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WONDERFUL Spreadsheet, thank you so much WIFE for sharing your hard work with us! I'm putting this spreadsheet to work already, it'll be great to track all eggs hatched/sold, chicks etc. etc. Thank you so very much!!!

We live and learn I guess and learning is always good :) I was so sad over this failed hatch that the only thing I could think of to do was to get new eggs to hatch (maybe I need incubators anonymous? lol). I made sure to get fresh eggs, let them settle 24 hours, made sure the incubator was...

I found the thread - it has a ton of very good information! https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/704328/diary-notes-air-cell-detatched-shipped-eggs

I think most people do that just to avoid the "shmegma" as cameronfarm called it lol from getting on the incubator bottom itself. The styrofoam cheapy type that many use, including myself, is a real pain to clean up so I too have progressed to using paper towels to prevent the mess from getting...

Hi there, I'm new to the forum and new to hatching but I have successfully hatched chicks and turkeys several times in my still air incubator. From what your describing it sounds like it's the same one I have (I believe it's called a "little giant"). This is what mine looks like: Although...

Thank you so much for replying MeganAmbers. I had trouble finding this post again since I'm new here but got it figured out finally. I went ahead and opened them (first the top of the aircell to get a look inside to see what's going on). After I waited an additional day and nothing was...

I will look for that thread right away, thanks so much for pointing me in the right direction. Just to have a comparison, I candled 2 chicken and 2 turkey eggs last night that were freshly laid just a few hours prior and they actually looked the same exact way. So now I'm wondering if it's...

I'm noticing the same thing. I used an egg turner for the first time on my last hatch and I couldn't figure out why the temperature kept going down. My feeling was it was the turner because I didn't change anything else. I'm new to hatching myself, but I don't think it will hurt them if it...

I will try to post a picture tonight - my batch looks very similar to the picture SmittenChicken posted earlier (it's again below). I'm so excited to be hatching with all you guys together! I do have a question - when I candled the eggs this morning, I did not see what looks like a typical...

I'll join you guys as well :) I just set mine this morning - I"m not entirely sure what all is going to hatch as my husband got them for me. There's some really dark brown ones, a cpl olive colored, a bunch of light, light brown and a cpl white ones. I will have to call the lady up to find out...

I just had this happen - my chicks didn't hatch and it was day 24. From the entire batch (10 had died before day 10), only 3 were still alive. They each had yolk sacks/intestines still hanging out. I have no idea why this entire batch didn't work out (my husband got the eggs for me to hatch). I...

Only 5 appear to still be alive and I have opened the very top where the air cell is to check whether they are to dry but everyone seems to be in "working order" as far as that is concerned. I'm not sure to proceed - I have not made a hole into the actual sack yet as the veining appears to be...