hilda-and-evadne Posted July 28, 2011 Share Posted July 28, 2011 I have six hatching eggs (Rhode Island Red) from Wernlas that I will set in the incubator today. It is one of those incubators where you have to turn the eggs manually. What I am not clear about even now, after reading stuff on the web, is: do you start turning them on day one or later, eg day 10? (I know to stop turning on day 19.) Advice appreciated. (Incubator is surprisingly noisy - am glad I didn't decide to make space for it in my bedroom!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tweety Posted July 28, 2011 Share Posted July 28, 2011 If they have come through the post, you should let them rest for 24 hours before setting them in the incubator. The day you set them is day 0. Then start turning on day 1. Good luck! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hilda-and-evadne Posted July 28, 2011 Author Share Posted July 28, 2011 If they have come through the post, you should let them rest for 24 hours before setting them in the incubator. The day you set them is day 0. Then start turning on day 1. Good luck! Thank you - that is just what I needed to know. Will need the good luck, too, because the new incubator packed up after just 24 hours. I had switched it on, put the right amount of water in, a day early so that the temperature could stabilise. After 24 hours, it still had not reached the factory setting temperature - was stuck at about 35 degrees C - so I carefully tried to increase the temperature, following the instruction booklet. Whereupon the heating function in the thing stopped working, the light went out, and the temperature dropped. So setting the eggs is postponed by at least a further 24 hours. A replacement incubator is being sent to me via courier, and I will send this one back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tweety Posted July 28, 2011 Share Posted July 28, 2011 Well at least it packed in before you had set the eggs! What type of incubator are you using? I used a Brinsea Octagon and, having read various posts on here, ran it dry for the first 18 days and only added water once I had stopped turning the eggs. 7 out of 14 of my eggs hatched, and I think that the other 7 were mistakes on my part when candling ( it was my first time too ). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hilda-and-evadne Posted July 28, 2011 Author Share Posted July 28, 2011 What type of incubator are you using? I used a Brinsea Octagon A Brinsea mini Eco. I'll see if there has been any discussion of this model on the Omlet forum, too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hilda-and-evadne Posted July 31, 2011 Author Share Posted July 31, 2011 Something else I haven't been able to find on the web, about hatching. Please could I ask: when the chicks start to hatch, is there enough air in the incubator for them? I think I read somewhere that one should remove the hatched chick from the incubator to the brooder once its down is dry but I don't know how long that takes and should I be doing anything to make sure there is enough air in the incubator? Thank you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tweety Posted July 31, 2011 Share Posted July 31, 2011 I was advised to leave the chicks in the incubator for 24 hours after hatching, and they were absolutely fine. They will be dry and fluffed up by then, and ready to go into the brooder. Don't worry about the air in the incubator - it all happens automatically! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
