Our Egg Hatching thread! Hatch: Nov. 7th (Hatching Video PG 57)

[MichiganWoods]

Removed one RIW egg due to weeping. Cracked it open to see if anything had been happening, and nothing. Looked like I was about to fry myself up an egg for dinner (but of course I just tossed it). Not sure if there was bacteria in it (which is what normally causes weeping, isn't it?), but I doubt it was even fertile. Now the egg count is down to 21. 7 RIWs and 14 Amer/EEs.

 

[pbjmaker]

Neither my columbians nor my golden lakenvelder eggs seem to be developing. The columbian cochins are just totally scrambled I think - the air cells on several are nothing more than a bunch of tiny bubbles

I have 5 out of 6 silkie eggs from ak-bird-brain developing! Go Emmy Lou! The 6th one had hairline cracks all around the small end that I didn't notice at first. 4 out of the 8 Mille Fleur eggs that survived shipping seem to be doing well also.
That leaves my frizzles - I think I counted 14 to start and 13 are developing at this point. Dipsy Doodle always has good eggs!
I also popped an egg in from the Serama I just got. We will see if anything happens with that one

 

[Jamie821]

michiganwoods I am concerned about your humidy is it still over 50

 

[MichiganWoods]

Isn't it supposed to be around 50% until just before they hatch?

 

[Jamie821]

no it needs to be between 30 and 40 the egg have to evaporate some of its liquid or the chick will be to big, Also at that high of a humidity water will fill the air sac and when the chick pips through the membrane it will drown. on the 18th day you raise the humidity to 60 to 70. I run my humidity at 34 first eighteen days and 68 the last 3

 

[MichiganWoods]

Oh dear. OK... time to go fiddle with the incubator. I'll have to sop up some of the water that's in the basin at the bottom.

 

[Jamie821]

use a paper towel to soak it up,When I first started hatching I had mine the same as you and could not figure out why the chicks were fully formed and pipped through the membrane and then died. Found out I drowned them because they drowned because my humidity was to high the first 18 days

 

[Jamie821]

I have set my nov 7 hatch doing a dry hatch. They say and hatcheries swear by it that you get 90 to 95 percent hatch rates with it. I will know nov 7th and if it is better rated then the regular way will tell you how it is done.

 

[Jamie821]

as far as the different reading on your themometors. I have 3 in my bator and I average them out so if one says101 and another 99 and another 102 I average it at 100.5

 

[MichiganWoods]

I've got the humidity down to about 40%, but I can't seem to get it much lower. I must have a humid house.

Thanks for the tips regarding the thermometers!

Here's to hoping my chicks don't drown!