September Hatch-A-Long

[BuffsAndReds]

Help!!! I have a smelly egg. This is my first hatch. I candled them on day 13 and all was well but I opened the bator this morning(day 17) to turn the eggs and one smells.
Also do I lock down the morning of the 18th day or the evening?

 

[Peep_Show]

Take out the smelly egg NOW!

If you don't you may risk an egg explosion which will contaminate all other eggs and your incubator.


Smelly egg = dead egg + bacterial growth



Lockdown on the evening of your 18th day.

 

[BuffsAndReds]

Thank you! I found the smelly egg and got it out.
I have 16 that I can see moving. I have 3 that are dark green and can only see the air bubble. Can't wait to for them to hatch!!!

 

[Peep_Show]

Keep us posted and don't forget the fuzzy chick pics in a couple of days!

 

[BuffsAndReds]

Sense it is my first hatch, I'm sure there will be lots of pics. I hope the rest of them make it.
I'm so nervous and praying that I'm doing everything right. I keep reading everything over and over just to make sure and then ask just to make sure again. My husband thinks I'm crazy. All I do is read about chicks and chickens. Lol I'm already addicted!!

 

[purplesquirrel]

Haha join the club...and you did!

 

[Peep_Show]

Day 20: The first one hatched early and .... It's a GIRL!!!!!

AND it's the lone Easter Egger (CCL x RIR) egg.

I popped in this afternoon to do a humidity check and saw that a CCL egg had pipped and was making noise. I had to go run some errands and when I got back (about 3 hours later) the CCL egg was still pipped, but there was this chipmunky one banging about the incubator. (over-achiever hadn't even pipped when I left)

 

[Jewls819]

Well I just set another 12 Cream Legbar eggs. Hopefully this will add numbers to the other three hatched last Saturday! Wish me luck!!

 

[BuffsAndReds]

Congratulations!! She's sooo cute!

 

[BuffsAndReds]

I have a questions about keeping the humidity up during lockdown. I know the humidity needs to be between 60% & 70%. I will be trying for 65%.
I see some use a sponge to help bring the humidity up and I've noticed that I've had to keep adding water a lot over the past few weeks. So what does everyone do to add water during lockdown?