so i had my dad save me another batch of eggs (he has the working rooster)
my first batch i set 2 week old eggs
learning the dynamics of my incubator i overheated them to 103 the first day
adjusted to 99 (high end)
it was cooling down to 94-95 on the low end
result 40% hatch
from day one i was only confident of 6 5 hatched and 2 non hatchers were pretty advanced so died late or i gave up to early
so i decided to adjust my controls:
use day old eggs
adjust incubator with non fertile eggs up 1 degree to top end 100
dont overheat this batch
i got 17 brown eggs and my daughter said papa gave her one extra egg (there was a white egg)
i broke one setting it
one egg had a shell piece like a mole on it -- i rubbed it off accidentally exposing outer membrane
i figured what the heck i coated it in nail polish to protect the membrane from the outside
so i candled them last night after a week:
white egg = infertile
all others good
i think my adjustments paid off and even the nail polish coated egg is developing
the funny thing is i think its odd there was a white egg in the batch and odder that it was the only infertile egg. I wonder if my dad set it up to test my candling.
lol
