The 7th Annual BYC Easter Hatch-A-Long!

[Peachickie]

Gooooooooooood morning!!


I went out and took some pictures of my newly hatched faverolles. Enjoy!

These are too adorable!

 

[Chickenluver106]

My incubator spiked to 110 last night what do I do

 

[Sally Sunshine]

Gooooooooooood morning!!


I went out and took some pictures of my newly hatched faverolles. Enjoy!

 

[Sally Sunshine]

My incubator spiked to 110 last night what do I do

High Temperatures
High temperatures in an incubator are an entirely different matter. Injury or death depends on how hot it gets and how long it is hot. Hot temperatures for brief periods usually cause no problem. But sustained higher temperatures allow the entire interior of the egg to become hot and that is when injury and death occurs. And if it is an older embryo, it is generating heat and this makes overheating even quicker.

There are no black and white limits with overheating. Years ago I lost all the eggs in an incubator when it was 105 degrees for six hours. But on another occasion, I had no losses when the incubator was 102 for four hours. An interior temperature of 103 almost guarantees death.

What To Do When You Discover Your Hot Incubator
Immediately cool the eggs with water. If you have lots of eggs, spray with a garden sprayer or hose. If you have just a few eggs, dunk each egg in cool, not cold, water. Blow air over the eggs to more quickly cool them. Each time the egg dries, wet it again. Remember that as you cool the eggs, the shell will cool faster than the interior - but it is the embryo in the interior that must be cooled. Therefore, you want to cool the shell lower than the ideal temperature. And as I described above, don't be afraid of cooling them too much as temperatures below ideal will not be a problem.

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If you have an infrared thermometer, I would cool the shell to 80-85 degrees. If you do not have a thermometer, hold it against your eye lid. Once it feels slightly cool, put it back in the incubator and turn it on (assuming you have fixed the problem in your incubator!).

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[Sally Sunshine]

What is the maximum and minimum range of temp I can go before killing the chicks? post #12473

 

[TJordan]

Can someone refresh my memory what do you run for humidity for chick eggs, regular, not maran or anything fancy

Many people do different. I run mine 40-45% the first 18 days and try to get it around 60% for lockdown.

 

[TJordan]

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Good news the power is back on and all my eggs are safely back in the incubator.
Big sigh of relief

m so glad

 

[caeti21]

Im hoping my quail eggs come in today so i can get them set tomorrow ,apparently there was an issue with shipping

 

[Sally Sunshine]

Mike and I opened this thread up for the APRIL HAL a while!
Its RANDOM posting!

“Share Helpful Backyard Poultry TIPS”​

A Random Posting Contest Thread!​

https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/...ringing-in-the-chicks-april-hatch-a-long-2016​

"Springing in the Chicks"
Hosted by Mike & Sally​

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DIY FAKE EGG by Pdjidesigner​

POST POST POST to WIN!​

Share any type of Helpful Tips, Inventions, Ideas, Money Saving Tips, that relate to ANY AREA of Fowl Keeping, Incubation, Etc. that may be useful and help someone else!​

If the idea was not your own, please credit the idea’s originator with a link or tag!​

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Shelving DIY Brooders by, cmom​

DONATIONS NEEDED FOR CONTESTS! ​

No item too small! We can always have smaller items for 2nd /3rd places!​

Hatching Egg Donations, Fowl items new/used in good shape, BYC GFM's, Amazon Gift Cert, BYC Certs, etc all great items to donate! What some of us do is purchase an item from Amazon and send it directly to the winner, just make sure they have plenty of the item in stock, example chicken rooster fowl mugs are always cool!you​

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NEW COOL CONTESTS!​

“Share a Laugh” Random Posting Thread OPEN!!!​

https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/1085520/share-a-laugh-a-random-posting-contest-thread-2016-springing-in-the-chicks-april-hatch-a-long​

“Share Helpful BYC TIPS” Random Posting Thread OPEN!!​

https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/1086457/share-helpful-backyard-poultry-tips-a-random-posting-thread-springing-in-the-chicks-april-hatch-a-long-2016​

Chick Mug Shots​

Selfies with Fowl​

Fowl drawing Contest​

 

[TJordan]

Im hoping my quail eggs come in today so i can get them set tomorrow ,apparently there was an issue with shipping

Wishing you luck