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As the embryos grow they produce heat and that affects the temperature and humidity. I found I had to check less to avoid insanity! We first timers get a bit anxious, I guess! And that brings to mind, there must be some growth in those eggs! This is good! And... with the more questions I ask, and i...

Also, this being Week 2, I'm finding the humidity dropping rapidly, as in not staying very stable within the given range. Twice, I have found it at around 20%. Are the eggs sucking in moisture? Mind you, I was out last night and could not check it 4-5 times, as usual. And this morning it was that lo...

Kimchick My sponges stick out of my water container so as water evaporates it wicks more moisture up the sponge, the water container has no lid. Why do you have paper towels under your eggs? I would worry that when chicks are hatching and wet the paper towel might stick to them. Some times on top o...

Something that may work for lockdown: I found a small diameter stiff tube from a spray bottle (I save stuff like that) which fits through a vent hole. With a small squeeze bottle (eye drops bottle), I can add water through the tube to the folded paper towel that I have been using all along. That way...

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Sat Apr 14, 2018 2:39 pm

2:37 pm quiet here too, few snow "showers" come and gone, I think it's going to miss us.

Still snowing and windy where I am.

Thanks Kbr42! That link is now bookmarked. I'm thinking I saw an embryo with the crescent shape and an eye is the dark dot. Also, the eggs are different shades of brown, so the light shines through better on some eggs more than others. When candling, one egg shell is very spotty, like an inconsisten...

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Oh and.... this humidity thing is really bothering me. How the heck did the old farmers do it with no electricity? Like my grandmother, in rural Manitoba, who hatched her own, 100 at a time, with a homemade incubator of sorts, and a lantern to keep them warm? Some will say - reduced hatching success...

First time (ever) candling - Day 10 - was last night. I saw some varied images - a crescent shape in about 3 eggs; a dark dot in others; veiny appearance in a couple; and blobs in others. With a pencil, I traced the outer edge of the air sac for comparison for Day 14 candling and will check for rott...

I incubate dry and usually try and keep my humidity around 40% or a bit lower. At lockdown on day 18 stop turning and add some water I often us a sponge sticking out of a container of water in incubator during lockdown to get humidity to 65%. Once lock down starts I do not open the incubator until ...