My leukemia's back.

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Ok, undid the cradle but didn't unplug it until after I undid it...Lol..Deep breaths taken as I call to the floor realizing that I think I am a day late on lockdown?? Well go do the rest now...

Good luck hbh!

Keep us posted!

 

[FridayYet]

Okay, deep breath. IN.......OUT.....you've got this. An expert has weighed in! Any advice I would have given wouldn't be that valuable with my track record!

But does it mean anything that the advice I started to type when Friday's new post popped up was exactly the same? Does it mean I actually LEARNED something??? Yayy for you! Yayy for Friday! Yayy for me~

Yayy for you Blooie - you're a quick study and should have no fear giving a bit of advice.

Ok, undid the cradle but didn't unplug it until after I undid it...Lol..Deep breaths taken as I call to the floor realizing that I think I am a day late on lockdown?? Well go do the rest now... And local. The cells that I could see at day 12 were good but big bcs if low/swinging humidity levels.

You should be fine, I often lock down on day 19 but stop turning a day or so earlier. Trace the air cells as you lock them down so you know which side is up and have an idea of the "normal" pipping spot. You might have a few drawn down even farther already if they are getting ready to internally pip.




Keep us updated!

 

[hbhoffman]

Okay, here are photos of what I did..

Bottom of incubatir now has both chambers filled with water. 2 sets of doubled paper towels on each side with a sponge in the middle.

Lined the tray with puppy pads as I don't have the other item.

Set the eggs back in (like they were) with air cells up in the egg cartons, racks removed,a tiny 2 oz red cup of just started fermented food and the humidity/temp. Gauge.
Ok, so do I leave the vent open or close it?
The air cells were originally drawn on day 1. Should I go back and do it again? Some were way to dark to do that so I just kept the pointed end down.

 

[hbhoffman]

Umm, the day 18 air cell is what the one looked like Friday am. Should I be expecting them sooner? I may be off a day?? I forgot to write it down and took a guess for day one after a week. That truly is my life! Too crazy to remeber things well. Lol.

 

[LittleLakePhil]

Awww, baby ducks! How adorable 

The boys and I made it home. Mom's doing.....okay. We'll keep an eye on things and see how it goes. 

I've got the hatcher set up and Marans eggs will be going into lockdown today. Hope Mel was doing his job!

Honey and I went to a local rodeo Friday night. Between that and some other things, I've been bitten by the riding bug pretty good. My poor horses haven't hardly been touched for the last three years, and it was pretty hit or miss in the years before that. Amy is going to need some serious work on manners, but I think they're going to be one of my summer projects. I miss riding. 

Phil, that's sad you never heard back from your donor. I'm eager/nervous to make contact with Sean. 

How's your breathing Rachel... I ended up getting a Medrol pack.....
Yes I wish my donor would have wrote back but it is what it is..... I have to respect that.

Local eggs or shipped?  Take the incubator out of the cradle. (Unplug it first - LOL) fill both wells, and then I take a doubled paper towel and line the bottom of the bator from one side, down into the wells and to the other side to up your humidity and also make for easy clean-up.

Take out all the rails, and line the bottom of the tray with rubber shelf liner.  Lay the eggs down with the air cell facing up and put the lid back on.

Good luck!  

Mine go into lockdown on Wednesday.

I used a sponge...... Good luck...

 

[FridayYet]

Okay, here are photos of what I did..
Bottom of incubatir now has both chambers filled with water. 2 sets of doubled paper towels on each side with a sponge in the middle.



Lined the tray with puppy pads as I don't have the other item.


Set the eggs back in (like they were) with air cells up in the egg cartons, racks removed,a tiny 2 oz red cup of just started fermented food and the humidity/temp. Gauge.
Ok, so do I leave the vent open or close it?
The air cells were originally drawn on day 1. Should I go back and do it again? Some were way to dark to do that so I just kept the pointed end down.

If it were my hatch, I would change a few things a bit:
- Put the edges of the paper towel down into the wells. You want them to act as a wick to pull water up and allow for increased evaporation/ increased humidity.
-Remove the cup of fermented feed. They flop around like fish and it will be flipped all over the place and a face-plant into it could cause drowning.
-Cut the puppy pad back a bit on the edges so that the humidity does not get trapped underneath and air can circulate better.
-Trace your air cells again and tip the dipped side up. I'd lie the eggs down if they are local, but it's a personal preference if you'd like to hatch them upright in cartons. It will be harder to see the pips on the bottom though. (This step is optional)
- Air cells that get too big can mean that your humidity might have been a little low. You want to do everything you can to keep the humidity up now, so the paper towels and the sponge will come in handy, but they must be touching the water to work.

Keep up the good work!

 

[hbhoffman]

Thanks, I went back in and candled all. At least 2 welsummer eggs are alive! We saw movement!! 8-D. Oh my! Almost dropped it in my excitement. The rest were just dark. Drew the lines around the air cells for all. The olive eggers are so darn dark that I can't tell at all-just barely the air cells with a 250 lumen cree flashlight. I had one clear but left it in just in case I am wrong. These are chocolate welsummer and deep olive eggs. The 2 live ones are Welsummers! I did put a straw down the vent hole through to the floor so I can add water without opening & cut a hole in the puppy pad to be sure it gets into the well! I pulled more pad away from the sides. All of the eggs are now lying on their sides.
Anything else? Scared to keep going back in... Don't want to vacuum seal them!

 

[FridayYet]

So excited you saw movement! That's one of my favorite things - along with pipping, zipping and hatching!

Sounds like you are all set.

for a great hatch!

 

[hbhoffman]

I am hoping for at least 2/3 chicks of each! But this is my first hatch attempt... Wait, wait...

 

[LittleLakePhil]

Good luck I'll be checking in....