the "not-so-bad" Blue Wheaten Ameraucana Hatch of 2010

[M To The Maxx]

Good luck with your hatch! Sending good hatch vibes your way and a box to send me some of those chicks lol!

 

[Mahonri]

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Thanks Maxx, I need all the help I can get on this one.

Can't wait to see how many candle alive on the 10th!

 

[Suburban chick farmer 09]

Good luck!

 

[Mahonri]

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Thank you so much!

 

[megcpat]

Just gobbled up this entire thread - Yippy Yeahh!!!!!!!!!! Go eggs, go eggs, go, go, go.

 

[debilorrah]

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Thank you so much!

I am defintely following this one!!!

 

[Mahonri]

Well, the first drama of the hatch unfolded this evening

I have a sensitive temperature probe that I put into the IncuCubebator (the one with only 12 eggs) since yesterday afternoon it noticed that the temperature would have wide swings from 98.2 up to 101.4 and the humidity had plummeted to 20%.

It was driving me nuts as to why.

I finally figured it out. The thin plastic window on the back side had come loose, cold air had been rushing in for who knows how long.
I may not have noticed it but for the drop in humidity and the need to add more water to the little reservoirs at the bottom.

I really wanted those polish crosses to hatch as well as the GCMaran. And I had my bluest of eggs from my own girls in there as well.

Oh well, you win some, you loose some. I'm leaving them in there until candle. So much for that $90.00

I got some duct tape and taped it down along the bottom margin as well as up along the sides.
Now the temp only fluctuates from 99.4 to 100.8 a much better swing in temp. My humidity is a tad on the high side... guess I didn't need to add so much... but it's slowly going down.

We'll see what they all look like at first candle on the 10th.

 

[Mahonri]

3 hours later and I think I've got it stable right at 100. Hope it was early enough not to make a huge difference.

 

[LarryPQ]

 

[Mahonri]

Must have gotten cold last night. Family room got down to 67 degrees... so the IncuCubator was a degree cooler inside... down to 99.