So basically y'all are saying that my first incubator and hatching chicks are a gateway drug? That I'll soon need more incubators, ducks, turkeys, quail to get my fix?
When is it too late?
I have one unhatvhed egg left in the incubator. It is a little over a over due. The last hatchling was 20 hours ago. We have candled. It looks right, but no movement. I tapped, no sounds.
I just floated. It floated right, but no movement. How long do you leave it in the incubator? How long...
Any Barnevelder Hatchers:
Are they slow to hatch? Do you ever have to help them?
I have Swedish Flower hens and Barnies starting to hatch and several of the barnies seem slow.
As this is my first hatching: I have a silly question. Do you start counting day one as the day you put them in the incubator, or is day one 24 hours after setting them? I do not want to start my lock-down too early/late.
Some Incubating Porn. My first hatching. Swedish Flower Hens and Double-Laced Barnevelders. This photo was around Day 7. Today is Day 14, we will candle them and start getting ready for lock-down.