Set eggs 9/27/10 - anyone care to join?

[The Lisser]

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Sounds awesome! Hope you have a great hatch!

 

[The Lisser]

Okay, well here's the latest scoop on my incubation. I candled my eggs over the weekend and realized that my air cells were too big for day 13 - I had the humidity lower than my previous incubation based on a poor second hatch. So DH fixed the controls on our homemade bator so the humidity would be higher. What we didn't realize was the little humidifier that is in the incubator (DH bought it at Lowe's home improvement store) had malfunctioned, and was producing more heat than it should. I had checked the bator about 3 in the afternoon and all was well and by 9pm, it was too hot! Like, I am not sure exactly how much too hot, because I immediately unplugged it and took the lid off hot.

So I thought my eggs - all of them, my silkies, my neighbor's silkies, and my new d'uccle eggs were toast. Or poached. Or something. I was so upset!

DH fixed the bator (now the humidifier is on the OUTSIDE of the bator, with a tube to blow the moist air in the bator). The next morning, I candled the eggs. A couple of the silkie babies were moving!!! (day 14). I had to go to work, but when I came home I candled my neighbor's eggs - they still looked okay, but they are too early to see movement. And more of my silkie eggs looked okay!

Yesterday I candled my d'uccle eggs - some of them are developing!!!!

I'm so relieved. Lockdown is Thursday for the silkies!

 

[Jen4]

The Lisser: Wow... scary! Hopefully you all caught it in time and your hatch will do fine!

 

[trishmk]

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So glad for the warning - they went in lockdown Wednesday night and .....nothing yet. Expecting some action by tomorrow. How about you? Silkies in lockdown? No lasting problems from your incubator hiccup?

 

[Jen4]

I went on lockdown Tuesday... nothing here yet either... playing the waiting game

Cant wait to see lil fuzzy butts and get to watch chickie tv again, lol

 

[The Lisser]

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Thank you! I hope so too.

 

[The Lisser]

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Me too! I went into lockdown yesterday evening. Had to do some more MacGuvering to my hatcher since the one humidifier failed. Lowe's was out of the model that DH used to design the hatcher so I got a different one - had to use a vacuum cleaner hose to connect it to the hatcher. It's a good thing that I'm a pack rat and keep all kinds of stuff in my attic.

Can't wait to hear about everyone's hatches and DON'T FORGET TO SHARE PHOTOS!

 

[Jen4]

Well........ Nothings going on in my bator yet. I keep runnin in there and looking in the window... we are getting ready to leave to go roller skating so that will keep me busy for a few hours, lol

 

[The Lisser]

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So glad for the warning - they went in lockdown Wednesday night and .....nothing yet. Expecting some action by tomorrow. How about you? Silkies in lockdown? No lasting problems from your incubator hiccup?

Do you have any pips or peeps yet?

 

[Jen4]

I have 1 little pip... started hearing peep peeps from the eggs last night.