The 9th Annual BYC Easter Hatchalong!

[lomine]

I also do dry incubation but for the hatch, always bring the humidity up to around 60% with great success

Oh good. Thanks!

 

[lomine]

Humidity during incubation should not go below 25%. There are places where it is so dry that humidity will go that low.

My area is very dry. When I first turned on the incubator to test it, my humidity was 13-14%. I had to up my house humidifier to 30% to get consistent readings. Even with that, I had to add a little cup some days to keep it up inside the incubator.

 

[Cynthia12]

What about the living room? lol

First quail just hatched! It’s tiny
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They are so tiny and cute, and cute and tiny!!

 

[Cynthia12]

Second one is out! Goodness, if you blink you miss them
I literally went to check my emails, came back and it was hatched!

Pop corn popping!!

 

[tjo804]

For number 1, last fall I had a red ranger hen go broody she always felt warmer than the other hens so I'm guessing she was also warmer while brooding. She hatched out 3 girls and 1 boy.
For number 2, I read somewhere that the chicks will have the size of the mother and the color of the father. No clue how true that is though.

Thank you for the info. Hmm might be cute to have some Self Blue leg horns ...

 

[Cynthia12]

I put 8 eggs into lockdown last night. I've been trying the dry hatch method for the first time so my humidity has been around 28-30% average for the duration (very dry climate). I added water last night and this morning humidity was at 60%. I know for lockdown you want to try to increase by 15%. Is a 30% increase too much?

My problem in the past was drowning chicks so I want to make sure I don't do them harm in the last 3 days. Their weight loss for day 18 ranged from 11%-19%. My guess is that since their weight loss is above "normal" they should be okay.

Sounds good to me, and how I do it.

 

[Cynthia12]

Lock downs, babies hatching every where! Including here! I now know what my legorn/Cinnamon Queen babies look like..at least these 2.... wanna guess what color? Well yes, they are white. Should be great layers.

 

[ronott1]

My area is very dry. When I first turned on the incubator to test it, my humidity was 13-14%. I had to up my house humidifier to 30% to get consistent readings. Even with that, I had to add a little cup some days to keep it up inside the incubator.

Good job!

 

[Cynthia12]

I got anther Nn. Pretty happy because I've only gotten 3 so far...well 4 now. Had one of her eggs hatch first this morning, non NN.

 

[Cynthia12]

Another white egg hatched, has black spots.