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Thanks, I might try this.
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Question about hatching and candling
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Sorry, I thought you didn't have any idea what day the chick was at. The chick isn't going to shrink wrap If the humidity is a little higher, so I keep my humidity a little high. If you have a turner you can always put them in the turner. I have had chick start to hatch while in the turner as I didn't write down the day I set the eggs. The chicks hatched fine. My broody's have turned their eggs up until hatch time too. I didn't mean to confuse you. I just meant to keep the humidity and the temp a little higher around 100 degrees. If I am hand turning every time I open the incubator the temp and humidity drop so I try to keep it a little higher and it seem to recover a little quicker. I also think of it like this, a broody will get off of her nest to do her business, eat, drink and poop and the eggs will cool down but the internal temperature of the eggs takes longer to drop. Now I have a calendar and I write everything down. Sorry if I don't make sense. I haven't had much sleep lately because I have some hatches going on and so I have been staying up and watching the chicks hatch. Here are some of them.
Sorry, I thought you didn't have any idea what day the chick was at. The chick isn't going to shrink wrap If the humidity is a little higher, so I keep my humidity a little high. If you have a turner you can always put them in the turner. I have had chick start to hatch while in the turner as I didn't write down the day I set the eggs. The chicks hatched fine. My broody's have turned their eggs up until hatch time too. I didn't mean to confuse you. I just meant to keep the humidity and the temp a little higher around 100 degrees. If I am hand turning every time I open the incubator the temp and humidity drop so I try to keep it a little higher and it seem to recover a little quicker. I also think of it like this, a broody will get off of her nest to do her business, eat, drink and poop and the eggs will cool down but the internal temperature of the eggs takes longer to drop. Now I have a calendar and I write everything down. Sorry if I don't make sense. I haven't had much sleep lately because I have some hatches going on and so I have been staying up and watching the chicks hatch. Here are some of them.
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I don't know what day we are on. So I guess I should keep humidity high and keep flipping. When it is time for them to be born will the veins in the egg go away? I am wondering maybe this might help me know how far along it is. Unfortunately I don't have a turner or that would be a good solution. I am running a hot shower right now so I can take it in there and flip it.
Cute babies, what kind are they? Are they Rhode island red and buff orpington? One has a line is it an EE? Have fun with your hatch.
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Sorry, I thought you didn't have any idea what day the chick was at. The chick isn't going to shrink wrap If the humidity is a little higher, so I keep my humidity a little high. If you have a turner you can always put them in the turner. I have had chick start to hatch while in the turner as I didn't write down the day I set the eggs. The chicks hatched fine. My broody's have turned their eggs up until hatch time too. I didn't mean to confuse you. I just meant to keep the humidity and the temp a little higher around 100 degrees. If I am hand turning every time I open the incubator the temp and humidity drop so I try to keep it a little higher and it seem to recover a little quicker. I also think of it like this, a broody will get off of her nest to do her business, eat, drink and poop and the eggs will cool down but the internal temperature of the eggs takes longer to drop. Now I have a calendar and I write everything down. Sorry if I don't make sense. I haven't had much sleep lately because I have some hatches going on and so I have been staying up and watching the chicks hatch. Here are some of them.
http://i234.photobucket.com/albums/ee237/aliedaw1/IMG_3512.jpg
Cute babies, what kind are they? Are they Rhode island red and buff orpington? One has a line is it an EE? Have fun with your hatch.
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Sorry, I thought you didn't have any idea what day the chick was at. The chick isn't going to shrink wrap If the humidity is a little higher, so I keep my humidity a little high. If you have a turner you can always put them in the turner. I have had chick start to hatch while in the turner as I didn't write down the day I set the eggs. The chicks hatched fine. My broody's have turned their eggs up until hatch time too. I didn't mean to confuse you. I just meant to keep the humidity and the temp a little higher around 100 degrees. If I am hand turning every time I open the incubator the temp and humidity drop so I try to keep it a little higher and it seem to recover a little quicker. I also think of it like this, a broody will get off of her nest to do her business, eat, drink and poop and the eggs will cool down but the internal temperature of the eggs takes longer to drop. Now I have a calendar and I write everything down. Sorry if I don't make sense. I haven't had much sleep lately because I have some hatches going on and so I have been staying up and watching the chicks hatch. Here are some of them.
http://i234.photobucket.com/albums/ee237/aliedaw1/IMG_3512.jpg
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some also lightly mist the eggs if they need to open after day 17
some also lightly mist the eggs if they need to open after day 17
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Sorry, I thought you didn't have any idea what day the chick was at. The chick isn't going to shrink wrap If the humidity is a little higher, so I keep my humidity a little high. If you have a turner you can always put them in the turner. I have had chick start to hatch while in the turner as I didn't write down the day I set the eggs. The chicks hatched fine. My broody's have turned their eggs up until hatch time too. I didn't mean to confuse you. I just meant to keep the humidity and the temp a little higher around 100 degrees. If I am hand turning every time I open the incubator the temp and humidity drop so I try to keep it a little higher and it seem to recover a little quicker. I also think of it like this, a broody will get off of her nest to do her business, eat, drink and poop and the eggs will cool down but the internal temperature of the eggs takes longer to drop. Now I have a calendar and I write everything down. Sorry if I don't make sense. I haven't had much sleep lately because I have some hatches going on and so I have been staying up and watching the chicks hatch. Here are some of them.
http://i234.photobucket.com/albums/ee237/aliedaw1/IMG_3512.jpg
cmom strikes again. i am very glad you mentioned about keeping the RH high at hatch time. Exactly--it seems to me. If yoiur bator RH is on the high side (I hatch at over 70% RH) the bator can more quickly regain to adequate hatcfhing RH should it be opened.
MANY hatch at 70 - 80 percent RH. You can't kill the embryos by this point. You kill the embryos by having had the RH too high during days 1 through 17 inclusive.
Sorry, I thought you didn't have any idea what day the chick was at. The chick isn't going to shrink wrap If the humidity is a little higher, so I keep my humidity a little high. If you have a turner you can always put them in the turner. I have had chick start to hatch while in the turner as I didn't write down the day I set the eggs. The chicks hatched fine. My broody's have turned their eggs up until hatch time too. I didn't mean to confuse you. I just meant to keep the humidity and the temp a little higher around 100 degrees. If I am hand turning every time I open the incubator the temp and humidity drop so I try to keep it a little higher and it seem to recover a little quicker. I also think of it like this, a broody will get off of her nest to do her business, eat, drink and poop and the eggs will cool down but the internal temperature of the eggs takes longer to drop. Now I have a calendar and I write everything down. Sorry if I don't make sense. I haven't had much sleep lately because I have some hatches going on and so I have been staying up and watching the chicks hatch. Here are some of them.
http://i234.photobucket.com/albums/ee237/aliedaw1/IMG_3512.jpg
cmom strikes again. i am very glad you mentioned about keeping the RH high at hatch time. Exactly--it seems to me. If yoiur bator RH is on the high side (I hatch at over 70% RH) the bator can more quickly regain to adequate hatcfhing RH should it be opened.
MANY hatch at 70 - 80 percent RH. You can't kill the embryos by this point. You kill the embryos by having had the RH too high during days 1 through 17 inclusive.
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