............so I am incubating peachick eggs for the first time and everyone says that hens so it best! but I dont trust my broody hens right now as they are all 1st timers

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SOOOOOO, I did an exparment about egg tempature... I took my tempature gage and put it under two different sitting hens... it measured 103.4 for one and 104.8 for the other.... I then took the tempature inside my bator (it is a Brinsea 20 Advanced) and I have hatched in it twice ........

the first time the tempature was factory set at 99.5 but the chicks were all three to five days late, so I bumped the temp from 99.5 to 99.8 and the 2nd hatch the small eggs started to peep the day they were due (I set pm and had my first peep am.... so maybe 12 hours late) and the average and larger sized ones took up to three more days for the last ones to hatch..... this time I have it set at 100.0 ..... as it seems to run cool but other wise is great and I had very good hatches in it and the eggs were even shipped....

(SORRY! back to my point, when I took the tempature with the probe I used under the chickens it only read 98.8 at the outside edge and 99.0 in the center (at egg height)

So same probe and under the hens was 3-4 degrees higher....

The idea here was not for the actual tempature reading as they can be different from gage to gage .... but to see the different in tempature between a sitting hen and my incubator......

My understanding is that still air (which is what a hen would be....right?) should be set higher by 2-3 degrees than a forced air (which is what mine is)..... Am I Right Here???

but this still seems to me that my bator is STILL running cool..... or my gage is messed up .....


ANY THOUGHTS?????