Okay I am gonna try again!!! Pictures!!!!

[Poco Pollo]

If I did the conversion right, 37C is about 98.6F, which is just a little too low.

 

[drmeyes236]

Man you are quicker than me! LOL

 

[ladyloulee]

thank you for reply, should i take it up to 38 or 39?
thanks again...Lou x

 

[Poco Pollo]

38 C would give your a temp of 100.4 F. 39 C is approximately 102.2 F. Since you don't have a fan in your incubator, go with dancingbear's advice about the temperature at the top of the eggs. Somewhere between 38 and 39 is going to give you warm enough, but not too hot. Good luck.

 

[ladyloulee]

Hi thanks for that, I do have a fan, my incubator is a forced air one

I have it set at 38, thanks again and wish me luck

lou x

 

[drmeyes236]

Good Luck to you ladyloulee!!!!

 

[Poco Pollo]

I just finished setting my hatch. The postman delivered my stragglers around 8 a.m. today, so I let them come to room temperature, penciled notes on each egg, and in they went.

I've got Speckled Sussex, a couple Easter Eggers that came as an extra surprise with the SS eggs, a few Cream Brabanters, lots of Barnevelders, a few Gold Laced Cochins, and half a dozen Light Brahmas. It's just over thirty eggs, so my incubator is full. I'm going to hand turn these guys. It's my way of staying connected to this group as my last hatch for the season.

Since I set the eggs around noon, I'm not counting today as day one. August 1st is day 14, so I'll candle and discard clears and quitters. August 6th will be day 19, so I won't have to turn the eggs any more after that. Hatch day is expected to be Saturday, August 8th. Hopefully it will be an afternoon hatch. I have a tough time going to bed if my chicks are hatching and it's really late. I'm too old to stay up all night.

I read a great snake remedy today. A guy losing eggs to snakes put golf balls in the nest boxes. After two golf balls disappeared, no more eggs were lost. I'm going to try this.

Good luck to everyone who's setting or has set a hatch.

 

[drmeyes236]

I am glad I did set my eggs the other day, the other shipment did not arrive today. So I will have a more staggered hatch than I had planned! Good Luck to all!

 

[drmeyes236]

I set my second batch of eggs today arrived yesterday beautifully wrapped. I won these eggs in a cute chick contest here on BYC. 14 eggs LB,LB mixes, gold laced Cochin, silkie, what a nice mix! The hatches will be 5 days apart. Here we gooooooo

 

[Poco Pollo]

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That's wonderful! LB = Light Brahma? I have half a dozen Light Brahma and a few Gold Laced Cochins in my hatch too. We never hatched Silkies before. All the pictures I've seen are cute. I've avoided them because I don't want to have chickens that I feel compelled to keep in the house. You'll have to take a lot of pictures so that we can enjoy your babies vicariously. I'm sending you good hatching vibes. I have a really good feeling about this hatch already!