Setting the week of August 22 (or so... ) Everyone join!! You know you want to!

[knightie]

I'm up to 3 pips.... we'll see what we have in the morning

 

[swindledana]

Are you going to help the tapping guy at all?Make a tiny pip hole...how long has he been tapping?Good Hatch.!

My last one didn't make it. I made a pip hole for it but I guess it just gave up.

 

[Roxannemc]

My last one didn't make it. I made a pip hole for it but I guess it just gave up.

Oh thats too bad Sorry.
.Must have had some problem he just couldnt get himself out.

 

[Roxannemc]

Okay everyone you will be amazed today is day 21 for my EE on shipped eggs from DMrippy. She sent 15. I dropped one, down to 14 gave all 14 to the EE and hope for the best at day 18 candled removed 2 clears, gave back 12 eggs, one that looked ifie, went out a few minutes ago, momma hen off nest with babies under her in small brooder run. She is a first time mom and drum roll please..........she hatched all 12 within on day 21. These babies are hefty and soild, nice babies. Best shipped hatch I've ever had.

This is just such a cute photo.

 

[Roxannemc]

That makes me feel better - I really really tried to be as educated and careful as possible with the 13 shipped eggs I had shipped from Maryland to California- everything temps humidity etc. seemed pretty spot on -and I still only hatched one. Hatching eggs is humbling, and hatching shipped eggs is bordering on masochistic

Shipped eggs ...true!Hahaha

 

[chicksooner]

That makes me feel better - I really really tried to be as educated and careful as possible with the 13 shipped eggs I had shipped from Maryland to California- everything temps humidity etc. seemed pretty spot on -and I still only hatched one. Hatching eggs is humbling, and hatching shipped eggs is bordering on masochistic

So true!

 

[Roxannemc]

I only had 3 out of 8 hatch and two have already died, so no more hatching for me.  Way too expensive & shipped eggs are working out for me

Sorry for you dissapointing hatch.I know you are mad andso sad. but dont ge2t totally discouraged .I didnt get one chick my first 2 hatches.Shipped eggs.Felt so sad first time and mad second but dry hatched second snd think i killed what would have hatched.My suggedtion is get some local eggs.Temp is so critical. To kerp mp and humifity morr stable put in 15 - 20eggs not 6 like i did first 2 hatches.You will have an easier time Temp 99.5 and try and keep it there or between 98.8 and 100.3.I didnt think i had a draft but putting the bator in my closet worked well.Try your humidity at 42-45.and 70-75 at the last 4 days.See if you arent sucessful.

 

[wahmommy]

Sorry for you dissapointing hatch.I know you are mad andso sad. but dont ge2t totally discouraged .I didnt get one chick my first 2 hatches.Shipped eggs.Felt so sad first time and mad second but dry hatched second snd think i killed what would have hatched.My suggedtion is get some local eggs.Temp is so critical. To kerp mp and humifity morr stable put in 15 - 20eggs not 6 like i did first 2 hatches.You will have an easier time Temp 99.5 and try and keep it there or between 98.8 and 100.3.I didnt think i had a draft but putting the bator in my closet worked well.Try your humidity at 42-45.and 70-75 at the last 4 days.See if you arent sucessful.

Also, you can put heat sinks in the incubator...Keeps the temps from fluctuating too much. Some people put clean rocks in the wells for heat sinks. I used some small sealed jars full of water.

 

[wahmommy]

Hi all - just wanted to say I had a fantastic time hatching with all of you. I've learned so much from these forums, and then to have our own thread for hatching support has been fantastic. I was thinking this morning before I started this grand experiment that In less than a month I've learned:

how to calibrate several different thermometers and hygrometers to make sure they are accurate
how to clean and sanitize a borrowed incubator
how to do dry incubation
how to make a heat sink
how to weigh eggs
how to calculate egg weight loss
how to candle eggs
how to stress out over eggs
how to make little corrals in the incubator to separate different eggs so I can tell which chick hatched from which egg (note to self, make little fences higher when hatching marans as they like to jump fences...
how to recognize a blood ring
how to open an incubator during lockdown using the shower technique (bring it into the bathroom with shower running to make sure humidity higher than inside incubator)
I'm sure

I feel like I just had a crash course or something..

 

[Roxannemc]

Hi all - just wanted to say I had a fantastic time hatching with all of you. I've learned so much from these forums, and then to have our own thread for hatching support has been fantastic. I was thinking this morning before I started this grand experiment that In less than a month I've learned:

how to calibrate several different thermometers and hygrometers to make sure they are accurate
how to clean and sanitize a borrowed incubator
how to do dry incubation
how to make a heat sink
how to weigh eggs
how to calculate egg weight loss
how to candle eggs
how to stress out over eggs
how to make little corrals in the incubator to separate different eggs so I can tell which chick hatched from which egg (note to self, make little fences higher when hatching marans as they like to jump fences...
how to recognize a blood ring
how to open an incubator during lockdown using the shower technique (bring it into the bathroom with shower running to make sure humidity higher than inside incubator)
I'm sure

I feel like I just had a crash course or something..

Wow when you put it that way....We need diplomas in hatch!! WAs fun. What makes it even more addicting.... the company