September Hatch-A-Long!

[doodleluver]

Hi All tomorrow is lockdown for us. Its our first time doing this and I didnt realize I had a broken thermometer/hydrometer till today. Got a new one and realized my temps are running low @ 97.8 all seem to be alive with tonights candling humidity is at 73% . Should I up my temps or continue with the same. Its a still air bator. I have never touched the temp but then again i thought it was reading correct. HELP! Thanks!

 

[naightengale]

day 15 here i have a few wigglers!! what day do eggs normally start to shake?? how soon could i expect a pip??

 

[Heidisgran]

day 15 here i have a few wigglers!! what day do eggs normally start to shake?? how soon could i expect a pip??

could be a few more days

 

[sbrown]

So I believe I have a situation. I have 12 eggs due on the 12 however my kids were so kind to put additional eggs in the bator and I don't know when. Sigh what would be the best way to determine due dates

Had to read your post again. Thats a good question. Not sure how you would know? Candle and leave till they hatch?

 

[Heidisgran]

Hi All tomorrow is lockdown for us. Its our first time doing this and I didnt realize I had a broken thermometer/hydrometer till today. Got a new one and realized my temps are running low @ 97.8 all seem to be alive with tonights candling humidity is at 73% . Should I up my temps or continue with the same. Its a still air bator. I have never touched the temp but then again i thought it was reading correct. HELP! Thanks!

up it....expect they could hatch a day or so later than expected due to low temp incubation

 

[Heidisgran]

Is there a proper "area" of the egg where a chick pips? Just thought of this because I think one of mine has piped in a weird spot (1/4 from the top).

that sounds normal.....how is it going did it hatch?

 

[Heidisgran]

So I checked my temps for my bator and my eggs were at 110f degrees for probably close to an hour! Will that definetly kill them???

how far along are they

 

[katie1500]

that sounds normal.....how is it going did it hatch?

Not yet, pip was at around 1PM and still hasnt started to zip yet. Humidity is good and so is temp. I can hear a few chirps coming from there now but I am just patiently waiting.

 

[Heidisgran]

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maybe in the night or sometime tomorrow!!

 

[sbrown]

I ended up with 16 chicks out of 31 eggs that were set. So about 51%. Thats what I actually set. What kinda of hatch rates do some of you get? Not what you made it to lockdown with and then hatched, but actually eggs set vs eggs hatched. I went ahead and candled the rest a few minutes ago and they were no good. Surprisingly, the external light on my Samsung S3 does a great job. Do any of you notice a correlation between viable eggs being less as the laying season goes on? In other words are you hatches better in early spring when they haven't been laying all summer? Just curious. I don't think Im doing anything wrong with temp or humidity. I have not had any crippled or deformed chicks and all that hatch seem to be very healthy each time.