Setting eggs tomorrow, anyone want to join?

[blzzrdqueen]

My 2 previous hatches went from standing in a turner to laying down at lockdown. First hatch I got 8 out of 12 hatched all lived, second hatch was 11 out of 12 hatched, ALL lived. So I will be taking mine out and laying them. Getting ready to go to lockdown and get the sponges wet!

Geeeezzz...now I wonder if I should have taken them out of the cartons...it's probably too late now though.

 

[blzzrdqueen]

My 2 previous hatches went from standing in a turner to laying down at lockdown. First hatch I got 8 out of 12 hatched all lived, second hatch was 11 out of 12 hatched, ALL lived. So I will be taking mine out and laying them. Getting ready to go to lockdown and get the sponges wet!

Geeeezzz...now I wonder if I should have taken them out of the cartons...it's probably too late now though.

 

[jnjmanning]

Blzzrd, you are fine, to each his own preference. Your chicks will be fine!!!! I will be watching your cam!!!

 

[jnjmanning]

Had our Easter egg hunt this morning. The chickens were finding the plastic eggs and pecking at them.....lol
Filled up my water troughs and soaked 3 sponges, got humidity up to 68%. All the eggs were full of growing chicks. Air sacs were a little smaller than I would like though. We will see what hatches!

 

[jenifern]

I've been watching my eggs for any slight wiggling. It's much harder to see into this incubator though, not seeing any movement. Still have them in cartons, but I will sacrifice a few more cartons and cut them down lower and do a quick swap today before anything tries to pip. My humidity is quite high actually. I filled the channels with water and added to sponge cloths yesterday (which already look dried out) but my humidity is average about 70% which is a touch high for my liking.

 

[jenifern]

I HAVE A PIP!!!

2 days early!!

 

[jnjmanning]

Yeahhhhhhh. So excited for you. Me on the other hand I am a nervous nellie. I put my eggs in cut down cartons to hatch and removed ALL my water. I hadent been keeping track of my air cells and they are very small. About the size of 7-14 days. My humidity had been running 30-40 all this time. So I am going to drop it today and see if I can get air cells a tad larger! Lord I am so worried!

 

[jenifern]

Yeahhhhhhh. So excited for you. Me on the other hand I am a nervous nellie. I put my eggs in cut down cartons to hatch and removed ALL my water. I hadent been keeping track of my air cells and they are very small. About the size of 7-14 days. My humidity had been running 30-40 all this time. So I am going to drop it today and see if I can get air cells a tad larger! Lord I am so worried!

I had that problem with my last hatch right closer to lock down. I reduced humidity and noticed they all got bigger quite fast.

My pipped egg is an Olive egger can't see any others pipped yet but I'm going to try and have a better look. Could have sworn I heard some peeping sounds too, but it's hard to hear over the fan noise.

 

[blzzrdqueen]

You're so lucky...I just checked mine and no pips yet, but I *think* I saw two move a little...not sure I will really see any rocking while in the carton, will I?? I keep talking to them telling them it's time to start coming out!! UHG, the wait is killing me!!!!!! I'm at 65% humidity now, with 2 jar lids and sponges and a jar full of water and a sponge and a wet wash cloth.


We took our 4 year old to a place called Liberty Ridge farms, they had a breakfast with the Easter Bunny and a egg hunt. She had a good time and breakfast was so yummy! I couldn't stop thinking about the eggs the WHOLE time we were there though!

 

[jnjmanning]

Its been a couple of hours, both vents open, all water gone and cant get humidity below 40%! At least I have them upright to give them a better chance! I candled one when I did the quick switch and no pipping into air cell yet, still have good movement, so there is hope!