"Springing in the Chicks" 2016 April Hatch-a-Long Hosted by Mike & Sally

[BantyChooks]

Pitchers, pleez. 

And hi, Bubbles!   

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Howdy, Ur.
-Banti

 

[wabbit1964]

Anyone have this breed? I'd like to buy hatching eggs.









Ha ha.

 

[Ur-ur-ur-urrr]

Okay, I candled tonight. My last batch of chicken eggs I saved (hoarded) and incubated the last of the eggs our roo' fertilized before he had to depart for freezer camp. So this is hatch #3 this month for me I am saying it is looking good based on tonights candling it looks like my results are going to be closer to the results for hatch#1 and much less like my hatch#2 failure. I used my still air for hatch #2 and the thermostat or heating element was apparently slowly biting the dust and I had temp and humidity variations that played into my failure. Obviously that incubator is now off duty until I decide if I am going to buy parts and give it an upgrade or just fix it to use as a hatcher and not incubator. SO anyway of the 24 eggs I had saved and put in the bator I have 21 that are looking good! The turkey and duck eggs for May are looking like they are doing their thing, though it is my first time doing duck/turkey so I am not as familiar with that as I am with chicken incubating.

Good to hear, wabbit! Definitely don't want any repeats of #2!!!

Here's hoping all 21 make it all the way!!!!!

 

[DannBlyth]

Not sure what incubator you have but if it's a styrofoam, do you have both red vent plugs out for fresh air? What is the temperature? The higher humidity shouldn't make them pant. Are your chicks that have been hatched awhile active and moving around?

Yes it is a hovabator and it is at 99.5 should I turn it down???

 

[wabbit1964]

So most of my chicks are out of the eggs there are about 6 or seven left hard to really tell with all the action in there but there are at least 3 pipped the oldest chick is about 30 hours old the humidity is at 88 and the chicks that are out are panting and I'm freeking out what do I do??????????????????

Are they laying down panting or running around panting? If they are laying down it sounds like they are in some sort of distress... what is your temp reading?

 

[Ur-ur-ur-urrr]

Yes it is a hovabator and it is at 99.5 should I turn it down???

As long as you know your thermometers are calibrated, it's okay if you drop the temp just a bit... say .5F to start with.

 

[BantyChooks]

 

[firedragon1982]

So my husband sent me this text at work: "I thought you said there was only 1!!"

Apparently the other 3 pips popped in the last 5 hours... He said he couldn't see any more pips, but who knows. I will probably just leave them for a few more days to be sure.

 

[Laurel Meadows]

Yes it is a hovabator and it is at 99.5 should I turn it down???

You could turn it down a little to 98 if there are a lot of babies in there, but you might try tapping on the viewing window and see if they are alert and respond to the sound. If they don't, you may want to quickly remove the one(s) who are in distress if they are dry and get them to the brooder.

 

[DwayneNLiz]

No fair!!!!
Free.... Oy... ROAD TRIP!
-Banti

Anytime!! No idea where u r located but NH is pretty! Lots of lakes mountains rivers