Set my very first eggs today (due March 24th) - need a hatching buddy!

[Bec]

Well, I guess we can just wait and see how it goes! I am REALLY hoping everything is ok. I am trying to to look every 10 minutes but I am so paranoid about temp spikes!

I am hoping that the little tiny egg is a Serama, that would be so cool! I just love them!

 

[fordmommy]

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If this is true, then the first 5 days of incubation were almost 4 degrees too low - and my humidity 10% too high.

I'm going to

I'll

with you.

Hopefully it will just mean that your date of hatch will be a little later.

 

[easttxchick]

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If this is true, then the first 5 days of incubation were almost 4 degrees too low - and my humidity 10% too high.

I'm going to

Don't panic yet techno(although I'm a great one to talk-I have been panicking myself)-we candle in a few days so that will tell us a lot. Hopefully we'll get good results from that!

 

[Bec]

I am keeping good thoughts for you! I bet everything is fine

 

[Daidohead]

If it makes you feel any better Technodoll the mercury type thermometers are the most accurate if the numbers were put on right (and most are). They have been used for over a hundred years, I wouldn't be too worried if I were you.

 

[Happy Chooks]

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That's why I have 3 thermometers!

I have 1 digital (oregon scientific) and the mercury one that roughly read the same. Then I have this cheapy, but new digital I bought, and it looks like it's about 3 degrees off.

Did you calibrate the hygrometers? They are all typically off, but if you calibrate them you know how much they are off. My digital is off 7 and my cheapy digital is off 3 on the hygrometer part.

Here's how to calibrate:
http://exoticpets.about.com/od/herpresources/ss/hygrometer.htm

And here's how you can calibrate your mercury one to see if it's correct.
http://www.ehow.com/how_4526037_calibrate-a-thermometer.html

Mother nature's not perfect either, so they may hatch a bit late, but I'm sure they'll still do okay.

 

[Happy Chooks]

I'm on Day 4 now, so nothing exciting going on yet. I've had to make some minor adjustments to the bator, but that's it. I can't wait to candle.

 

[technodoll]

Well I emptied all the water out of the 'bator, digital temp now reads 100.4F (matches the mercury thermometer), humidity is reading 30% on the digital hygrometer and 38% on the cheapy needle hygrometer.

It would be nice if I knew WHAT was going on in there, LOL!

I'll candle the eggs in a few days and we'll see if I get any babies out of 30 eggs...

KEEP ON TRUCKIN' PEEPS!

 

[fordmommy]

I had to empty out all the water in mine in the beginning too. I was just following the directions by putting the water in to start with. Glad I emptied the water out too. Everything is more stable now.

I ended up candling today. I had 8 BLRW eggs and out of them only 3 were good. 2 were MAYBE fertile and 3 were not even fertile.

Those I had ordered.

Then I checked the 7 Blue Marans I have. Only one was bad there.

I got those 2 breeds from the same person. Don't think I'll be eggs eggs from there again.

All the others were good except 1 Bobwhite quiter.

But I'm glad I got what I got right now.

 

[ilovebuffs]

Ok...I added 24 BLRW eggs last night...which makes me nervous

This is going to be my first staggered hatch. I have 19 due on the 17th and these will be due on the 28th. Since I do a dry incubation, I'm hoping the high humidity at lockdown for the first group won't hurt the second group. Has anyone had any experience with staggered hatches?