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

[bantambury]

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 put a keurig coffee container in there full of water. seems to work better than putting water in the troughs IMO

edited to add **EMPTY containers

 

[Cynthia12]

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?

I know a few folks that stop turning even sooner, a few days sooner, and have great hatches. If you need to have them with the others, go for it.

 

[bantambury]

my eggs are moving around in their turner. teasing me. OH MY GOODNESS IT WILL BE A LONG LAST 3 DAYS

 

[ronott1]

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

She said it is a strawberry basket and has vents in the top and the bottom.

I have hatched in those for the past two years and the did just fine. Adding foam shelf liner in the bottom helps though.

 

[campingshaws]

My first-time broody is doing well with her five eggs. I think she'll stick.

Broody folk: how do you check the eggs without pestering the hen. Impossible? Is lifting the hen the same as lifting the bator lid? I want to monitor her hatching babies, but I don't want to fiddle her to death. Just walk away and let Nature handle it?

 

[Peep-Chicken]

my eggs are moving around in their turner. teasing me. OH MY GOODNESS IT WILL BE A LONG LAST 3 DAYS

Lucky you! I can't even be home till three today!

 

[SimplyLogan]

Locked down my eggs this morning. Pulled another 8 clears for a total of 14 that had not developed at all. Total of 28 on lock down.

Is it wrong that I am already planning to load up the incubator again?

OMG,,,,,, that thought crossed my head as I collected eggs this morning...

 

[Junibutt]

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

It will be fine.

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

I had the same issue and my wife said, why don't you cut 1 inch off the bottom. I don't know why I did not think of that but thats what I will be doing.

 

[RedIII]

Holy Cow!!  My incubator is at work, so I coudln't watch it all night.  I came in this morning to 13 (!!!!) chicks out, 1 more zipped, and 5 more pipped!!!!  Happy birthday, little ones! 

Wow! Congrats!

I'm now up to 4 hatched and one zipping. And the rest should hatch by Thursday/Friday.

Yay!

Locked down my eggs this morning.  Pulled another 8 clears for a total of 14 that had not developed at all.  Total of 28 on lock down.

Is it wrong that I am already planning to load up the incubator again?

If it's wrong, I'm not sure I want to be right

 

[Mama Bay]

It will be fine.

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

Thanks! I have 6 in that container. I put a styrofoam egg carton top with holes poked through down the middidle sandwiched between eggs in cartons and the strawberry container hoping to get some separation between breeds...