Rcom mini incubator eggs set 6/20/11(UPDATE) (IT HATCHED)*pics added**

[jfulcher]

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Staggered hatch I HAVE TO OPEN IT AT LEAST 2X'S A DAY.... :'(
Are they dead......

After day 18 for chickens, you don't turn them any more. For your buttons, you need to stop turning them 3 days before they are due to hatch.

Have any hatched at all?????...................,,,,,,,,,,,, today is the hatch day??????????? Right?

Yes hatch day... No hatching... What should I do?......

 

[quintinp]

well give it 3 to 4 days to give up on them, but now that incubator is having steadier temps, then you might have a better hatch, and i would look into making a homemade turner, make life a lot easier, and even though i dry hatch i use a tube going into the incubator, to add water to the incubator, without opening it the last 3 days of incubation,,,,,

 

[jfulcher]

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Well I moved the 5 that are in lockdown to a "nest" of damp paper towels... We will see...

 

[quintinp]

cool, dont let the paper towels dry to the eggs though lol !!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[jfulcher]

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How do I keep that from happening!? He didnt tell me about that!!!

 

[quintinp]

umm.... who told you to do that?,,,,,it might, when i needed a lot of humidity for my eggs, i put them in a damp rag/towel, warm of course, dont wanna bring down the temp of the eggs

 

[jfulcher]

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This guy off a chatroom diyseattle.... Said it would help them retain moisture...

Need to find a rag...? Should I just pull the plug!?

 

[quintinp]

no noooooooo noooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!,,,,,, you cant!!!

 

[jfulcher]

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Idk if they are even alive... No movement or anything....

 

[jfulcher]

Don't mean to be a downer.. Just afraid I have failed these babies.