Setting Eggs today!! (May 2nd) Anyone else?

[SpiritedFarm]

where in Ont are you?

 

[SpiritedFarm]

i think mine was modified along the way....and yes, mine has the bucket on top going into the container with the float.

I will confess i do not own a hygrometer. Mine has two thermostats. One (on the side closest to the door) reads the air temp, i keep this at 99.5
the second is connected to a cloth sleeve near the water container, first 18 days I run it between 82 & 86, during lockdown between 88 & 90.

I am doing my first staggered hatch right now, so i am going to purchase a hygrometer tomorrow actually, as I will need to really keep an eye on it.

I have had great success, my only complaint with mine is that there is not enough hatch room on the bottom for the amount of eggs it can incubate.

I had 7 dozen eggs layed on me (pardon the pun) by a supplier who I had purchased 4 dozen from and some of them had been a bit too old. She was very generous, but I dont have the space for all the lil fuzzbuttz to hatch. I have created a fencing system for one of the incubation trays. I will have chicks hatching on two levels. lol

I have about 36 due to hatch in 11 days and another 78 due to hatch a week later.

I should say I don't own a digital hygrometer......what do you have on yours?....btw 50% is plenty high for the first 18 days

 

[mgroza]

I have set 1 or 2 eggs a day for the last month and have many blue sumatras and americanas.I am still setting eggs.the reason i set everyday is that i only have one americana hen, but i have already got 7 chicks on the ground and more to come.

 

[need help]

I set 42 barnyard mixed eggs on the 2nd. I'm running at 99.4 and 37% humidity. This is my first time hatching. I have the incubator in my school so I can keep a constant watch on it. Good luck everyone. Oh, btw I have a hovabator 1602 with fan and turner.

 

[hokankai]

I set 8 eggs yesterday! Well, someone else is incubating for me since my family won't give me an incubator...but I'm hoping for some frizzled chicks! Good luck you guys

 

[janelle18]

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Outside of London

My incubator is now at 54%, i think it just took a couple of days to get the moisture in there. I am going to keep it at around that, maybe a little lower.

 

[SpiritedFarm]

Outside of London

My incubator is now at 54%, i think it just took a couple of days to get the moisture in there. I am going to keep it at around that, maybe a little lower.

I am jsut down the road from you, outside Chatham!

Yeah, I am trying to get mine down a tad, running at about 56% right now. But I have both vernts open

i have some wellsummers and americaunas too, in the second have of my staggered hatch. They should be another 2 weeks.

When are yours due?

 

[rgvchicks]

i also set an emu egg on the 2nd due on june 20-25 somewhere around there........also gonna get another 2 emu eggs tomorrow.... will set on the 6th.........i have "Alpha" on the bator and waiting for "Beta" and "Omega".

 

[janelle18]

I am jsut down the road from you, outside Chatham!

Yeah, I am trying to get mine down a tad, running at about 56% right now. But I have both vernts open

i have some wellsummers and americaunas too, in the second have of my staggered hatch. They should be another 2 weeks.

When are yours due?

Yay Ontario-ans ahah..

Mine should hatch the 23rd, we also ordered some chicks from frey's that we are getting on the 15th! I wanted some barred rocks

.. we had both our vents closed to get the humidity up, but now that it is i think we will open them up a bit more so it doesn't get too hot...
is it better to have it closer to 50?

 

[SpiritedFarm]

yeah, closer to 50 i think, lots of folks say even lower.

I hatched a batch of Barred Rocks two weeks ago, and I have a few in part 2 of the staggered hatch I have gong on right now.
Also Americaunas, Orphs, silkies, glw, wellsummers and some bantam cochins

gonna be a zoo around here