Hello everyone!
This is my first time hatching as an adult! We have 24 eggs all candled for cracks, and set in the incubator 2-13-26 night! These are eggs collected from our hens and save a week at 60° in a carton, wide end up, with the date collected and starting weight (and the number egg) written in pencil. Our flock is 5 hens: 2 Dorking hens, 2 white rock, and one barred rock. There is a dorking roo and a white rock/barnyard mix roo. (Aka Mr. Chicken, the Hero).
We have 12 eggs laid by dorkings, 8 by the white rocks and 4 by the barred.
(Sorry, I forgot to note which numbers we t to which hen layer, but when I candle next I'll try to note it)
We tend to think food names are fun here, Choco (chocolate) and Mocha being current members, and "crop-pot" being a particularly aggressive roo that was destined for the dinner table. But if you are overcome with the need for something else, cutie type names are also ok, we have 3 girls lol, "Cutey, Whitey, Mrs. Puzzled, Cream, and Backster (named by the 3 yr boy) are all the other names.
I am new to incubation myself, as well as this incubator. I am attempting to keep the humidity around 45 and the temp at 37.5 C, but of course there are rises and dips. Still trying to figure out the best way to keep the humidity stable, it seems all or nothing. The incubator has the various sized channels, but no external resevoir. Just a couple Tbsp in 1 channel seems to keep it at 50% until it's gone. A slice of damp sponge has been the latest attempt, and seems to be doing well.
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This is my first time hatching as an adult! We have 24 eggs all candled for cracks, and set in the incubator 2-13-26 night! These are eggs collected from our hens and save a week at 60° in a carton, wide end up, with the date collected and starting weight (and the number egg) written in pencil. Our flock is 5 hens: 2 Dorking hens, 2 white rock, and one barred rock. There is a dorking roo and a white rock/barnyard mix roo. (Aka Mr. Chicken, the Hero).
We have 12 eggs laid by dorkings, 8 by the white rocks and 4 by the barred.
(Sorry, I forgot to note which numbers we t to which hen layer, but when I candle next I'll try to note it)
We tend to think food names are fun here, Choco (chocolate) and Mocha being current members, and "crop-pot" being a particularly aggressive roo that was destined for the dinner table. But if you are overcome with the need for something else, cutie type names are also ok, we have 3 girls lol, "Cutey, Whitey, Mrs. Puzzled, Cream, and Backster (named by the 3 yr boy) are all the other names.
I am new to incubation myself, as well as this incubator. I am attempting to keep the humidity around 45 and the temp at 37.5 C, but of course there are rises and dips. Still trying to figure out the best way to keep the humidity stable, it seems all or nothing. The incubator has the various sized channels, but no external resevoir. Just a couple Tbsp in 1 channel seems to keep it at 50% until it's gone. A slice of damp sponge has been the latest attempt, and seems to be doing well.
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5. Martha Washington (candy) by @BoundlessLove
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9. Toffee @Sefirothe
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Martha Washington Candy for #5 it is! (I believe thats a white rock hen egg)
