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

[Cynthia12]

It's a strawberry container so it has holes around the bottom edges and top edges. The styrofoam egg cartons are cut out on the bottom. Is that enough?

I wanted to put in another container to separate breeds but the other container was a little taller and was touching the heating element

Take that top off.. at least I would. :/

 

[Cynthia12]

For goodness sakes, no need to wait till next years hatch a long to start incubating.

Nope!

 

[Cynthia12]

It will be fine.

Taking the top off would defeat the purpose--chicks would jump out.

Really ron? Man, that just scares me to look at it like that. What about the oxygen in there for them?

 

[bantambury]

so day 18 is today for the eggs i set the 14th...does this mean seramas go on lockdown too if they were set the 16th?

and i set another egg the 15th, so it on day 17 now...would it be ok just to move it to lockdown too?

 

[SoManyHats]

Try to drop by 1 degree. What do you have for a thermostat?

It's a water heater thermostat.

 

[calientepocket]

I have a question about upping the humidity. I tried just adding more water to the bottom of the incubator, however, it never seems to get above about 47%. Does anyone have other methods they have used??

 

[chicken pickin]

We


We have a welsummer roo, and a bunch of dual purpose hens. This is the first time we have done meat birds with our own eggs. We have no idea how this will go.

Do you plan to put the males in the freezer and sell the females? Or are they all for eating purposes.

We put almost all our males we hatch in the freezer on occasion older hens.

 

[AmyLynn2374]

I have a question about upping the humidity. I tried just adding more water to the bottom of the incubator, however, it never seems to get above about 47%. Does anyone have other methods they have used??

I use wet sponges in mine.

 

[Cynthia12]

I have a question about upping the humidity. I tried just adding more water to the bottom of the incubator, however, it never seems to get above about 47%. Does anyone have other methods they have used??

I love a sponge, a new one. Or, a new wash cloth. Some don't mind using a clean one. Be careful not to get any condensation on the windows. Too high then.

 

[SoManyHats]

I have a question about upping the humidity. I tried just adding more water to the bottom of the incubator, however, it never seems to get above about 47%. Does anyone have other methods they have used??

More surface area of water vs. just more water. I lay a wash cloth over the bottom of my bator (homemade cooler bater) with the edge in a long flat container. I put water in that container and it is soaked up and distributed over a large surface by the washcloth. I can keep my humidity around 60/65 that way if the cloth isn't over saturated.