have no clue the girl who bought my older Barnevelder chicks gave them to me as part of the price. Dad is a white Silkie and mom is a Frizzled black Cochin. Matters not to me because I was not going to keep them
oh yes. I know much can still go wrong. I am just happy to get to this point ok :)
My house is 57-59 so when hand turning the eggs they cool significantly even with a heat pad under the incubator down to like 73-76F I'm guessing when a hen gets off her nest to eat they would cool far more
We...
did a final candle on barnevelder eggs tonight (day 13). they got a ride in car here 6.5 hrs on a cold day in just an egg carton. looks like3 clear, 4 possible quitters???, 5 ok
did the others as well Delaware (day 10) 2 clear, 1 possible quitter? and 12 ok these flew up from NC priority mail...
I have 4 Legbar eggs in the incubator, they traveled via USPS a bit over 2700 miles and took 3 days to get here. I did a quickie candle yesterday at day 4 and 2 are for sure alive and 2 not sure yet
I also have 15 Delaware eggs in the incubator and they traveled a little under 800 miles and...