Valentine's Day 1st Annual Hatch Along

[minihorse927]

Thank you...also forgot this one. The stages of an egg lol....

awesome

 

[Lamancha]

I'm out guys. My duck eggs where all infertile. I'm not really surprised. My hens weren't laying and a friend/client of mine offered me some duck eggs at the last minute just to be nice. She knew i was desperate! Haha
she didn't know if they were fertile. I guess not.:/

Good luck to everyone. I will still be lingering just for fun.

 

[Alaskan]

I'm out guys. My duck eggs where all infertile. I'm not really surprised. My hens weren't laying and a friend/client of mine offered me some duck eggs at the last minute just to be nice. She knew i was desperate! Haha
she didn't know if they were fertile. I guess not.

Good luck to everyone. I will still be lingering just for fun.

but maybe you will win worst hatch rate! Be positive man! (or uh, woman!

)

 

[Lamancha]

but maybe you will win worst hatch rate!  Be positive man! (or uh, woman! )

Thanks for the support. Lol
It's OK. I've got to many little pooper/eaters running around the brooder right now from my Christmas HAL anyways.

 

[gogetter]

I was going to wait until tomorrow to candle, but I was too tempted after reading other posts. I have to turn my eggs by hand 3 times a day, so if I'm opening the bator anyway, it's easy to take a quick peek at a few! I saw a couple that may be clears, and a some wigglers! That just never gets old!
I'm so excited because to see life on them! I added a fan to my still air little giant and it actually seemed harder to get it to stabilize, believe it or not. I added a cheap computer fan I could plug in, not the kit you can buy for $40. But the fan generated enough heat to raise the temp several degrees. When I put the eggs in, it did the same thing. But all is good now, so hopefully they will keep up the good growing!

 

[ChickyChickens]

It's just about candling time for the chickens, so exciting...I'm hatching muscovy this HAL, I started out with 16 eggs and I'm down to 7 now. I don't know why I'm such a sucker for eggs that on the other side of the country, I have some wonky lookin aircells, but 7 little ducklings are still going strong.

 

[Mazmanian]

I was going to wait until tomorrow to candle, but I was too tempted after reading other posts. I have to turn my eggs by hand 3 times a day, so if I'm opening the bator anyway, it's easy to take a quick peek at a few! I saw a couple that may be clears, and a some wigglers! That just never gets old!
I'm so excited because to see life on them! I added a fan to my still air little giant and it actually seemed harder to get it to stabilize, believe it or not. I added a cheap computer fan I could plug in, not the kit you can buy for $40. But the fan generated enough heat to raise the temp several degrees. When I put the eggs in, it did the same thing. But all is good now, so hopefully they will keep up the good growing!

This is my first time incubating, and I have been SO nervous about my temperature and stability. I am pretty sure I have stuck a thermometer in ever possible empty spot. The digital one that tracks highs/lows has had a reading of 100/99 most every time, and I still just can't seem to believe they will start growing. How many hatches until it isn't so nerve-wracking?

I was a little behind on getting my eggs (Sunday morning) so I am still sitting on m my hands and messing with them as little as possible... Congratulations on the "wigglers" that is the moment I can't wait for

 

[Nedw3]

This is my first time incubating, and I have been SO nervous about my temperature and stability. I am pretty sure I have stuck a thermometer in ever possible empty spot. The digital one that tracks highs/lows has had a reading of 100/99 most every time, and I still just can't seem to believe they will start growing. How many hatches until it isn't so nerve-wracking?

I was a little behind on getting my eggs (Sunday morning) so I am still sitting on m my hands and messing with them as little as possible... Congratulations on the "wigglers" that is the moment I can't wait for

My first time too, it's the waiting that is the hardest. I have found that I don't like to wait, but wait I will till day 7 to candle. I do however check on my eggs a couple times a day, ok maybe its more like 20 or 30 times a day and give them a little pep talk.

 

[StephensonC]

For first time hatchers and anyone else who may have never had it happen. This misplaced air cell is a result of me leaving the egg on the counter sideways and not turning it for a few days. Hopefully, it's close enough that the chick can still hatch. Thankfully all my other eggs were sitting in cartons, fat end up and I turned them 3x a day. I really had my doubts before if this would really happen, but now I know IT CAN!

 

[Mazmanian]

My first time too, it's the waiting that is the hardest. I have found that I don't like to wait, but wait I will till day 7 to candle. I do however check on my eggs a couple times a day, ok maybe its more like 20 or 30 times a day and give them a little pep talk.

I look every time I go by... and I make several trips "by" just to look. Glad I put in a nice big window!

For first time hatchers and anyone else who may have never had it happen. This misplaced air cell is a result of me leaving the egg on the counter sideways and not turning it for a few days. Hopefully, it's close enough that the chick can still hatch. Thankfully all my other eggs were sitting in cartons, fat end up and I turned them 3x a day. I really had my doubts before if this would really happen, but now I know IT CAN!

Thanks for the heads up, and good luck with this little one.