Need help???? Please :)

[SandeeC]

Temperature and rotation settings set Eggs are in Here goes nothing

 

[dschicken]

You want the temp at 100 (f). The say 99.5 (f) is ideal. I had to adjust mine too.

 

[Junellen]

Just set my second hatch, using my own eggs this time. My first hatch was from local eggs and I got 80%. Living in Arizona I was a little worried about the humidity thing and figured I didn't have a choice but to go "dry". I take out both plugs and put a damp sponge over one of the vent holes. My incubator stays at about 25% and I don't touch it until day 18 when I take out the auto-turner and put my sponge inside. No mess no fuss and I figure with 80% on my first try I must have gotten it right. I read about 100 books, posts and articles before I started and decided to stay with my usual KISS ways. Happy hatch!!

 

[SandeeC]

Wow thank you guys I am hoping I get it right too
A friend of mine is paying me to hatch some ducklings for him next batch
He is down to one duck and one drake thanks to foxes and eagles. Funny he only lives a couple of km's away and I don't see anything like that lol
So I need to get this batch right

 

[SandeeC]

Wow, I just had several phone calls around town here, I am hoping I can get this incubation right, I have had orders from chicken eggs, to ducks, now to princess parrots all paying me to incubate them
I just really hope I can do this, not that I need the money, but hate the thought of letting anyone down

 

[dschicken]

That's pretty cool that people want u to hatch their eggs. Nothing wrong with a little side money.

 

[SandeeC]

I hope some of Henrietta's chickens manage to hatch I just lost her
Sitting out the back yard, she was a bit hot, started panting, so I bought her inside in the cool and within 5 minutes she started fitting
Very sad day for me and my son Seth We have had our cry
Had plans to go away for Christmas, not now Staying home to keep an eye on all my babies
RIP Henrietta We still love you no matter where you are xx

 

[dschicken]

Thats a bad deal. Sorry to hear that, I lost 3 this summer I believe do to heat. Couldn't find anything else wrong with them. As long as the humidity and temps are right and the eggs are fertile everything should be good.

 

[SandeeC]

A friend of mine is an agricultural vet, found out she had managed to get something stuck in her craw So today will be spending time really cleaning up the yard
On the upside, candled the eggs last night, some veins starting to appear in all the eggs, plus can just see embryo's starting to get some solid shape to them
One egg looked very porous and the dots spelt out the word "Her" lol needless to say we were gobsmacked lol

 

[SandeeC]

Don't know how, but I think the incubator reset itself Woke up this morning to the temp saying 32.5c Will the chicks still be ok?
Will that 5c make a huge difference?