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UPDATE 10 weeks now. I am still saying pullet. She/he has some really dark red on the wings which still worries me though Her/his comb is still pink but not deep red like the known cockerels.

Thanks for the responses everyone. I will update in a couple of weeks as to pullet or cockerel status.

I have 3 8 week Easter Eggers. So, far I can tell that 2 of them are cockerals. The 3rd I believe is a pullet due to its pale small single row comb and general demeanor. However, its coloring pattern is throwing me off. I really hope she is a pullet. I hatched out 13 eggs(Easter Egger, Buff...

Buying shipped eggs is a gamble. I have done it 3 times now. Only once was successful. 1st time they got lost for 15 days in the postal system, 0% hatched. The hatchery, Meyer, was awesome and resent some more eggs at no extra cost. I count that as the 2nd and I received those eggs in good...

Any new news associated with this project? I am very interested in seeing the results.

Thanks. Nothing fancy, just some Australorps, Buff Orpingtons, and Easter Eggers. In 2 weeks I will be starting a batch of true Ameraucanas. So, I will be doing the shipped egg thing again :)

Here are some in their temporary brooder. They stay in this small brooder for 1 week. It makes it easier to monitor them and any issues that they have. Then they move onto the big brooder.

I look forward to see how your hatch goes. A bunch of mine, around 33%, had saddle air cells. All 7 of them hatched and are doing good.

*Update* A quick review, we started with 24 eggs. After a day 7 candling 5 were removed for bloodrings and 3 removed for being clear. At day 14 candling all of the remain 16 eggs had growth and movement. 16 Eggs went into the incubator on lockdown on day 18. After 36 hours of hatching, 14 of...

I love my Premier 1 plate too. By far the best money I spent on any upgrades to my brooder.

We are finishing up after 38 hours.14 hatched out of 21 fertile egg, yielding a hatch % of 67%. 3 Easter Eggers, 6 Australorp, 5 Buff Orpingtons. Not bad for eggs shipped across the country during the Christmas shopping season.

Yup that is me. I have you to thank for that. You recommended that Idaho/Utah group too me. It really is an awesome group, great people. Thanks, again. Yeah, I should have a few more sensor built out around spring time, if not a little before that. When I get them built I was going to offer...

This is a caboose hatching to the NYD hatch-a-long. 1st one is out, Buff Orpington. She/he 360 degree zipped in 20 mins and out was out of the shell. 15 more to go, hopefully.

All of this hatching is exciting. My hatch is going on lockdown tomorrow. I can't wait for some too hatch.

*Update* I figure I would do another update now before I forget ;) . Out of 24 eggs 3 were removed for being clear and 5 more for Blood rings. So, only 16 eggs are left in the incubator. 

As kid everything seemed to take forever and as an adult now everything seems to move soooooo fast. Another year is gone and by in a blink of an eye. Except, when I am hatching eggs then it seems like they take forever

I was in the same boat a while back. I started looking at the Brinsea Mini Advance. However, I moved away from it to the Brinsea Octagon 20 Eco because of the capacity to do more eggs. The mini I felt didn't quite have enough space except for a real casual "hatcher" and for the price it seemed a...

CONGRATS

I love my Brinsea Octagon Eco 20. Good size when I want to hatch more and great when I want to hatch a few. It sits in my kitchen. Combine it with the autoturn cradle and it is almost a fiddle free design on the temperature. Downsides are cost and fiddling with the humidity. I live in the high...

Interesting note with at least the Octagon 20 Eco, there is approximately 0.5 degrees Fahrenheit differences between the far clockwise rotation vs. the far counter-clockwise rotation of the whole incubator when in or not in the auto turn cradle. I have a custom wireless battery powered sensor...