Thread formerly known as Hatch day is today

[stillmecle]

There's a pill for that.

But I don't do drugs anymore. HA HA

 

[stillmecle]

I would just try to keep the humidity at 35-40% then. Set your other incubator up a day or so before lockdown, and use it to hatch with. Day 18 for chickens, 25 for the geese and ducks.

So put all the eggs in the hova bator first then move to the LG right before lockdown? I have always kept my humidity around 70-75% during incubation, and then up to 80-85% at lockdown for my duckies. Had good luck

 

[QuackerJackFarms]

Maris AKA: "Monster". You can have this one SM.

 

[QuackerJackFarms]

 

[stillmecle]

Maris AKA: "Monster". You can have this one SM.

Bring her up. She looks like a little tomboy. Is she? I can teach her alot of stuff to do to mommy.

 

[stillmecle]

Nothing here QJ. What did you mean to say?

 

[70%cocoa]

Ok People- "Quote" this and add to the list. Here's what I have so far.

QJ
3 Light Sussex (Jan 27th-ish)
4 Blue Laced Red Wyandottes (Jan. 27th-ish)

Julie
12 Calls (Feb. 6th-ish)
2 African Geese (Feb. 1st-ish)
Quail (Always)

Critter
3 Buff Orps
Silkies
D'Uccles (all due Saturday)

JZ
13 Surprise Mix Cochins (Jan. 23rd)
5 Blue Laced Jersey Giants (Jan. 24th)
12 Iowa Blues (Jan 27th)
16 Light Bahmas (Jan 27th)
13 WHF Lav Orps (Feb 1)

70%
5 Swedish ducks (7th February) - about the same as Julie's Calls!

Iain I'm sorry to hear about your ducky

I've been working on my pen, Gonna put up a pic in a sec.

 

[QuackerJackFarms]

Mine are supposed to go nighty night at 8. Little monster usually stays up with momma until 10 or so though, that way she sleeps later in the morning and the baby can have some momma time then.

OMG I just posted my Monster. How funny. I'm getting ready to put them down now. This is such an ordeal.

 

[QuackerJackFarms]

Nothing here QJ. What did you mean to say?

I double posted, so I tried to erase it. I'm having all kinds of little glichy problems.

 

[JulieNKC]

So put all the eggs in the hova bator first then move to the LG right before lockdown? I have always kept my humidity around 70-75% during incubation, and then up to 80-85% at lockdown for my duckies. Had good luck

I think that high might drown the chicken's.

Keep it around 40ish, then after day 18 the chickens will be in the lg so bump it up to 55-60 until lockdown. Mine's ar 65 right now because I have quail due to hatch, but it's usually about 35-45. I don't have chicken eggs in there though. I never added any water to chicken eggs until lockdown, but the only time I incubated them myself was summer when relative humidity was 45% or higher. The air's a lot drier in winter with the furnace, so I add enough to keep it at 40.