Should I buy eggs or wait it out?

[mortie]

TN I would advise you to have your temps stabilized for 24 hours before you out any eggs in. It gives you some opportunity to notice any idiosyncrasies your bator might have and to just get the feel of it. There is really nothing worse than checking your bator and thinking you have fried your babies. I ran mine for 2-3 days before I put the eggs in just to be sure. Incubating is fun and rewarding as long as nothing awful happens, I am looking g forward yo seeing your babies!!

 

[lindz8504]

Get ready for a bunch of pictures. They are from my cell phone and the chickens weren't all that cooperative. I definitely want opinions on pullets/cockerels on the little ones.

 

[lindz8504]

 

[TNchickmom]

Keep pouring on the advice ladies! I've had my incubator running since last night and plan on setting them this evening or tomorrow morning. My temps are steady at 102. Should I try to drop it or leave it? I've read it is safe up to 103

 

[TNchickmom]

Lindz what are those black ones? I've got some like that and not sure what they are.

 

[lindz8504]

They are just mixes out of my flock. I had a Blue Am. Rooster and a Black copper maran roo over my golden comets and Easter Eggers. That's what all the babies are...... I can usually figure out which is the dad based on feathered legs or muffs..... I also try to keep up with what egg they come out of but it does not always happen.

 

[lindz8504]

TNCHICKMOM I would probably try to drop it a couple of degrees. 99-100 is optimal and where I tried to keep mine.

 

[mortie]

Depends on if it's still air or forced air. Still airs should be at 102 depending on where your thermometer probe is. It should be 102 at the top of the eggs. looking for 101-102 in a still air.

Forced air should be about 99.5.

 

[lindz8504]

Oh yea.... mine was a forced air...... and we all know I didn't have great luck with it anyway.

 

[mortie]

I read waaaaaaay too much on the subject when I was hatching my girls. Waaaaaaaaaaaaaay too much