SET EGGS JUNE 23 ANYONE WITH ME? - Page 13

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Originally Posted by Connies Chicks 

Mine that are due on the 14th are so dark inside that I can hardly see anything.  Don't know if that is normal or not but hope so.

I see the air cell and all the rest is dark.

I have Jersey's that are due on the 12th and they are really dark shelled. On one side it is really dark inside, but if I turn them it's not so dark on the other.  If I'm really still and it's real dark, I can see just alittle movement while I;m candling.  I can usually see this best on the edges where it's lighter on the inside.  I have some mixed bantam eggs that I can't see inside for anything.  I think the bigger they get the harder it is for me to see them.  Some of them, I see movement but the airsac is not very promonent.  Don't know what that means.?.

I can't wait to see what we all end up with.  I'm more nervous about the eggs in the other bators (LGs) than in this one (the Genesis).  The ones in the Genesis are going to be fine I'm worried about my 2 silkies in there.  We haven't had any luck hatching silkies.   I've ordered several off of ebay and got several infertile.  Out of a total of eleven of them I'm hoping 2 of them hatch on the 12th.  My son has his heart set on these 2 hatching.

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Originally Posted by Roxannemc 

Mine did what yours did last hatch,up down . This time someone had said she used the closet.

I didnt think i had a draft at all or whatever  to effect the temp but put mine in the closet  too this time and i am right on point not varing more than .5  the whole incucbation but twice went to about 1 degree diff. I think this closet thing helps a LOT.

I've wrapped towels around it and put wash clothes over the windows while leaving the holes open.  It seems to be holding although it will still vary 1 degree. I can handle that.  I candled last night after my son bumped into the bator and cracked an egg by knocking it out of the turner.  I had to put it in wax.  It was still swimming like crazy as of an hour ago:)  But if I keep the bator wrapped and the windows covered it seems ok.   I only have to keep the windows covered.  I always make sure holes are open for circulation.  I still say Havo-bator Genesis is the way for me.  That thing is spot on.

I don't like opening an egg after it looks like it should be culled.  I was checking my eggs with a float test and two were underdeveloped but were still alive.  Think that will be the last time I open an egg when I don't see anything or it fails a float test.  Down to 10 eggs and all of them have movement and look very developed through candling.  Hope they do well.

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Originally Posted by Connies Chicks 

I don't like opening an egg after it looks like it should be culled.  I was checking my eggs with a float test and two were underdeveloped but were still alive.  Think that will be the last time I open an egg when I don't see anything or it fails a float test.  Down to 10 eggs and all of them have movement and look very developed through candling.  Hope they do well.

I can't do it.  There have been several that I have wanted to float but haven't.  I just can't open them.  My heart broke when my son bumped the bator yesterday and cracked the egg shell.  I have a duck egg right now that has a black dot in it very close to the shell.  I have 3 of them and this is the only one like that.  It doesn't look like an eye.  But I've never incubated ducks so, I don't know.