setting eggs 6/27/12! Hatch-a-long? CHART included

[baconskatiedid]

Well everything is back to normal! Locked it down??????

These are the guinea eggs!

 

[heatherscreations1969]

Thanks everyone

I will stop worrying about my temp now I have it stuck on 38.1 C and not gonna mess with it again

I hope everyones hatch goes well

*hugs* Heather x

 

[debir1966]

Hello everyone! I had joined another incubating thread but it is not being posted to much and since I am incubating turkey eggs I am going to be about a week behind everyone else LOL. I put them in the bator on the 20th, so that should put my hatch day very close to everyone here

I actually hadn't planned to incubate any eggs, but my Dad showed up with a surprise of 22 turkey eggs and my Moms old Brower incubator! I read as much as I could before putting them in but was worried about them just sitting out LOL. Two of the eggs were cracked so we have 20 in the bator.

I have been having fun with keeping the humidity steady, but have decided to be happy with anything between 20 and 50! I am a little worried about lock-down so I am planning on having spritzer of sorts on hand incase, though how I am going to spritz the eggs is beyond me if I can't open the bator, it only has tiny holes in the top for ventilation!

I am going to try and candle the eggs this weekend, which should be day 12 for the eggs. I don't even know if they were fertile, though the friend that my Dad got them from assured him they were. I hope so LOL, I don't have a turner so I have been hand turning them 3 or 5 times a day!

This is my first time incubating and have not been around anyone doing it since I was a kid and my Mom used this same incubator! But that has been many years ago and the most I remember is an egg expoding on occassion and the cute little chicks hatching.

IF, and that is a big if LOL, I ever decide to do more I am going to get an automatic turner so I do not have to be a slave to the bator again, as well as doing some modifications to the Brower like adding a fan, etc.

Here is a pic when I first put the eggs in:



And here I have moved the water to under the wire, added a rag and wet socks to help get the humidity up, and finally gotten my new thermometer/humidity reader. I have dropped down to one wet sock as having two was keeping the humidity over 50%, with one we are between 30-40%


Hope you all don't mind

 

[bloonskiller911]

my eggs are all sitting out and ready. 41 barnyard mixes to go in tonight when i get home from work around 11 pm. good luck everyone!!!

this is my fourth hatch this year. i think i may be addicted

 

[Backwoodsnanny]

Just set my eggs a few minutes ago waiting now for temp and humidity to stabilize again I also am brand new to this so am glad to join others who have done many hatches . Will be checking this often to see how everyone is doing

 

[bloonskiller911]

there are lots of great threads on here. i read up on a few before i started. what kind of incubator and turner do you have? or do you have a turner?

 

[chippie]

I have a forced air LG no Turner too expensive and this is my last hatch...then I will sell my incubator. Its been great very stable temps and humidity my problem bad shipping...

 

[bloonskiller911]

I have a forced air LG no Turner too expensive and this is my last hatch...then I will sell my incubator. Its been great very stable temps and humidity my problem bad shipping...

so sorry to hear that mine is an LG still air with turner. and i love it!! it is actually a woman that i work with but she wanted chicks and i want to try hatching eggs so she has let me use it the last 4 months. really think i'm going to have to buy my own.

what's went on with your shipping?? i always let my eggs sit at least 24 hours, pointy side down in an egg carton, even when i only get them from my grandpa's about 3 miles down the road.

 

[bloonskiller911]

Hello everyone! I had joined another incubating thread but it is not being posted to much and since I am incubating turkey eggs I am going to be about a week behind everyone else LOL. I put them in the bator on the 20th, so that should put my hatch day very close to everyone here

I actually hadn't planned to incubate any eggs, but my Dad showed up with a surprise of 22 turkey eggs and my Moms old Brower incubator! I read as much as I could before putting them in but was worried about them just sitting out LOL. Two of the eggs were cracked so we have 20 in the bator.

I have been having fun with keeping the humidity steady, but have decided to be happy with anything between 20 and 50! I am a little worried about lock-down so I am planning on having spritzer of sorts on hand incase, though how I am going to spritz the eggs is beyond me if I can't open the bator, it only has tiny holes in the top for ventilation!

I am going to try and candle the eggs this weekend, which should be day 12 for the eggs. I don't even know if they were fertile, though the friend that my Dad got them from assured him they were. I hope so LOL, I don't have a turner so I have been hand turning them 3 or 5 times a day!

This is my first time incubating and have not been around anyone doing it since I was a kid and my Mom used this same incubator! But that has been many years ago and the most I remember is an egg expoding on occassion and the cute little chicks hatching.

IF, and that is a big if LOL, I ever decide to do more I am going to get an automatic turner so I do not have to be a slave to the bator again, as well as doing some modifications to the Brower like adding a fan, etc.

Here is a pic when I first put the eggs in:



And here I have moved the water to under the wire, added a rag and wet socks to help get the humidity up, and finally gotten my new thermometer/humidity reader. I have dropped down to one wet sock as having two was keeping the humidity over 50%, with one we are between 30-40%


Hope you all don't mind

LOVE THE SOCKS!!!!

 

[Roxannemc]

Im here too!.... and on another thread also on hatching..Mine have been in the bator 5 days now..My second hatch try but had no chicks last hatch .This will be my winner!!(Think POSITIVE)I also have Orp eggs but Lavenders.
I have 7 in but this only 4 could hatch other 2 look clear and one looks like its doesnt have much of a dark spot at 4 days so not too positve about it either.

Brown eggs are hard to candle and see veins.I only see 1/2 the egg is dark on some and think i saw an edge area move a little
Maybe just something floating in the whites though. HOpe somebody is home on some this time!!