Wish me luck!

[wisecane]

About to start my very first incubation.

I have a Maticoopx 30.

I've watched a bunch of videos, read a bunch of posts. Going to do it inside the house. House stays between 77-70 through the day/night. AC running to balance my humidity.

BCM, with rooster a French Blue Copper Maran, hens are ameracauna, easter eggers, wyandottes (gold and silver) a production red and a couple of Calico Princesses.

Candle at two weeks, discard non-developers.

Lock down with 3 days to go and leave them to it until they're done.

Am I missing anything?

I've raised chicks before, I have a good brood set up.

 

[oldhenlikesdogs]

No real help as I use broody hens to hatch, but wanted to wish you luck.

 

[paddock36]

Might want to plug into a a surge protector so you don't have to worry about electric surges during incubation. Other than that, Good Luck!!

 

[Susan Skylark]

Use a couple external thermometers, adjust temp on incubator to keep them at 99.5, don’t worry about temp on incubator, also rotate eggs within the incubator so cool spots don’t cause eggs to hatch days apart, but mostly have fun!

 

[CatInTheHenHouse]

Good luck with your hatch!

 

[IdyllwildAcres]

I am following along here, I have a Maticoopx 20 still in the box and will be setting eggs in a couple of weeks.

I plan to set it and for get it, let the bator do its thing.

 

[IdyllwildAcres]

want to plug into a a surge protector

This is a good idea, I may get a UPC back up battery so if I have a power outage it will smooth out the transition when the back up generator kicks in when I start my hatch in a couple of weeks