SET EGGS JUNE 23 ANYONE WITH ME?

[Pyrates4Poultry]

How exciting! Good luck everyone!

 

[Roxannemc]

Mine was at 80 yesterday, but it's dropped since then. Depending on what and where you read about it, everyone has a different idea of where humidity should be during lock down. The incubating for dummies book I bought says 75-80 for a better hatch rate, but the instructions that came with the incubator says 60-70...who knows, I mean, the variance can't be that huge of a deal; mommy chickens don't exactly keep a hydrometer in their nests with them, right?
I'm still between 68-70 right now. I'm hoping it holds there for the next few days...wouldn't you know the past 2 weeks have been awful, humid, damp mucky day and all of a sudden (when I need the mugginess) we get a striking reprieve from it all!
For the first, and only time in my life in saying "bring back the humidity!!" lol

It is confusing...I had mine at 65-70 but now brought it up to 75- ish figure go in the middle
Thing is if its too dry they shrink wrap but Too wet they drowned.....Cant win!!!
Someone told me dont let the temp get over 100Mine went to 100.2 and so i ajusted then it takes 2 hours to get it steady..Went to 98.2 for a short time
.If i dont stop i will kill them messing around.Now its at 99.1 scared to do a thing or i will be up all night.Too me thats close enough IF it stays! Come on babies.... Mamas waiting!!

Im going to get some more of these tomorrow well order some.Have ppl who want chicks. Then have some BBS orps coming after the 14th.Hope i can co ordinate to get them started the same day or i will need another bator.Need one anyway i guess.So this hatch willbe followed closely by 2 more ...

 

[Roxannemc]

we have had dry weather unusual for us in summer. and now its a little humid.Not much though Just stay like this 2 more days no big flux!

 

[lareynadenada]

How exciting! Good luck everyone!

Waiting,,,,,,,,,,,,,lockdown tomorrow, keep fingers crossed, have had several temp spikes

 

[Mandymooligan]

I am a little late chiming in but I have about 30 silkie eggs due to hatch tomorrow that I set on June 23rd.

 

[ChickSter99]

I just posted on the other thread "Setting on June 20th". I have 7 (3 Golden Polish and 3 Cochin) babies out of 20 so far. I still have one pipping. 3 Jerseys, 2 silkies, and 8 Golden Polish that aren't doing anything but they are actually due today.

Would ya'll suggest separating the new babies that I put in this morning with the babies that were put in there yesterday? I'm asking that because the babies today want to sleep and the babies from yesterday want to explore and peck. One of my Cochins is a big crybaby and if one of the others comes near it screaming to the top of it's little lungs.

 

[WRVgirl]

I HAVE A PIP!

I woke up to a little hole near the top of one of my eggs. Enough force to knock off the thermometer....and it's NOT one of the eggs I saw movement in!!1

Hooray!!!!!

How long should it take for the chick to hatch once the air hole it set. The egg isn't moving at all so I'm torn between excitement and terror!

 

[WRVgirl]

 

[ChickSter99]

I HAVE A PIP!

I woke up to a little hole near the top of one of my eggs. Enough force to knock off the thermometer....and it's NOT one of the eggs I saw movement in!!1

Hooray!!!!!

How long should it take for the chick to hatch once the air hole it set. The egg isn't moving at all so I'm torn between excitement and terror!

Some of mine took over 12 hours! No joke! I woke up this morning to some that pipped yesterday morning, but didn't hatch until sometime during the night. Had to be after 3am. Kids fell asleep watching them. My oldest said it was around 3am when he just couldn't take it any more. lol

 

[srd5757]

WRVgirl- Congratulations!!! How exciting that it's one you weren't sure about to pip first!
From what I read it could still be 12, even up to 24 hours. After they pip they rest, their lungs adjust to regular air, and I'm sure lots of other stuff too. So let him have a good rest and hopefully he'll zip soon! Then I guess most are hatched completely within 2 hours of zipping, most... always gotta be the lil bugger that confuses us!

p.s. -- not sure why I refer to all baby chicks as male...