Incubation History

Incubation History

I will keep track of happenings as we progress to "HATCH" day.​

	March 13, 2009 DAY 1 - Setting the Eggs​ We set 16 eggs today. They include RIR and RIR/Australorp "X". Temperature remained stable at 100 degrees and humidity at 39 %. I logged the weight of each egg and noted any unique characters of each egg. They are numbered 1 - 16.
Forgot to take a picture.​	Day 2 through 3​ The temp has been good, but did a prelimary candling. Lost egg number 1 - had a hairline crack.
​	Day 5 Temp and humidity still good candled again. Saw veins in all but two eggs. Was able to get one good picture showing some veins. ​
	Day 7 Temp and humidity still good candled again. Lost one egg, but the rest look great. Had another unexpected problem. One of my hens was broody, so we built her a broody house this weekend. Put her in on Sunday with some golf balls. She liked it - so I gave her three eggs out of the incubator. (picture on left) Wish I had known before I bought my incubator that I would have a FREE incubator!​
No picture.	Day 8 though 13 Temp and humidy staying steady. ​
​	Day 14 Temp and humidy still doing fine. Candled today. Found one bad egg - pictured to the left. You can clearly see the crack. ​
​	More pictures of GOOD Eggs. Pictures taken on day 14. ​
​	Day 18 - Removing auto turner. ​
First one to hatch - Egg #13 ​	Day 21 - April 3​
Second to hatch - Egg #4 ​	Day 22 - April 4​
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