The 10th Annual BYC Easter Hatch-a-long!!!!!

[Happy Chooks]

Who doesn't want to see ducklings? Time to set eggs!

call duck and other bantam ducks: 26 days to hatch; set March 25th​

 

[AlishaRichard]

Question. I turned my incubator on today to make sure it would work. It has been on for a few hours. So my question is how do I get the humidity down? I have no water in the incubator and right now its at 65%. I live in Louisiana so we have high humidity here. I know to add water to get it up but I'm not sure on how to get in down. Its a still air incubator. Thanks

I am in Florida and have bad humidity issues. I used rice in a cup. Also, silica packets from medication bottles work well too.

 

[cppeace]

Yeah rice generally helps. Dry hatch in humid areas. Also, Give it time. Humidity takes longer to adjust than temp.

 

[Peep_Show]

I would divide them for sure! I have used tomato container for keeping chicks separated

Ditto above. I use the smaller plastic grape tomato/berry boxes for just one or two eggs I want to keep separate. Helpful hint: Put a paper towel in the bottom as the slick plastic is a recipe for splayed legs.

 

[ronott1]

I use shelf liner in the bottom. Most stores like walmart sells it

 

[pennyJo1960]

That is why I am following always used broody growing up as old lady learning lots new things

 

[Chicksnmind]

I wished I had planned this better. Day 21 on my first attempt at incubation will be March 29& 30. Will it mess up the hatch if put a few new eggs in there? Or would the humidity be too high for new eggs?

 

[ronott1]

I wished I had planned this better. Day 21 on my first attempt at incubation will be March 29& 30. Will it mess up the hatch if put a few new eggs in there? Or would the humidity be too high for new eggs?

The extra humidity for a couple of days will be fine.

 

[bauerdog]

Getting excited....my eggs should be shipping out today or tomorrow for the HAL

 

[cppeace]

My eggs too