fuzzi's May (First Time With Shipped Eggs) Hatch-a-Long Thread, all are Welcome!

[fuzzi]

I'm Egg-cited!

Martha's recent brood appears to be all boys...

...so eventually they will need to be rehomed.

I was wondering if she'd go broody again, she's been such a good momma.

But now my Dominique Tamar is broody, sitting on faux eggs.


So I ordered her some.

I got 12 eggs, but there's no way Tamar can cover all of them. I can't count on Martha going broody when her chicks are just three weeks old. None of the other hens appear to be going broody.

Enter incubator!

It's a freebie I got through Amaz0n, for the price of a review. It's currently warming up, sitting on my desk in the family/living room. I have tried to somewhat protect it from my cat.

Tentative plans:
1. Eggs arrived yesterday afternoon,will sit large side up until 5pm today, 24 hours after arriving and being settled on the kitchen table.
2. The 6 cleanest eggs will go in the incubator
3. The other 6 will be slipped under Tamar after dark

I've not used an incubator before, so after reading a lot of posts here I have decided to try a dry hatch, adding water to raise the humidity upon lockdown. I don't have distilled water, but I do have a gravity water filter, can use some of its water.

Come on, join the fun!

 

[Debbie292d]

I'm Egg-cited!

Martha's recent brood appears to be all boys...

...so eventually they will need to be rehomed.

I was wondering if she'd go broody again, she's been such a good momma.

But now my Dominique Tamar is broody, sitting on faux eggs.


So I ordered her some.
View attachment 3819453

I got 12 eggs, but there's no way Tamar can cover all of them. I can't count on Martha going broody when her chicks are just three weeks old. None of the other hens appear to be going broody.

Enter incubator!
View attachment 3819456
It's a freebie I got through Amaz0n, for the price of a review. It's currently warming up, sitting on my desk in the family/living room. I have tried to somewhat protect it from my cat.

Tentative plans:
1. Eggs arrived yesterday afternoon,will sit large side up until 5pm today, 24 hours after arriving and being settled on the kitchen table.
2. The 6 cleanest eggs will go in the incubator
3. The other 6 will be slipped under Tamar after dark

I've not used an incubator before, so after reading a lot of posts here I have decided to try a dry hatch, adding water to raise the humidity upon lockdown. I don't have distilled water, but I do have a gravity water filter, can use some of its water.

Come on, join the fun!

I'm in! Shipped eggs lets go!!

 

[LavenderDaFlerf]

I'm Egg-cited!

Martha's recent brood appears to be all boys...

...so eventually they will need to be rehomed.

I was wondering if she'd go broody again, she's been such a good momma.

But now my Dominique Tamar is broody, sitting on faux eggs.


So I ordered her some.
View attachment 3819453

I got 12 eggs, but there's no way Tamar can cover all of them. I can't count on Martha going broody when her chicks are just three weeks old. None of the other hens appear to be going broody.

Enter incubator!
View attachment 3819456
It's a freebie I got through Amaz0n, for the price of a review. It's currently warming up, sitting on my desk in the family/living room. I have tried to somewhat protect it from my cat.

Tentative plans:
1. Eggs arrived yesterday afternoon,will sit large side up until 5pm today, 24 hours after arriving and being settled on the kitchen table.
2. The 6 cleanest eggs will go in the incubator
3. The other 6 will be slipped under Tamar after dark

I've not used an incubator before, so after reading a lot of posts here I have decided to try a dry hatch, adding water to raise the humidity upon lockdown. I don't have distilled water, but I do have a gravity water filter, can use some of its water.

Come on, join the fun!

Sounds fun! What breed are the eggs?

 

[fuzzi]

Sounds fun! What breed are the eggs?

They are supposed to be bantam Speckled Sussex, like what I already have.

 

[NanaK]

I'm following and cheering them on too!

 

[1muttsfan]

I have eggs pipping in the incubator as we speak

After your first candling you may be able to move some of the eggs under the hen.

 

[fuzzi]

I am going to separate the cleaner eggs from the soiled ones shortly. The incubator is holding at 100°F, but went down to 24% humidity. I read that 30% humidity is okay until lockdown, but 24%?

Addendum: now 23%

Addendum 2: I closed the air vent, humidity back up to 25%.

Am I overthinking this?

 

[fuzzi]

Incubator eggs:

2, 3, 8, 9, 11, 12

Broody eggs:

1, 4, 5, 6, 7, 10

 

[fuzzi]

Annnnnnd they're off!

 

[fuzzi]

I have eggs pipping in the incubator as we speak

After your first candling you may be able to move some of the eggs under the hen.

Or if Martha decides to be broody again...