Setting Eggs Sept. 24th-Oct. 4th-Last Hatch of the Year. Anyone care to join me?

[Texasmja]

I wondered about water temp. I read somewhere when adding water, that it should be lukewarm...but hot makes more sense when you have a humidity problem already.

If you need the humidity up fast, hot water will do the trick.

 

[1stTimeChikMama]

OMG OMG OMG!!! I am crazy early but out of paranoia of reading and me thinking I might have done EVERYTHING wrong and my eggs would never even start to grow (I'm on day 4 as of 7pm, yes, down to the hour), I broke down and did an instant candle inside the incubator without touching the eggs. AND OMG!!! I see veins and little pink blobs inside EVERY EGG!!!!! All 11!!! I know it's super early to be excited and a billion things could go wrong after this but... YAY! I guess I'm doing okay so far!

And shipped eggs at that!!!

I am just stunned as I really didn't expect to see anything!!! Off to sit in awe of the little miracles on my counter...

Ni ni everyone

 

[MarineCorpFarmr]

Just got word from my buddy I've had at least a dozen hatch off today I can't wait to get them in the morning!

 

[1stTimeChikMama]

I love my Hovabator genesis so much that I don't even put in a thermometer or hygrometer ... I just fill the middle trough till lockdown then fill the middle two for lockdown....I never open the bator till lockdown
I have a funnel and tube in the top that I run through the vent hole to fill up the troughs when needed...
I will candle mine on Friday at lockdown but last I checked all 11 are developing...

I'm loving mine too!!! I can't fill the middle trough though or my humidity will be way too high (I just put 2 tbsp. in the littlest square and it stays at about 35-40%) but it's working wonders!!! I have 3 hygrometers/thermometers in mine though, out of me just being too **** nosy

 

[1stTimeChikMama]

Just got word from my buddy I've had at least a dozen hatch off today I can't wait to get them in the morning!

YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[1stTimeChikMama]

On day 13 I believe candled and down to 9 eggs, one of my serama eggs has what looks like 2 bouncing embryos/chicks inside
So I'm down to 7 showgirls and 2 serama eggs I've upped the temp from 99.5 to a safe 100.0 F

2 chicks inside huh? I've seen a relative of mine help a double chick/egg hatch out once. It was amazing and they both lived! Best of luck!

 

[Brookhavens]

OMG OMG OMG!!! I am crazy early but out of paranoia of reading and me thinking I might have done EVERYTHING wrong and my eggs would never even start to grow (I'm on day 4 as of 7pm, yes, down to the hour), I broke down and did an instant candle inside the incubator without touching the eggs. AND OMG!!! I see veins and little pink blobs inside EVERY EGG!!!!! All 11!!! I know it's super early to be excited and a billion things could go wrong after this but... YAY! I guess I'm doing okay so far!

And shipped eggs at that!!!

I am just stunned as I really didn't expect to see anything!!! Off to sit in awe of the little miracles on my counter...

Ni ni everyone

SO happy for you!!!!

 

[Brookhavens]

Just got word from my buddy I've had at least a dozen hatch off today I can't wait to get them in the morning!

Congrats!!!

 

[MarineCorpFarmr]

Thanks

Culled the 2 banty eggs and the 7 turkey eggs tonight. @ 6 days, zero growth in them. The others however are veining out and even with the light on my cell i could pick out the dark embryos in the yoke. Turkey eggs going in the fridge until i can AI my hen.

 

[LakeBird]

I have 5 bouncing baby chicks developing, so happy (shipped eggs). 10 more days until they are due!

just found this thread... I set 4 of my own pullet mixed eggs on Sept 22. (SLW hen with a Blue Splash Wheaten Americana Roo) hope they hatch.the eggs are small...

I was suposed to be finished...but I also just set 2 BCM eggs, 1 RIR, 4 or 5 EE... i lost count.. I set these just the other day... I know I am out of the date parameters... but I am going to follow along for support...lol Nice to see you all again...

Welcome! The more the merrier!

Oh I had the opposite problem. I drowned 5 of my chicks during the last hatch

. Here in Florida, humidity is t really a problem. I have heard of someone wrapping the bator with a towel (round the sides) which helped both temp and humidity control

I drowned one chick in my last hatch because I used a small bowl of water to increase humidity too

I now throw in wet paper towels.

I'm in Oregon..and we have gone more than 100 days without rain...so humidity is really low. Course, I'm sure once these guys hatch the winter rains will start and we will be flooding for the next 4 months! LOL

Hey there my southern neighbor! No rain here either

My lawn has turned a lovely shade of blonde!