Simulated Natural Nest Incubation~Experiment #1 So it begins....

[ocap]

the scientist in me says that you are going to need a "control" , some kind of normal (you are comparing results of your experiment back to the control).

this experiment might keep me on the edge of my seat for years to come...........................................

 

[Beekissed]

That's an experiment for someone else to conduct....I'm just an "idea guy". I take an idea and I jump into it, muddle around a good bit, decide if it worked or not by the results I get.

 

[ChocolateMouse]

Well what do you know... Right around the body temperature of a hen, right? ;3 They may still be developing in there... Hard to say. If you had two heat pad of the same make and model you could do two batches... But I am assuming you don't.

What I would do is I would remove some of the eggs and crack them to see if they had developed at all. Say, 3 eggs. If none of the three were developed Id scratch and restart. If they had developed I would either keep going as is or I would add in a few "new" eggs and see how they do at the higher temps.

But that is just what I would do with your rescources. You have a rooster so it is not like fertile eggs are in short supply for you like they are for me!

Also Id just leave the thermometer in the water wiggled for a while longer just to make sure you have the right internal egg temp.

 

[MEMama3]

Here is what I would do (and this is just me). Tomorrow candle with the brightest flashlight you can (I got a small led with 9 bulbs for super cheap at a convenience store) in the darkest area in your home. If something is growing you should be able to see it. If there is no growth then I would scrap those eggs but keep the setup running with the wiggler. Get the temps and humidity exactly how you want them while you put out a plea on your local forum on BYC for test eggs. Many people on here are great and will give you free or super cheap eggs for a cause like this. By the time you've got the eggs, you'd have everything worked out on your nest.

 

[Beekissed]

I may crack a few eggs today to see where we are at, as I have candled several and cannot make out a darn thing other than a dark yolk....don't see anything but that. I think I saw an eye in one of them and one seems to have attached to the side of a shell, so the yolk doesn't move on that one...which I gather is a bad thing.

 

[Beekissed]

Cracked two eggs...one came out like an egg should, but just a little runny. The other one was very runny, the yolk broke and there was a gelatinous portion that had a black dot in it. No discernible chick parts, really.

Took pics, will post if need be.

Now what? Start over? Keep going?

 

[ocap]

That's an experiment for someone else to conduct....I'm just an "idea guy". I take an idea and I jump into it, muddle around a good bit, decide if it worked or not by the results I get.

I am having a great time !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[ocap]

keep going with the wiggler

 

[Beekissed]

That's one vote to keep going!

 

[ocap]

I like an election when my vote counts