Not Sure If You've Got A Pullet Or Cockerel? Click Here! Thread 2

[SidChick]

Ok. Do you mean humidity was 40-50 for the first 18 days? That wouldn't be good.

No I wrote that wrong! It never went under 65. And when I added water last, it was 80, now 71.

 

[SidChick]

No I wrote that wrong! It never went under 65. And when I added water last, it was 80, now 71.

Also we put a warm damp towel over them anytime it was opened. I didn't know if should, but that's what we did. Obviously this is our first hatch.

 

[SidChick]

Ok. Do you mean humidity was 40-50 for the first 18 days? That wouldn't be good.

We also let our hens do some setting. One of our Wellie girls is broody, so we felt bad for her. Yesterday we checked them, and I couldn't see movement, and I couldn't see veins. We opened two, and one was yellow filled liquid, and the the other brown, stinky. She's still on some newer eggs, but we seen to be having no luck with the natural way or the incubator. One more question. Our girls are only 7.5 months old. Would this affect their eggs' hatch rate? Roos are also 7.5 months..

 

[TheKindaFarmGal]

No I wrote that wrong! It never went under 65. And when I added water last, it was 80, now 71.

For the first 18 days humidity should be about 20-35%. For lockdown it should be 55%-75%. I'm kinda confused, what exactly do you mean?

 

[TheKindaFarmGal]

We also let our hens do some setting. One of our Wellie girls is broody, so we felt bad for her. Yesterday we checked them, and I couldn't see movement, and I couldn't see veins. We opened two, and one was yellow filled liquid, and the the other brown, stinky. She's still on some newer eggs, but we seen to be having no luck with the natural way or the incubator. One more question. Our girls are only 7.5 months old. Would this affect their eggs' hatch rate? Roos are also 7.5 months..

No, that shouldn't affect it. Though a pullet of that age might or might not be a reliable broody.

 

[Bantu]

Thanks everyone so hoping for a girl.... The first from 2 hatches....

 

[SidChick]

Thanks everyone so hoping for a girl.... The first from 2 hatches....

For the first 18 days humidity should be about 20-35%. For lockdown it should be 55%-75%. I'm kinda confused, what exactly do you mean?

The book that came with the incubator says it should not drop below 65 for chickens. It beeps if it does.

 

[TheKindaFarmGal]

The book that came with the incubator says it should not drop below 65 for chickens. It beeps if it does.

Just so you know, the incubator instructions are almost always wrong on that stuff. So the humidity was that high for the whole incubation period? I'm surprised anything is alive. You should open the eggs asap...

 

[Tlmcq]

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Was wondering if my chicks are pullets or cockerel... Supposed to be all pullets except Australorp was outta straight run batch.

 

[SidChick]

Just so you know, the incubator instructions are almost always wrong on that stuff. So the humidity was that high for the whole incubation period? I'm surprised anything is alive. You should open the eggs asap...

Pretty sure I just killed it by opening it. Why is it so underdeveloped at 25 days? It was alive for a short time, then died.