Who's Incubating in Nov. 2011 ?

[CCourson05]

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Goodluck!! What part of MS are you from? Not many here from this ole state... Lol.

 

[jeslewmazer]

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thanks. I know..

I reside in the big ole city (

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[Mahonri]

Laree is going to be putting some eggs I bought in her bator for me.

God bless her. They should hatch around the 9th or 10th... just in time for her to put more in for the NYD hatch.

 

[EastCoastSilkies]

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Wow !! 93% and 95% respectively. Very cool ! What temp. did you use ? Automatic egg turners (I'm sure). (did I ask you this already ?)

We're planning our chicken barn and was thinking about building a small insulated closet area for the incubator and newly hatched chickies and maybe 1 week old chickies. Somewhere where that area has stable temp. and no fluctuations between day and night, or cold fronts passing through.

With hatch rates like that (much better than the expected 75%), your "secrets" are highly valued !

Do you care to share ?

My temp is set at 99.5 in the incubator with Humidity set at 55%. This is with auto turners for the first 18 Days. On lockdown I move to the hatcher which is also set at 99.5 temp and 65% Humidity until the first pip and then humidity stays around 73%. The lowest I have had is 90% hatch rate with this Natureform Incubator and Dickeys Hatcher.

 

[Ma Noob]

ARGHHHH!!!!!

bloody temp spike when i was out last night, got home to find the temp was 40.7 (im guessing about 103 F)

I dont know how long it was like this, Im a bit sad, i hope the eggs havent been knocked off. I do have a still air incubator, and it was on the top of the eggs, so im a little hopefully, Will have a candle to night and see how we go

 

[Ma Noob]

just candled a couple, although its hard to tell cause the shells are getting full, but i looks like on the 3 i candled that there is still movement, fingers crossed they stay that way!

 

[jeslewmazer]

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try more like 105.26F, and which would be slightly lower at the base of the eggs. Sorry to hear that. How far along are they? Chances are that they should be ok if the spike was not too long.

 

[jeslewmazer]

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I candled mine due 11-20 and most of mine were sleeping.

 

[Ma Noob]

Day 14-16 (have a couple of different days in there). Hopefully it wasnt for too long, I am a bit worried about today though too, its going to be 41 C here outside today, But they are in the bathroom where it stays a bit cooler. Will have another look at them tonight,

Its an old foam incubator, and the temp is really unstead and its hard to tell where its set. But its only my first time so what ever happens happens, can always try again.

My broody hen is sitting on 13 eggs, so i think one way or another im going to end up wtih chicks!

 

[jeslewmazer]

EastCoastSilkies great hatch.