Who is with me?

[countrybum]

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I do not fill the remaining resevoirs, I just use the bowl. Everytime I raised the humidity, I had problems. Now without doing so the little boogers are hatching left and right. I will post a picture of what I am using and all my babies when I get back in from the Barn.

 

[riqui1]

nhnanna - Thank you very much for that idea!! That's a good one and another one that never would have occurred to me!!

I love how you guys all call it lockdown. The thing is, we are the prisoners and not the eggs. lol

 

[countrybum]

I have learned just not worry (which I do any way), do what I feel is best and let nature do the rest.

I did best when I just filled the bottom (which started leaking out on me) and let it go. I tried the hygrometer (which was a pain) and never registered correctly, now I just use the bowl of water and sponge.

 

[walkswithdog]

I really don't mess with humidity at all any more, they hatch just fine at the same thing I was running it at all along.

Adding more always seemed to make things worse.

 

[riqui1]

So you guys don't follow the exact "guidelines" for you hatches - 50-60% through day 18 and then 70-80% for the last three days?

 

[chickie_mama]

At this point, I have no idea what I'm doing!

 

[walkswithdog]

I never let it get over 70 if I can help it. I let the hatching chicks raise it where it will go but will even let it OUT if it goes over 75.

Most of the time if I forget and keep rolling eggs ( hand turner) and the humidity is 40-50, and I'm clueless, they start hatching, nice and clean and fast and I go OH... and stop turning them.

I've had better hatches forgetting what I was taught. I think it's probably regional but it works here.

Since I do stagger and dry hatch, all that "lockdown" and boost it up to 70-80% can't actually happen, and at 40-50 followed by three days of 60 to near 70, that humidity doesn't harm the next batch of eggs.

It took awhile to figure out where it wanted to be with this bator and where I lived but I figured if I could FORGET and they hatched at 40-50 cleanly, upping it wouldn't do much good.

And upping it a LOT had done harm in the past. So I went with what was working.

My job is keep the humidity above 30 - not hard, roll the eggs (hard when you're stoooopid) and wait.

Mostly I'm learning to quit fiddling with it.

I cannot WAIT to test out the redwood incubator.... omg omg 600 eggses.... LOL...

 

[riqui1]

600 EGGS?! I tried to find a smiley that I thought represented my opinion on this, but didn't see one that showed insanity! lol I couldn't do it!! It would make me absolutely nuts and, come hatch day, I would probably just have to move right out until it was over!! lol Wow...600 eggs?

 

[countrybum]

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You are to much. You know what you are doing.

You just forgot to take them to work with you.

Do you need some eggs?

 

[countrybum]

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Here is one that will work. 600 EGGS

and just what are you going to do with all those birds?