The 4th Annual BYC Easter Hatch-a-long

[Mumsy]

Our first night went great with the eggs in the incubator

my temp high and low on my accurite both says 99 and humidity between 19-24%. Hoping the rest of incubation will go this smoothly! I'm planning for humidity to drop well below that though since right now is so wet outside, but from what many of you say just not worrying about the humidity is best so I may stick with that. Hope everyone else who have already set their eggs is having good luck so far

You are my hatching buddy! I am doing dry hatch in my LG the first week. Humidity stayed at 52% for eight hours. Raining outside. I'm not turning yet so all I did this morning is shift and turn the cartons. The humidity is settling at 40%. I'm not going to worry about it because I had 100% hatch in this bator doing it this way in the past. I don't expect 100% hatch with shipped eggs that travelled this far but I do count on some making it to hatch. Go eggs!!!

 

[Mumsy]

Why do you put X and O if they're in cartons? Will you be laying them on their side after the three days, or just tilting the cartons?

I hand turn each individual egg. Yep. I lay them on their side in the carton. I can hand turn a couple dozen eggs in under a minute. I don't just rotate them from x to o. I shift their location in the carton. I use a meat probe thermometer to check temp in every corner. Shifting the eggs location moves them to different hot and cooler spots. My LG is still air.

 

[Sally Sunshine]

I need some help please! https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/...spy-mucus-sneezing-help-with-treatment-please

 

[Arielle]

Quote: If a baby can grow AND hatch upside down, then I'm thinking a slightly elongated shape should be ok. THe very round eggs do have me perplexed.

 

[rarebear]

Hi, I am setting 40 eggs on Saturday. This will be my fourth hatch using shipped eggs. I also have a LG, one with a turner. The other does not have one. I use it for lock down. My first 2 hatches, last year were pretty good with about 50% hatch. A few weeks ago I lost 40 eggs with only one that hatched. There were 2 issues. Three dozen of the eggs never started or were infertile and many were rottten so they got pulled early on. I was sick. I am interested in the dry hatch method. I see you one of you are maintaining 40% humidity..is that correct? I guess my question is do you add any water whatsoever to the incubator? Also what humidity level do you use for lock down?

 

[chiques chicks]

If a baby can grow AND hatch upside down, then I'm thinking a slightly elongated shape should be ok. THe very round eggs do have me perplexed.

I gently roll the egg on the floor. Normally tells me small end (try it with a paper cup if it doesn't make sense). You can also candle and look for the air cell, assuming it isn't loose.

 

[tadpole98]

Quote: I have no clue, sunday or saturday, im just setting when all y'all peeps start saying you've set.

i still havent got the call!! It still says its going to get here today, must be on the afternoon bus.

 

[Arielle]

Good to know!! Worth setting then!!

 

[Cynthia12]

The other night when we were talking about things being stolen I had just realized the cover on my porch light was gone. A few minutes ago I heard someone run off of the porch and when I looked out a man was standing at the end of the drive with 2 boys. I reached for the door knob and about that time I see the man pointing at the house with a stern look on his face and he was saying something to them. They turned towards the house, so I opened the door quick and scared the crap out of them. I think I scared the dad too. They told me they took the cover and pointed at the bench. They apologized and then the dad told me, that they had been playing ball on their porch and broke the one there, so they decided since mine was very similar, they'd replaced it. He said while looking at them "WITH A STOLEN ONE!!" He said they played it off by saying they had changed the light bulb and when he went to put the cover on, it was to small. He said it took a couple of days of being grounded to get them to tell where they got it from. So my ugly cover is back. LOL

I love this! What a great dad!! Glad you got your ugly cover back..did you clean the bugs out?

 

[Arielle]

Quote: I like the rolling on the floor techinique-- on the floor it's harder to roll off the table. Even with the elongated eggs , at least with these, I can see the blunt end and the pointy end. I think the concern here is most recommendations are to set only the typical egg chape and not the unusual. Certainly, if there is a genetic component to the shape, the typical shape will be favored and become the dominant shape.

I just was curious whether it was a hatching issue or a preferred egg shape issue.