Posts by abbylane35

Are anyone's eggs hatching?!  I had a broody hen that quit sitting during the week that I set my incubator up, so I candled her eggs and put some of the eggs in the incubator (which was a challenge because all of the eggs appeared...

Is the crack right on the end?  Is it on the "big" end of the egg?  Generally chicks will pip on a side, not right on the end.  If the crack is right on the end, it may have been damaged.   

My advice is to not give up on them..this has happened to me during the incubation time and has been fine, as long as it doesn't stay at the elevated temp for a long time.  My incubator temp fluctuates between 98 and 101 and I...

I just set 32 eggs today!  I've been waiting for the weather to warm up so I don't have to keep the chicks inside the house for too long.  This is the most that I have hatched at one time, so I'm pretty excited to see what my...

I agree...give them a chance...you never know.  Give it a week  to see if there is progress in the egg.  I've had temps get too high and chicks that still hatch.  Good luck!  

Your egg turner gives off heat....so without it in there, it is lacking that heat source.  You will have to adjust the temperature gradually...and remember that when your eggs get closer to hatching, they can produce quite a bit...

Hmmmm....I'm thinking it's a boy...the tail feathers seem shiny...   However, when I was getting rid of some of my roos a while back, I had one I was on the fence about.  I thought it was a boy, but it really looked like...

I would wait a few more days and candle again!  I hope that you see some veining the next candling!

It wouldn't hurt to wait a few more days.  I hope that you have more hatches!

I generally hold off until day 7, then candle again on day 14, and then on day 18, right before I lock the incubator down.  If there is no veining in eggs, I take those eggs out at day 14.  Good luck!