quixieotic
Hatching
- May 9, 2025
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Hi everyone! This is my first post on this forum! I'm hatching a couple of Swedish Blues, and it's currently day 22! I just candled them and they are all moving pretty well, have strong veins and large air cells, and are pressed up against the air cells! One or two of the ducks even look like they could be practising pipping -- not too sure though, it's really hard to make out if that was the beak, the wing, the leg...etc...
Either way, I am working with a forced air incubator with the temperature constantly around 99.5-100 and humidity around 50-55%. I have also done daily cooling (10-15 min) and misting (with warm water) starting from day 10. Stuff has been going pretty smoothly, and for humidity, I have been using two medicine cups and rotating them with warm and cool water (as the one with warm water beings to evaporate more, the cool water one eventually warms up and replaces it, keeping my humidity constant), as I prefer this method much more over the water wells in my incubator.
However, I'm a little nervous for lockdown -- this will be my first lockdown, and I'm planning on using a dishcloth sponge, as I read that they usually retain and release moisture at a slower, more stable pace. How do you guys usually do lockdown and how do you make the humidity last around 70-80% for 3 straight days? I'm so worried about the humidity going down overnight or something and shrink wrapping them.
Either way, I am working with a forced air incubator with the temperature constantly around 99.5-100 and humidity around 50-55%. I have also done daily cooling (10-15 min) and misting (with warm water) starting from day 10. Stuff has been going pretty smoothly, and for humidity, I have been using two medicine cups and rotating them with warm and cool water (as the one with warm water beings to evaporate more, the cool water one eventually warms up and replaces it, keeping my humidity constant), as I prefer this method much more over the water wells in my incubator.
However, I'm a little nervous for lockdown -- this will be my first lockdown, and I'm planning on using a dishcloth sponge, as I read that they usually retain and release moisture at a slower, more stable pace. How do you guys usually do lockdown and how do you make the humidity last around 70-80% for 3 straight days? I'm so worried about the humidity going down overnight or something and shrink wrapping them.
