Incubation History
I will keep track of happenings as we progress to "HATCH" day.
I will keep track of happenings as we progress to "HATCH" day.
| March 13, 2009 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. DAY 1 - Setting the Eggs |
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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