The 6th Annual BYC Easter Hatch-a-long!

[bantambury]

You should list your LG on craigslist asap.
Especially if its a digital model 9300 or 10300.

is that model bad or something?

 

[ronott1]

Here are the dead chicks

. I do (almost) everything by the books! Except for candling...

They are late quitters--they did not absorb yolk so died sometime after lockdown.

Look it up in the analyzer to see what you can do in the future:

 

[bamadude]

is that model bad or something?

Imho...u would be better off sitting on the eggs.
Terrible design flaws with the clear plastic sensor. When the sensor moves...the temp spikes.
There is absolutely no way you can use scientific reasoning for problem solving when your incubator is the variable.
I would sell it and buy a gqf 1588.

 

[Happy Chooks]

Trouble with temps: 3 diff thermometers give 3 diff temps! Ugh which one to believe?

Egg-o-meter from incubator warehouse read on the high side last year. Kind of glitchy this year. (On my 3rd battery if that was the issue)
Cheap digital one from China read about 1 degree low last year. Might be reading up to 3.5 degrees low this time.
Finally got a Brinsea Spot check (yesterday) & used it to set up my back up incubator/ hatcher.

With all those issues, the eggs seem to have developed & I saw some rocking eggs Tues night.

I put them into lockdown yesterday - a day early - because of the movement. I seem to be having problems getting the humidity up to 75%. Using a pan of water, 3 sponges, & 2 dishtowels, the highest I have gotten it is 64%, but most of the time it's about 60%. What is the range of hatching humidity?

I fear my fan might be too strong. Should I turn off the fan & use it as a still air?

I like mine between 55-65%. So you are good.

 

[bantambury]

i kept my humidity at 50 until lockdown...and two hydrometers say something different. one 60, another 75...is this ok? im worried the babies will drown...

 

[bamadude]

We're there any sultans in the area? I've had chicks that looked exactly like that when I had a sultan roo with my polish hens.....

I cant navigate well with this phone....
Can you look on my wife's pics on her page?
1kluckychik is her screen name.
We bought the father as a white houdan. I hope he is a sultan though.

 

[bantambury]

i have rockers! hopefully pips soon

 

[Peep-Chicken]

You should list your LG on craigslist asap.
Especially if its a digital model 9300 or 10300.

They are late quitters--they did not absorb yolk so died sometime after lockdown.

Look it up in the analyzer to see what you can do in the future:

[ATTACHMENT=682]HatchabilityProblemanalysis.pdf (1,708k. pdf file)[/ATTACHMENT]

Thanks you two.

 

[ronott1]

Thanks you two.

I agree with Bama--it was likely the incubator that caused it.

 

[bamadude]

i have rockers! hopefully pips soon

That is one of the female polish