DRY hatch question

[karint]

I dry hatch my regular eggs but just got shipped bantam Cochin eggs. Do people who dry hatch standard size eggs in hova bators also dry hatch bantams?

 

[NatJ]

I dry hatch my regular eggs but just got shipped bantam Cochin eggs. Do people who dry hatch standard size eggs in hova bators also dry hatch bantams?

I have used a different incubator, with bantam eggs of different breeds than yours.
What has worked for me on a number of occasions:
I put in the eggs but did not add any water.
A week later, I candled the eggs to check the size of the air cells.
Air cells looked good, so I left the water section empty and candled again after another week.
I added water at lockdown to raise the humidity during the actual hatching.

If the air cells had been too big when I candled at one week, I would have added some water to raise the humidity for the second week. Likewise if the air cells had been too big at two weeks, I would have added water at that point instead of waiting for lockdown.

For what size the air cells were supposed to be, I looked at a chart on the internet or in a book. (I forget which one, because they all look about the same.)

I've seen people use "dry hatch" to refer to several different things, so I don't know if you mean the same thing I did or if you mean something different.

 

[karint]

I have used a different incubator, with bantam eggs of different breeds than yours.
What has worked for me on a number of occasions:
I put in the eggs but did not add any water.
A week later, I candled the eggs to check the size of the air cells.
Air cells looked good, so I left the water section empty and candled again after another week.
I added water at lockdown to raise the humidity during the actual hatching.

If the air cells had been too big when I candled at one week, I would have added some water to raise the humidity for the second week. Likewise if the air cells had been too big at two weeks, I would have added water at that point instead of waiting for lockdown.

For what size the air cells were supposed to be, I looked at a chart on the internet or in a book. (I forget which one, because they all look about the same.)

I've seen people use "dry hatch" to refer to several different things, so I don't know if you mean the same thing I did or if you mean something different.

Thanks this makes a lot of sense. I will monitor every week and decide.