PEAFOWL MAY/JUNE HATCH ALONG!!!!! COME JOIN THE OBSESSION!

[zazouse]

Sending good hatching vibs.
I am so tempted to steal that sand blasting cabnit and make an incubator out of it so I could observe the eggs without opening the bator, ain't like DH would miss it if I put a box in it's place under that cover

 

[zazouse]

If I get any more eggs after all the ones in the bator hatch i am going to try a dry hatch and see how that comes out, I will set some guinea eggs with them just for fun!

Heck the humidity in my house is 60% now and 55 in the hatcher and it is off and there is no resivor of water in it,LOL I may have been filling that thing up for nothing.
I just turned the hatcher back on to see what humidity is without any thing and the fan going.

 

[casportpony]

That would be an interesting experiment...

Update - Egg number 20 (chick number 9) has zipped and Mama is really talking now, lol.

-Kathy

 

[PlatteRiverPs]

If I get any more eggs after all the ones in the bator hatch i am going to try a dry hatch and see how that comes out, I will set some guinea eggs with them just for fun!

 Heck the humidity in my house is 60% now and 55 in the hatcher and it is off and there is no resivor of water in it,LOL I may have been filling that thing up for nothing.
I just turned the hatcher back on to see what humidity is without any thing and the fan going.

I'm dry hatching a bunch as I type. My house has been 40%+ the last month. Its 55% right now. It must be working, I'm getting about a 75% hatch rate.

I'll add to the hatch-a-long also. I have 2 eggs in LD and 2 pips. One is going to be out soon, right at 4 hours from pip to hatch. The other is enjoying the scenery evidently.

 

[casportpony]

Egg number 18 (chick number 10) is out... Off to the feedstore to get some leg bands and mealworms!

-Kathy

 

[zazouse]

Well it is 31% humidity in there with nothing but the fan so I guess when it rains my humidity aughta be just right for a not so dry hatch..

 

[zazouse]

I'm dry hatching a bunch as I type. My house has been 40%+ the last month. Its 55% right now. It must be working, I'm getting about a 75% hatch rate.

I'll add to the hatch-a-long also. I have 2 eggs in LD and 2 pips. One is going to be out soon, right at 4 hours from pip to hatch. The other is enjoying the scenery evidently.

Are ya doing wee peas?
Sending hatching vibs your way

 

[zazouse]

Egg number 18 (chick number 10) is out... Off to the feedstore to get some leg bands and mealworms!

-Kathy

Kat ya know if ya get over run with peas you can grow your own meal worms with a 50 pound bag of rice bran, easy peasy.

 

[casportpony]

Kat ya know if ya get over run with peas you can grow your own meal worms with a 50 pound bag of rice bran, easy peasy.

Funny you should mention that, we were just looking at a link on how to raise them, 'cause I'll go broke buying them from the store at 20 for $1.

-Kathy

 

[PlatteRiverPs]

The one is out, and I'm excited. Looks to be all white with one colored wing and a dark stripe down the middle of its back. Photos to come shortly..