Setting eggs tomorrow! Advice?

[The Golden Egg5]

Hello!
I am setting 16 eggs tomorrow from my own chickens. I just plugged in the incubator and it is currently stabilizing. This is my second ever hatch and I’m super excited! The chicks will be going to the farm that I work at after they have hatched. Any advice is greatly appreciated and I will be posting lots of pictures!

 

[The Golden Egg5]

The eggs are in!!

 

[ChocolateMouse]

Use about 3 thermometers that are calibrated to check the temp. You never know when one's gonna be off.
Don't be afraid to pull hatched chicks after lockdown if they're dry and bumping other eggs around. Just keep some hot and wet paper towels or a warm spray bottle near by. Either put in the paper towels or give the incubator a light mist and the humidity will come right back up.

 

[The Golden Egg5]

Use about 3 thermometers that are calibrated to check the temp. You never know when one's gonna be off.
Don't be afraid to pull hatched chicks after lockdown if they're dry and bumping other eggs around. Just keep some hot and wet paper towels or a warm spray bottle near by. Either put in the paper towels or give the incubator a light mist and the humidity will come right back up.

Thank you! I have 3 thermometers. I just hadn’t added them in yet in the picture I’m so excited! I just don’t know how I am going to cope with not being able to meet these little guys for 3 weeks!!

 

[UThobbyfarmer]

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The eggs are in!!

They look great. Let the waiting begin.

 

[The Golden Egg5]

So, I actually ended up setting 20 eggs. As I would go out to the coop yesterday, I would grab an egg that looked perfect and I could stick it in the incubator. I couldn’t help my self

 

[The Golden Egg5]

I just candled, and 12 were definitely developing. I couldn’t tell in the others. So far so good!

 

[The Golden Egg5]

13 eggs are looking very good. I candles this morning and traced the air cells. They were doing little flips and dance moves in their shells! Today is day 7. What do you guys think about the air cell size? I have barely added any water so far, and the humidity has stayed around 30%.

 

[UThobbyfarmer]

It's difficult to tell from this angle. But air cells seem ok. Can you get a picture holding an egg or two upright?

 

[aart]

Cells look OK...best to trace them before setting for comparison.
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