She said/He said Who's right? Who's wrong? No one!

[mixedUPturk]

You never know what will happen today! Sounds like you had a great hatch and you met your goal!! So here's a , cus I really wanted to do this but I know it makes your skin crawl!
Here's my experience, and I didn't weigh. When I set peafowl eggs in July, my AH was high and I couldn't get it to go below 50-60% inside the incubator, even running dry. It was a couple days before lockdown and I was not happy with the air cells, they were just a bit too small for my liking. So I bought that moisture control charcoal/carbon mixture at the dollar store (I tried rice and un-popped popcorn and it did nothing). I put a small cup in the incubator and my humidity went down to 20-25%. I ran that way for 4-5 days and lockdown late. The air cells looked perfect by the late lockdown. And all hatched except one egg.

Thank you so much Ruby! I knew i had read sumthin to that effect here! I have alota carbon for my fish tank, and i know if its safe for the sensitive lil fish who have to swim in it all the time, then its pretty safe for anything else. Hummmmm...

 

[scflock]

Nothing yet but the eggs are rocking around on there own. When I candled yesterday I saw some shadows up above the air cell line I drew but it didn't look like an internal pip, it was more round like maybe the top of a head? Maybe they were getting ready to pip? It's been killing me not to be able to candle!

I'm sorry megan, but somewhere in the last few days I've lost track of your hatch. Didn't you lock down the day before me? Were these chickens or ducks? If you are delayed by a couple of days, it sounds like your temps are low

 

[Cockatrice6420]

I would love to get some ameraucanas but the cost of the international quarantine is too high for me.

Where are you located?

 

[scflock]

I really wanted to do this

but I know it makes your skin crawl!

 

[mixedUPturk]

   
I didn't do the misting, so I can't give any experience there, sorry.  But I have to ask... Today is day 24?  I thought these were pekin mixes?  Why wait till Friday to lockdown?  Friday should be hatch day, right?  What am I missing, or am I just having a blonde moment.... 

I am already expeciting to lock down late because of the aircells, ur not blonde, i am certifiably nuts lol and my irrational brain is tryn to make sense of this :-/

 

[scflock]

Where are you located?

At the end of the Yellow Brick Road

 

[RubyNala97]

Thank you so much Ruby! I knew i had read sumthin to that effect here! I have alota carbon for my fish tank, and i know if its safe for the sensitive lil fish who have to swim in it all the time, then its pretty safe for anything else. Hummmmm...

Try a cup of it in there and see what happens. You can also buy silica at craft stores. I've never tried that but that should work too. Let me know what happens.

I'm sorry megan, but somewhere in the last few days I've lost track of your hatch. Didn't you lock down the day before me? Were these chickens or ducks? If you are delayed by a couple of days, it sounds like your temps are low

Yes, she's delayed. Day 23 at 1 o'clock today. As of last night, no action but the eggs were rocking.

 

[WalnutHill]

This is the correct answer


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Yes, it's my baby. I love throwing parades, but there is a reason the bar is high. If it were easy, we would be having parades every week, and they wouldn't be special any more. I would love as much as anyone to hatch one parade batch, then sit back and gloat for the rest of the year like some people

, but I'm hatching every few weeks, so bad things are going to happen.
I don't think this batch is going to produce a parade either, but I am very happy with the results. I have 15 in the brooder this morning, so this is my best marans hatch yet. All of the large brown eggs with the small air cells hatched, so I learned a lot from this batch. The Davis eggs hatching points more towards the genetics of Tate's original flock as the source of my earlier issues. I won't be incubating those eggs any more. I have several cockerels coming up that hatched from those dark eggs, and 2 of them are developing nicely. I should have several more from this batch, too, so I'm hoping to get at least one rooster that can take Tate's place in the BCM pen. Tate will be given a flock of Ams next spring.
The incubator is still running, but there are no pips in the remaining light eggs. What I thought was a pip on #16 was a piece of shell from another egg. If there are no pips when I get home tonight, I will shut it down and probably won't be hatching any more until the Ams start laying some normal sized eggs, probably in December
So, no 2015 parade for me, but I finished the year with 30 marans chicks, which was my original goal, so I'm happy

Reaching your goal is worthy of a parade.

I wanted to hatch at least 6 of my project poults, but I only ended up with 3. One is an Oregon Gray (yahoo! unexpected) and Baby may be as well. The other is a Bronze but will still provide the physical genetics I want. Just getting past the physical challenges of this cross was a success!

 

[RubyNala97]

I am already expeciting to lock down late because of the aircells, ur not blonde, i am certifiably nuts lol and my irrational brain is tryn to make sense of this :-/

I'm almost starting day 19 on this one egg and I haven't locked down yet. As long as you have no pips and air cells look small you're ok to go late.

 

[mixedUPturk]

Try a cup of it in there and see what happens. You can also buy silica at craft stores. I've never tried that but that should work too. Let me know what happens.
Yes, she's delayed. Day 23 at 1 o'clock today. As of last night, no action but the eggs were rocking.

I will! Thank you!