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Post by boxhed on Sept 5, 2012 10:39:45 GMT 10
My latest eggs have arrived, I purchased 2 dozen on the Internet, my incubator was started up last week.
Been holding 38.1 degrees at 55% humidity.
I will be leaving the eggs settle for 12-24 hours, before putting them in.
The last lot I ordered I got 6 out of 24, am hoping to increase them very poor statistics (sounds a little better if I say 6 out of 9 fertile but).
I'll keep you all updated on the progress, and if the hatchery agrees, I might even post the name if I get a good fertility rate.
Any hints or tips will be greatly appreciated; or any previous stories.
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Post by boxhed on Sept 7, 2012 9:35:00 GMT 10
Eggs are in after settling from postage, have reset humidity to 65% and temperature has normalized to 38 degrees.
Good luck little eggs
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Post by chickadee on Sept 15, 2012 19:49:29 GMT 10
Hi there,
just wondered why you have set your humidity so high? I ran my incubator at 45% and increased the humidity upwards from day 18. My chicks hatched at 65 -70 %. I also set the incubator temp at 37.5
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Post by boxhed on Sept 16, 2012 22:59:59 GMT 10
I set it to 65%, and allow it to fall to 45% over the first week, then add water continually to keep it at 50-55% untill the final week Of incubation. I only start it a little high to allow me to judge the evaporation rate at the beginning.
Everyone has a few little things that they think help, I find just run with whatever works for you.
Also I dropped the temp by 0.2 degrees today too
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Post by boxhed on Sept 16, 2012 23:08:47 GMT 10
By day 19 my temp will be at 37.5 also, I like to start it a little higher and drop it by 0.2 a week until final week, I just believe it improves hatch rate.
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Post by boxhed on Sept 25, 2012 20:31:45 GMT 10
Day 19, have cheeping from incubator and a few pipping through, have removed turner.
Good luck little dudes
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Post by boxhed on Sept 26, 2012 21:37:00 GMT 10
End of day 20, I have had 6 hatch fully, have 1 died trying to exit and another nearly out.
We're bought as pure black Australorp eggs, but to my surprise there was 2 white ones, hope that the breeder accidentally threw a few white eggs in and there not cross breeds, also have noticed that the eyes aren't black like they should be.
May have done my cash on this breeder, but will wait a few weeks and see.
Anyone else have an opinion?
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Post by jonnydot on Oct 11, 2012 3:43:26 GMT 10
I DO!...... Either he has a cock and a hen that is recessive white (c/c) or he has a I/i bird (I/I is dominant white ) this can present as a splash like phenotype (leaks the carried colour gene (black or blue)) or he has smokey (I/I^s) rare and doubt it ...and looks similar blue but is on the same chromosome location as dominant white (never heard of it in lorps but a maybe all the same))) ...If the parent were blue most likely they are splash ...OR he may just have Mung birds !
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Post by ofuvuqabers on May 8, 2019 19:20:32 GMT 10
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Post by cififuijar on May 8, 2019 21:00:14 GMT 10
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