October Hatching ... How many are in? I'm due to hatch on 10/17

[featherz]

My lockdown is tonight! Some barnyard mix chicks and a few salmon favorelles and a bunch of MF D'uccle. Keeping my fingers crossed! I love my brinsea advance EX - I never have to even look at it!

 

[Drk_Wlf]

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My lockdown is tonight as well! I am so excited!!

 

[txmel]

day 20 one chick out and 3 egss with pips

11 more still to do something.

 

[Imagesoart]

I have one chick out and four more have pipped!

What should the humidity be? One time I hatched some chicks and one had died due to being shrink wrapped. So I have kept it higher. Is 80% about right? The chick in the bator does not look very wet......

AND how long do they take once they pip? This one was out really fast, and the others all pipped at about the same time and so far not to much.

The funny thing is that this one chick was from a shell that I had marked with ? because I did not know if it was good. So...... now I wait....

 

[coturnix2044]

Set the 6 marans last night, set 14 Araucana's this afternoon...
Tyler

 

[ihvpower]

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Daddy is a FBCM momma could be an EE, an Americauna, Buff Orp or another! Not sure.. BTW? Theri bed has been cleaned since this was taken! and the White Silkie is an outstanding surrogate!

 

[Titania]

Alright, this is my first time hatching. First time, and I got a little ambitious. I have a Brinsea octagon eco 20, but no auto turner or humidity pump. And, then, because I ended up with 66 eggs, I got a Hovabator 1602 w/o autoturner or fan or anything. I have 4 staggered hatches as well. Things got a little tricky. I'm keeping hatching eggs separate from non-lockdown eggs so I don't mess up the humidity or anything.

BUT...I have several thermometers & hygrometers in each incubator and I really have no idea what the temp and humidity is. In my brinsea, the attached thermometer says 99.8. But, the thermometer resting on the eggs says 36C which is about 97F. And, now that I'm in my first lockdown, I added 3 water-filled sponges to the tray but my hygrometer still says 60% humidity. (Vent is fully open since I'd read that air circulation is most important.) I don't want to touch things too much or mess around with something that may be going well. Does anybody else have this problem? Any suggestions? Should I leave it be & trust that it's good enough? Or should I trust the hygrometers?

the eggs not in lockdown are in the Hovabator right now. The analog thermometer says 103F while the two digital thermometers say 96F. This is where I feel things have gotten tricky. I really just am not sure what to go off of.

I'd appreciate advice from anyone who has more experience than I as to what I should do.
thanks!!!!!

 

[ihvpower]

I use the dry incubation method..I have excellent hatches and never worry about the humidity...

 

[emvickrey]

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I try to keep my humidity around 50% for the entire time for chickens and 60% for quail. Works for me. As for the circulation, I have fans in mine except for the hatcher and I also keep the 2 I use for incubation up on 4 domino's. The pieces for the game Dominos. One on each corner so the air flow is better for fresh air. The hatcher has no fan and I don't keep it up on the domino's either.

BTW, the incubators are 2 LG's and the hatcher is a Hovobator.

 

[txmel]

update: 3 chickies out, 5 more pip 7 still not doing anything yet. tomorrow is day 21