Simulated Natural Nest Incubation~Experiment #1 So it begins....

[foxvalleyfarm]

OMG!!!!!!!!! It has begun!!!!!!! I was passing by the hatcher and found this.

He's resting now.

 

[TexasLisa]

OMG!!!!!!!!! It has begun!!!!!!! I was passing by the hatcher and found this.

He's resting now.

 

[Beekissed]

Maybe use your feather filled pad that you used before?

It's TOO thick. Right now I'm using my little fencing arch that I used when the other chick was hatching...it elevates the pad off the eggs a little and allows a little more airflow there and it seems to have done the trick as it's down to 99.5 now. We'll see if that changes when ambient temps cool tonight or if this is going to be the new norm in the nest.

 

[aussie pete]

Pete, can you take a moment to tell me about your hatching humidity? Do you just wait for that first chick to hatch and let the humidity naturally take care of it'self? I find that when I boost my humidity, the thermostat seems to go wonky and I have to keep cutting it back. Last night, I boosted it to 45% in anticipation of hatch, and had to cut the thermostat back. If I can leave it at 45%, at least I won't be facing 3 days of temp hassles, perhaps only having to closely monitor after they start hatching. This time, the bio load is much higher in the incubator. 26 compared to 5 the last time.

i set incubator at 45% humidity ,leave it there all the way thru
yesterday after first chic hatched humidity jumped to 67 % ,this morning have 5 chics hatched out humidity is up to 80%

hope this helps

cheers Pete

 

[aussie pete]

foxvallleyfarm love yr eggs markings , nearly as erratic as mine lol
its hard to hold torch ,candle, pencil & mark air cell with out dropping either the egg ,torch or both

if that line ,90degrees across the air cell line is where u marked largest area of air cell for pip ,it looks like u got it spot on, for egg 19 thats externally piped

 

[foxvalleyfarm]

foxvallleyfarm love yr eggs markings , nearly as erratic as mine lol
its hard to hold torch ,candle, pencil & mark air cell with out dropping either the egg ,torch or both

if that line ,90degrees across the air cell line is where u marked largest area of air cell for pip ,it looks like u got it spot on, for egg 19 thats externally piped

Yep it's hard to do alone. And thank you.

We now have 2 hatching. The green one just started!!

 

[foxvalleyfarm]

We are up to 4. One pipped a vein but dh was there to help now it's good

 

[Beekissed]

i set incubator at 45% humidity ,leave it there all the way thru
yesterday after first chic hatched humidity jumped to 67 % ,this morning have 5 chics hatched out humidity is up to 80%

hope this helps

cheers Pete

That's amazing! And I'm so glad to hear it and I'm counting on this fact to humidify my hatch.

foxvallleyfarm love yr eggs markings , nearly as erratic as mine lol
its hard to hold torch ,candle, pencil & mark air cell with out dropping either the egg ,torch or both

if that line ,90degrees across the air cell line is where u marked largest area of air cell for pip ,it looks like u got it spot on, for egg 19 thats externally piped

That's what I'm having trouble with too...that pencil, flashlight and egg juggle to mark the air cell. Mine looks like a 5 yr old has done them.

We are up to 4. One pipped a vein but dh was there to help now it's good

We need PICS of these PIPS! And what happened with the vein pip? Bleed out? What did you do?

 

[Lacy Blues]

Yep it's hard to do alone. And thank you.

We now have 2 hatching. The green one just started!!

Maybe I'm color blind but I don't see a green one. I'll take your word for it though.

We are up to 4. One pipped a vein but dh was there to help now it's good

I've had eggs look like they pipped a vein as it made a little blood spot right there. How does one help this?

 

[foxvalleyfarm]

Maybe I'm color blind but I don't see a green one.  I'll take your word for it though. 

I've had eggs look like they pipped a vein as it made a little blood spot right there.  How does one help this?

It said it was still bleeding and there is a light green in there

That's amazing!  And I'm so glad to hear it and I'm counting on this fact to humidify my hatch. 


That's what I'm having trouble with too...that pencil, flashlight and egg juggle to mark the air cell.  Mine looks like a 5 yr old has done them.


  We need PICS of these PIPS!  And what happened with the vein pip?  Bleed out?  What did you do? 

He put flour on it till it stopped and make sure it could breathe. Im at work so pics will have to wait