Incubating eggs
Wow! What an interesting process.
It was like having a newborn , especially at humidity stage.
We were running 2 Janoel units (a 24 /24s).
I was very padantic with temp setup a few days prior.
Followed the instructions of water addition.
We candled , and found movement at day 14. Locked down at day 18.
At 21 days we could see movement and no pipping on some. 1 on day 21 was the strong one- its still with us.
We rescued a few by self pipping to intervene non success by chick alone.
Out of 20 eggs , some our own and some purchased , we currently have 6 healthy chick's.
Originally we had 11 , the weak didn't survive.
The remainder didn't develop(3) , the rest went full develop , just zero pipping.
Not sure what happened as the basis was there for successful hatching (90%). Drowned? Shrink wrapped?
We are stoked on our healthy 6 chicks. As we went in with small expectation we are happy.
They are our Brahmas , so even happier.
Next round we may try dry incubation. Thoughts??
We have got a humidity controller which will inject water when needed, as I found most off the shelf hydrometers were so OFF. 10% between 1 or the other in some instances..
In another few weeks we might try 20 more.
Can someone share their dry incubation regime please.
Happy hatching.
Greetings from Sth Australia.
Wow! What an interesting process.
It was like having a newborn , especially at humidity stage.
We were running 2 Janoel units (a 24 /24s).
I was very padantic with temp setup a few days prior.
Followed the instructions of water addition.
We candled , and found movement at day 14. Locked down at day 18.
At 21 days we could see movement and no pipping on some. 1 on day 21 was the strong one- its still with us.
We rescued a few by self pipping to intervene non success by chick alone.
Out of 20 eggs , some our own and some purchased , we currently have 6 healthy chick's.
Originally we had 11 , the weak didn't survive.
The remainder didn't develop(3) , the rest went full develop , just zero pipping.
Not sure what happened as the basis was there for successful hatching (90%). Drowned? Shrink wrapped?
We are stoked on our healthy 6 chicks. As we went in with small expectation we are happy.
They are our Brahmas , so even happier.
Next round we may try dry incubation. Thoughts??
We have got a humidity controller which will inject water when needed, as I found most off the shelf hydrometers were so OFF. 10% between 1 or the other in some instances..
In another few weeks we might try 20 more.
Can someone share their dry incubation regime please.
Happy hatching.
Greetings from Sth Australia.
