setting eggs on Thurs. Hatch date Feb 4th-who's with me??

[sonew123]

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Thank you! Me too-PO just called and my last eggs just came in woo-hoo..SO I will be setting tonight sheesh I better make sure I have enough room..LOL...

 

[BBK]

Hey Sonew,

Seeing how you're pretty close to me. What temps and humidity are you going for...i've been reading your thread, and you were up to 74%, isn't that too high?

I was in the 30% and added water when it got in the 20s....but I don't think my hatch is making it... lockdown is Tuesday... I don't see anything moving..
Temps through the whole thing has been 100 point (different numbers or just plain 100 degrees.)

Melinda

I have a hovabator w/air...no turner.

 

[sonew123]

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The 74% was on day 19-20-ish teh first 18 days I had it between 30-45% temps were pretty stable the whole time. My goal temps were 101 and 40% humidity until day 18 then 60-70% humidty and same temp..I think I figured out what I did besides the 24 hours the temps wouldnt get beyond 94...I accidently covered one of the 2 airholes with a washcloth-I was trying to keep humidity in and never even thought that the fresh air wasnt getting in as much as it should have:-( See every hatch I find out new things to avoid or repeat... Its all a learning curve for me--- Ill make sure with this next hatch I dont cover that vent hole:-(

 

[AmyJ]

Congrats to everyone with chicks hatching! Mine did not make it either. It died sometime after lockdown

So I am without any chicks right now. I was really looking forward to having some babies

Hopefully we will get some hatched with tihs new batch I put in. 21 of my eggs so hopefully I will get better results this time

 

[dsmoosecountry]

As soon as this hatch is over, I have nine more eggs waiting. We nicknamed our single chick Lone Ranger right now. It's in the big brooder all alone.... still waiting..........

 

[sonew123]

Right now I have 37 eggs waiting to go in and 12 more coming MOnday I hope I didnt get them in the mail today:-(

 

[Jed]

My first hatch has finished. Incubated in a homeade styrafoam bator. Started with 12 white leghorn eggs I picked up locally.

1 clear egg thrown out day 10.
1 quitter thrown out day 18.
1st pip in pm of day 20.
1st hatch am of day 21.
Final hatch pm of day 22.
1 pipped & knocked out nickel sized hole & died.
1 hatched lived for 18 hours & died.
1 fully developed & never pipped or hatched.
7 healthy & living.

The one that hatched and died 18 hours later had a growth on its bottom side. Not surprised this one passed. The final chick that hatch seems to have had splayed legs, but is doing better now. All in all I am happy with 7 hatched of 12 eggs that I started with for my first hatch.

 

[dsmoosecountry]

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Congratulaions Jed!!

This is my first time hatching as well. The ones that hatched at the end of day 22, when did they pip? I wish today wasa workday so I could keep away from the bator every 10 minutes!!

 

[NoseyChickens]

Yeah! My hatch is over! I have 5 cute little fuzzies snoozing away in the brooder. Here are my stats-

How many eggs did you start with? 8
How many were shipped-yours? all mine
How many losses to blood rings? none
How many losses to clear eggs? 3
what day they started pipping? 20
How many days until the final baby was hatched? very early morning of day 22
How many made it to the end -pipped then passed? none
How many live chicks are present and accounted for? 5

So I have 4 silkie/slikie-frizzle mixes and 1 bantam GL cochin!

Congratulations to everybody!

 

[ladeefire]

How many eggs did you start with? 14
How many were shipped-yours? my eggs
How many losses to blood rings? none
How many losses to clear eggs? none
what day they started pipping? 20
How many days until the final baby was hatched? still waiting on 1 but all of the other 12 hatched on day 21
How many made it to the end -pipped then passed? 1
How many live chicks are present and accounted for? 12