SET EGGS JUNE 23 ANYONE WITH ME?

[clcarpen251]

OOOOOh... I was wondering how I was going to clean out my bator - thanks for the advice!
After 23 days, I still had only 1 beautiful barnevelder baby out of 12 eggs. I said I wouldn't, but think I'm ordering some more eggs today. LOL

 

[baconskatiedid]

I'm only on my 2nd hatch with an incubator (homemade from a styrofoam cooler)

I used a bleach/water solution, just wiped everything down with cloth, and rinsed. It didn't get too messy because I had lined the bottom with paper towels, coffee filters, and I even had some paper plates in it!

My first hatch I was having trouble keeping humidity up in the styrofoam bator, and clean up wasn't easy. I put a trash bag along the bottom to help hold water better and clean up is so easy. This hatch I had 2 eggs that were oozing, and it was nasty! I am glad I can pick it all up on plastic and toss it. Cant imagine what it would do if it soaked in to the styrofoam??

 

[Connies Chicks]

I was down to my last two of this hatch one hatched and when I went to move the other it exploded and the chick had completely formed.

 

[srd5757]

Connie, so was the last one alive??? How many days was it? Quite overdue right?

 

[B J Hopkins]

I've missed 295 post!! My PC crashed and I was w/out access for 11 days.

Eggs purchased from neighbor & in incubator hatched June 23rd - 7: 1 pure white w/fuzzy legs, 2 Light Brahma, 2 Buff Orphington, 1 black chick-unknown breed, 1 grey Cochin mix.

My turkey that was sitting on chicken eggs: Last Monday I thought I heard cheeping under her. Lifted her in front and still saw eggs. But later in the day saw our 6mo old rooster running like crazy w/something in his beak. At first thought it was a mouse, but was the chick I thought I'd heard. Chick had hatched but turkey left nest and didn't keep chick warm. Rooster stole it and baby died. I took the remaining 3 eggs and put in brooder. 2 Black Cochin mix & 1 Grey Cochin mix hatched next day.

Eggs in incubator & under Broody hen hatched on the 12th. Have a total of 9 chicks & Momma hen has them all and is very protective.

2 Broody BO's in shed each sitting on 5 eggs are due to hatch the 21st, and duck sitting on 3 chicken eggs due to hatch on 30th

Tossed my incubator. Each batch of eggs has hatched less than 40%. No more hatching this year unless a hen goes broody!! Next year will get a good incubator.

I've gone from my original number of 8 chickens to over 70 now in 3 1/2 yrs. Right now I've over 50 babies age 6mo down to 1 week.

 

[Connies Chicks]

Connie, so was the last one alive??? How many days was it? Quite overdue right?

It was not alive. It was acutally officially due the next day. I think my humidity was too high never know who to listen to on this stuff. I guess I am still learning and have to try and hope it works. I am going to lower the humidity. It shows 55-60 for the first 18 days then 80-85 on the last 3 days. But that is the only one that exploded. At least I had a 50% hatch rate on my first hatch.

 

[Stephanie739]

It was not alive. It was acutally officially due the next day. I think my humidity was too high never know who to listen to on this stuff. I guess I am still learning and have to try and hope it works. I am going to lower the humidity. It shows 55-60 for the first 18 days then 80-85 on the last 3 days. But that is the only one that exploded. At least I had a 50% hatch rate on my first hatch.

I'm having good success with humidity around 35%-45% until day 15...I start increasing it around day 15 (50%, 55%, 60% etc) and by lock down, I like it to be at least 70%.

 

[Connies Chicks]

Thanks the batch that goes on lockdown on the 20th don't look too good I think the temp in my still air incubator is not like it should be.

 

[B J Hopkins]

This is Gracie and some of her 9 chicks. The youngest of them will be 1 wk old Friday the 20th.

 

[B J Hopkins]

These are all incubator chicks. There were 8 babies, but one didn't make it past the first week. I believe I posted pictures when they were first hatched; they are now 3 wks old.The older Cochin mix is about a month older than the younger chicks, but is acting as the mother to them. The 2nd pic has all 7 babies + the older Cochin mix.