WHAT YA GOT SWAP Chat Thread

[mrheinz77]

Thanks for the advice. I've read to drop the temp a little. I'll try 100. I can't have any worse luck. I've also read that the increase in humidity can kill them too. I haven't had a good hatch since the beginning of October. I'm hoping Beth jumps in too since she has good luck with the dry incubation.

 

[BHep]

I keep my incubation temp at 99.8-100*. No water, so whatever is in the air, it is 17% right now, earlier in the week it was 34% due to a rainy day.
My hatcher is my Brinsea , 100* humidity 55%.
I have trouble with these wonky air cell I get with shipped eggs . Almost "c" shaped.

I get them consistently. Some hatch some don't, some pip and die. I cannot figure out what to do. I have an auto turner, so I rotate the eggs around to try to even it out. Doesn't always work.
I have been having some crappy hatches myself.... lots of loose air cells or just a bunch of bubbles. Then the wonky air cells. *sigh*
I will be shutting my incubator down after the New Years Hatch..... I hope

I will try

At least until March.

 

[mshuey1]

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Jim,

Maybe your hatcher is too low and they are drowning instead of cooking the rest of the way. I never have mine that low ever. Mine is always about 100 incubating and hatching. I have great luck with my incubator. Just a thought. But this is what I do and have success.

Hope you have better success.

I too have good results at 99.5-100. Sorry about all the little ones u lost hope this helps.

 

[UncleTommy]

I don't know about going totally dry, my eggs always seem to lose too much moisture if I don't atleast toss in a splash of water every so often..but not that I've hatch that much or on the scale that others here hatch.

 

[Stuck in the Coop]

Happy Thanksgiving Swappers! Hope everyone had a great time. I'm heading off to our local Walmart to laugh at the idiots out shopping at 10pm...oh wait, I'm one of them

 

[itsiebitsiefarm]

Everyone has their preference. I'm a Hovabator Queen. I also have the best hatch rates, using the dry incubation method. I used to be a slave to my bators. Freaking out, with every humidity fluctuation. Now, I just set, and forget. Only checking them once a day, to see if anyone has hatched, and glance at the temps. My humidity levels stay around 35% naturally, since I live in Florida. I keep my temps set at 100. For me, using this method, gives me FAR better hatch rates, than the old days, when I kept my humidity around 40-50.

 

[coldupnorth]

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Happy Thanksgiving Everyone! I always go Black Friday shopping with my sister, but we can't get together this evening; but I guess I'll be one of the idiots up early in the morning. We always go just to have fun and stay away from the crazy if we can

Have quail hatching today from Jenlyn - they are a couple days late, but are hatching nonetheless. So tiny and fiesty!

 

[tazcat70]

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We always get really dry here in the winter, what is your humidity outside? Could they not have enough moisture and can't turn in the egg?

I agree that 100 is a good temp. If I am over 99 and under 101 I am happy.

 

[mrheinz77]

Thanks again for all the responses. I've been adding some water to the incubator but not trying to keep it 40-50%. Its been running 25-30%.

 

[emvickrey]

I keep my temps between 99 and 100 and humidity between 45 and 50% during incubation. My hatcher is 100.3 and 55% when I put the eggs in it. The temp and humidity rises when they pip. I have good hatches. Sometimes they die in the hatcher. That usually happens when I have closely staggered hatches and dont' have time to clean the hatcher between lock downs.