PICS! Ok, so here are my eggs:
This is best pic of the worst one. All the others with spots are similar to this one, with less spots, and they are not as large.
Another pic, same egg:
This is a different egg with the same problem. Here is another (not so good) pic of that egg:
Issues I have had with this hatch that are most likely causing lots to go wrong: One a killer spike of 114 over the first weekend after the eggs were set while I was home and the bator was at work. It stormed that weekend, and I think that's what caused the bator to go nuts. I'm mostly hoping my thermo was just off. I did not touch the dial before this spike, after getting the themp set (yes, I have LG). It's been an all out battle after this to get the temp steady. It's constantly low in the morings (98.7-98.9 range) when I come into work. I am using blankets trying to keep the bator warm, rather than touch the dial. We had one more spike when I covered the whole bator with a blanket over night in effort to get the temp steady in morning, and it was 101.something when I came in the next day. Plus, the humidty won't hold. It is now day 10.
Needless to say, things aren't going well, and things aren't looking good for a good hatch as it stands. I do know I at least have a two eggs alive right now. I saw the embryo moving, and in one I saw veins. I had a third, but its the one I cracked (that's why I was so upsett when it did crack). I've put wax on it, but I'm not expecting much. I'll candle it again at day 18. Any advice on what do with these eggs, mostly to give the few good ones I got the best chance. It looks like a bacteria infection from what I can on other candling posts/sites with pics, but this is (clearly) my first hatch, and I'm not sure.
I must say this is much harder than it looks! Any help from peps with experience would be appericated!!!!!!
IS there anything I can do try and patch it and save it? I've heard a couple threads on here talk about patching cracked eggs. We're pretty far off, day 10.
