Incubators Anonymous

[Zanlm]

I have 10 chicks out of 13!!! I love this!!! Time to clean and put more eggs in at midnight!!

 

[Zanlm]

How do I clean the incubator?

 

[TeaChick]

I have 10 chicks out of 13!!! I love this!!! Time to clean and put more eggs in at midnight!!

for your

 

[TeaChick]

How do I clean the incubator?

What do you have?
Post a pic, if you can.

 

[TeaChick]

I have 9 eggs in. I set 8 three weeks ago, lost one a week later, and then set two more a week after that.
I candled on day 18 and the most developed ones looked like they were at day 16, the rest didn't even look that far along.
I candled yesterday (day 21) and 2 looked pretty much ready for lockdown, but the rest were behind them and a couple of them still didn't even look like they were 16 days along yet. I saw movement and good blood vessels in all of them, so I put them all back. But when are my eggs going to hatch???????????????????????????????
I know the answer is when they're good and ready to, but it's so hard to wait on slow eggs!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[ChickyChickens]

Oh my...today is only day 1

 

[TeaChick]

Oh my...today is only day 1

Aw.

 

[Foghornnmsprisy]

Well my first attempt at hatching failed miserably. I lost them all due to a heating element failure in a brand new incubator half way thru embryo development. I thought I had fixed the problem and had reordered more eggs for a second try. But it stopped warming again on the delivery day of my eggs. I really wanted my gold legbars eggs to hatch for the New Year Hatchalong. After seeing how depressed I was, later that day my husband appeared in the doorway with a brand new incubator. "Merry Christmas" he told me. I like his style. So now I'm thrilled to try again just in time. After stressing so much over the first batch I hope the second time around gets a little easier.

 

[calichicken]

Well my first attempt at hatching failed miserably. I lost them all due to a heating element failure in a brand new incubator half way thru embryo development. I thought I had fixed the problem and had reordered more eggs for a second try. But it stopped warming again on the delivery day of my eggs. I really wanted my gold legbars eggs to hatch for the New Year Hatchalong. After seeing how depressed I was, later that day my husband appeared in the doorway with a brand new incubator. "Merry Christmas" he told me. I like his style. So now I'm thrilled to try again just in time. After stressing so much over the first batch I hope the second time around gets a little easier.

Aww...so sorry

How awesome is your hubby????

Good luck with your hatch in your new bator! I was also going to do the New Years hatch-a-long but I just couldn't find the eggs I wanted. I started looking and then life got a little crazy and I just didn't have the time to look

Happy Hatching!!!!

 

[calichicken]

I have 9 eggs in. I set 8 three weeks ago, lost one a week later, and then set two more a week after that.
I candled on day 18 and the most developed ones looked like they were at day 16, the rest didn't even look that far along.
I candled yesterday (day 21) and 2 looked pretty much ready for lockdown, but the rest were behind them and a couple of them still didn't even look like they were 16 days along yet. I saw movement and good blood vessels in all of them, so I put them all back. But when are my eggs going to hatch???????????????????????????????
I know the answer is when they're good and ready to, but it's so hard to wait on slow eggs!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

LOL...how are your eggs doing???? Haven't been on in a while. I was reading on another thread about your hoping one of your girls would go broody, but didn't happen

My girl will "debate" about going broody sometimes for a 2-3 weeks before she actually sits....she currently has been "debating" for about 2 weeks now...LOL! She gets all clucky and puffs up while shes walking around, but then goes back to normal chicken behavior....crazy girls!!