Woohoo! Congrats on your first egg @Bukrub66
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I'm down to 11 out of 21 in the bator - including the cracked eggs which is still going but the aircell is looking large. Going to lockdown Wednesday evening and .
Hello. I'm new to this thread and need your advice. I'll be getting some SFH hatching eggs in a couple of weeks. The eggs will be shipped. This is my 1st time hatching and I'll be using a Brinsea Mini Advance. (I know. Bad idea to attempt a 1st hatch using expensive hatching eggs!)
1. Should I incubate the eggs in an upright position and if so, for how long before laying them flat?
2. I've heard that humidity needs to be lower for SFH than for other breeds. Is this true? I'm not sure how to make an adjustment on the Mini Advance, as it has a water reservoir with only two options (fill 1 or both sides).
3. IF ANY eggs hatch, I'll use non-medicated feed. Is 24% protein chick starter best for SFH chicks? American Livestock Breeds Conservancy recommends 26-28% game bird starter ration for heritage breeds (from hatch to 8 weeks of age), but I wasn't sure if this would be appropriate for SFH.
Any other advice? I'm so excited, but trying not to get my hopes up in case nothing hatches.
3 and 4 look like boys to me, and every chick looks beautiful.
Hi there!...Things are not going well for my first attempt at hatching shipped SFH eggs. I received 9 shipped eggs of which 2 had saddled air cells and 6 had detached air cells. After 10 days of incubation, only 1 egg is developing. I kept the incubator dry for the first 9 days (approx 20-25% relative humidity), and the 1 viable egg appears to have lost too much weight (approx 7% of its weight). It looks like a 14-day air cell rather than a 9-day air cell, so I bumped the humidity up to 60% in hopes that this will greatly slow the rate of moisture loss. Is this the correct approach?
First Egg!!!! Went out to the coop to let the chickens into the run, and there on the ground was an egg. Must of been laid right before dark as I didn't see it when I locked them in last night. They were hatched on October 17 and we have been anxiously looking for 2 weeks. Now if the other 3 would get on it. It's so tiny.
I'm down to 11 out of 21 in the bator - including the cracked eggs which is still going but the aircell is looking large. Going to lockdown Wednesday evening and.