November/December "Hatch-a-Long"

[Heidisgran]

First egg pipped sometime last night.

oh exciting!!!!

 

[faerieannette]

I guess I will post here. I mistakenly started a different thread. My Eggs are set on day 4 so due to hatch December 1. I was doing the dry incubation method but put water in yesterday because the humidity gage was reading 15%. I am very apprehensive about this hatch because they are shipped eggs from TN to MD which is pretty far. The post office took 3 days (1 day longer then they said it would) and 4 arrived broken. On initial candling Lots of them have clearly saddle shaped air cells and some others look kinda wonky. I dunno. The seller sent lots of extra eggs so I am hopefully.

 

[Wunjo]

Well I'm on day 22 and only have 2 pips out of 24 eggs. I candled and I now have 17 eggs left, the 17 left is solid black and i cant see nothing through them at all. I hope they are all still alive! The others had stopped developing. This is my second attempt at hatching. My first was a homemade incubator that I could not regulate the temps on, I ended up with one baby chick. I only hear one peeping of the two that has pipped. I seen two more rocking but that's it. Crossing fingers that the other pip soon. I keep looking about every 10 mins. Baby chicks will be white leghorn, brown leghorn, gold star, and red sex link if they make it.

 

[Farmer Viola]

I don't think it got to 110 in your bator...your temp went up because it started drying

this^

humidity went down (dried up), temp went up
when you add water, temps should go down without adjusting the knob

too much ventilation?


I am going into lockdown! What! It's already here?! I can't believe it. Honestly it does not seem real that actual chicks will come out of these eggs..
*stares at them*

 

[chickydee64]

I can't wait either. I have sworn to wait until day 10 this hatch because I think I candled too much last time, and due to a too weak light, I never saw anything anyway!! I had only one developing egg when I was finished! I have a better light, so hopefully this time will be better. I hope the temp wasn't any higher than that over night. I'm thinking I caught it at it's peak. The eggs didn't feel too hot to me either. IF it DID get to 110 for a short time, the eggs would certainly die?? I sure hope it didn't. I'm so excited for this hatch! My 2 little girls were so bummed after our last crummy hatch!

I had a 110 blip last hatch .thought they were dead for sure but had a good hatch.......
Good Luck

 

[Heidisgran]

I guess I will post here. I mistakenly started a different thread. My Eggs are set on day 4 so due to hatch December 1. I was doing the dry incubation method but put water in yesterday because the humidity gage was reading 15%. I am very apprehensive about this hatch because they are shipped eggs from TN to MD which is pretty far. The post office took 3 days (1 day longer then they said it would) and 4 arrived broken. On initial candling Lots of them have clearly saddle shaped air cells and some others look kinda wonky. I dunno. The seller sent lots of extra eggs so I am hopefully.

did you know that the usps has a automatic insurance now up to 50.00...I received some really messed up eggs 3 weeks ago...I took pictures as I opened them....1 of the girls on here insisted that I file a claim which you can do right on line and upload your pictures as evidence...you need your tracking number and that kind of info
I got completely refunded for the eggs and the shipping

2 of those eggs just hatched....so not all hope is lost for your eggs

 

[Heidisgran]

Quote: the temp will go up when the humidity goes down...when the bator starts drying

 

[faerieannette]

did you know that the usps has a automatic insurance now up to 50.00...I received some really messed up eggs 3 weeks ago...I took pictures as I opened them....1 of the girls on here insisted that I file a claim which you can do right on line and upload your pictures as evidence...you need your tracking number and that kind of info
I got completely refunded for the eggs and the shipping

2 of those eggs just hatched....so not all hope is lost for your eggs

Really?! I didn't take pictures but I do have the tracking number! I should try contacting them. You think it will work even though ti was 4 days ago?

 

[Farmer Viola]

the temp will go up when the humidity goes down...when the bator starts drying

that's what I said I was agreeing w/you!

 

[Varglet]