So true about the worrying thing! My DH keeps telling me to stop worrying! I have just let it do it's thing the past two hatch, but I have Isbar eggs in there now and they cost a pretty penny! I just want to make sure I am doing all the right things.
Thanks for posting. I have hatched twice in my Eco, but I really like what you did here with the sponges and paper towels. Thanks for sharing!
Also, how open do you keep the little hole/slot on the lid?
I tried to hatch over thirty eggs in the Brinsea this summer and I didn't have the best hatch either. I think some of them didn't get to the right temperature because of the stacking. It took an extra day or so for them to hatch.
I have 11 eggs in my Eco right now for the NYD hatch. It does...
Thanks Kathinmo for the idea of using the egg cartons.... I think it will work better for me too. I just set my eggs for the NYD hatch for my first hatch. I sure hope everything goes okay. I am not going to mess with the temp at all for this hatch.
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I ordered mine on Saturday and it was delivered on Wed.! I thought that was pretty quick! I have read a lot about temp on the thread but not much talk on humidity. Any info on that would be great. I live in TN. so we do have a high nature humidity in the air, but now that it is winter we have...
Hello, I found a photo of it on a different thread.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=579047&p=3
I have never used a Hovabator so I am sorry I don't have an opinion. A friend let me borrow her Brinsea a while back and I loved it! I know some people incubate in Brinsea and...
Congratulations on the hatch!
Here is the link to the New Years Day hatch thread (egg setting day is Dec. 11th.):
https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=590706