Tis Time for a March 2020 Hatch-a-long!

[AusHen]

My quails have hatched over the weekend so I turned off the incubator and cleaned it ready for next week. I already miss the humming of the fan (It sits beside my bed lol)
I'm getting 2 dozen but since I'm not using the auto turner I'm debating getting another half a dozen or maybe a full dozen if I can get them to fit

 

[CluckNDoodle]

My quails have hatched over the weekend so I turned off the incubator and cleaned it ready for next week. I already miss the humming of the fan (It sits beside my bed lol)
I'm getting 2 dozen but since I'm not using the auto turner I'm debating getting another half a dozen or maybe a full dozen if I can get them to fit

lol, This is how it starts! Next thing you know, you have a chicken hatching room with 4 incubators running.

 

[Mylied]

I'm going to be basing whether or not to spray the goose eggs on how quickly the air cell is growing. I would never spray chicken eggs though, the shells are too porous and it's just not necessary so I wouldn't want to complicate it. These goose eggs were really expensive so I'm really undecided at the moment. Two of the eggs are also quite dirty so I'm also picturing this spraying washing the protection off and allowing the funk to get to the babies...

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Plain water doesn't rinse off the coating. You'd have to use soap. You could probably give those 2 a quick rinse in cool water. I find the stuff just rubs off easy. I rinsed off all my duck eggs for my feb hatch and only had 1 die late, which had an unrepaired crack.

 

[AusHen]

lol, This is how it starts! Next thing you know, you have a chicken hatching room with 4 incubators running.

We are moving later this year and I already told the hubby the next house MUST have an extra room for all the incubators I'll be buying

 

[FortCluck]

Plain water doesn't rinse off the coating. You'd have to use soap. You could probably give those 2 a quick rinse in cool water. I find the stuff just rubs off easy. I rinsed off all my duck eggs for my feb hatch and only had 1 die late, which had an unrepaired crack.

If you run them too hard after water you can remove the protective layering on the outside. You'll feel it, it's kind of slimy. I always dab them dry.

 

[Mylied]

If you run them too hard after water you can remove the protective layering on the outside. You'll feel it, it's kind of slimy. I always dab them dry.

I just rub the dirt off with my finger. I don't rub them dry. Yeah, their coating is weird feeling. Through me off when I first got ducks.

 

[Muscovy Wunda]

The breeder I first ordered duck eggs from said she mists twice a day, but she never does the cooling part. She hatches 100s of ducklings at atime so I'm following her method. I only have one egg left, but lets seehow I go

 

[Muscovy Wunda]

Also, you can use a wet cloth to gently remove the dirt, no scrubbing, just a light spray and wipe

 

[FortCluck]

I'm going to candle the questionable eggs tonight. Hopefully they won't be questionable after tonight.

 

[gmjarvi]

I'm going to candle the questionable eggs tonight. Hopefully they won't be questionable after tonight.

I'm doing the same!