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It might be easier to make a box out of the stitch plastic, formed together with yarn, that is just big enough for the 3 eggs. If there is a top, you will guarantee they don’t hop over. Some people have also used those lingerie bags w the holes and close them up tight.

I doubt 4 days will have an effect on her. I tried putting eggs under a broody and they kept having issues. This last time I got it to work, gave her fake eggs the whole time, and gave her a few once they had the tiny first pip. She hatched all 4 eggs over the span of 3 days, and no issues at...

Oh, also, are you sure your turner was working? Once I forgot to reset my incubator, and the eggs didn’t turn the first day until I realized the next morning my blue eggs were in front again…and checked the turner and it wasn’t turning.

One thing I found helpful until I got better at identifying air cell size, was weighing eggs before setting, on day 7 and day 14. I noticed that usually the extremes (high or low) didn’t hatch. So you don’t have a calibrated thermometer or hygrometer in the incubator, correct? If so, can you...

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Thank you! She has no idea if they were added after she started sitting. So I’ll start lockdown in 3 days? Should I turn any of them after? This is such a crapshoot…

How far along do you guys think these eggs are? My neighbor took them from her broody, she’s been sitting about 3 weeks. I’ll hatch & return them to the momma if any make it! Trying to time lockdown:

How far along do you guys think these eggs are? My neighbor took them from her broody, she’s been sitting about 3 weeks. I’ll hatch & return them to the momma if any make it! Trying to time lockdown:

Until lockdown.

My eggs always start on day 20. Same calibrated temps w my Govee in this hatch as well. Just a mystery.

Yeah, this hatch has been rough. Also had a chick born with what looked like intestine out and bleeding all over for 3 hours. Ended up culling. I usually enjoy hatching but this time was tough. 😞

I put them back in the incubator…just in case (even though it’s pretty obvious). I’m not going to open it again until the last Pipped hatches, but I can open it & check after that.

Yes, one was zipped all the way and the othet about 3/4 of the way. No hard membrane, chicks still moist. I’ve hatched from them multiple times this year, usually about 80% or more after clears. I’m dumbfounded…

Cross posting from the May HAL: I have 15 chicks out so far! I am very disappointed with this hatch though. I only had 1 clear out of 43 farm eggs. Had 6 early quitters (day 10 or before), which brings me to 36. I had two eggs zip all the way around, and then stop moving (must’ve been last...

What are the expected low temps for the next two weeks?

Yes….but I have a buyer who wants as many as possible, and i ended up w 8 Silkie/Silkie mix eggs for myself and didn’t want to short her…lol.

This is the batch I just set. Hopefully all of them 😂 I once set 30 eggs (that was some Jenga juggling), and if I remember I ended up with 24 hatching, I had to hand-turn a couple extra eggs the whole time. It was annoying but worth it.

@Auntiejessi3 Here is a pic of my stack with 29. I did put Silkie eggs in the small triangle spaces, but I usually pull the 7 smallest eggs and put them there until I pull clears & quitters. I hand turn when I wake up, as soon as I get home from work, and before bed. I usually take out any...

I ended up running both of them under warm water in the sink. All the gunk & stick shell came off. Dried them with a towel and put them back in the incubator for a bit. They are happily chirping away and buzzing around! I have to take them out to clean & set my new Silkie eggs in a bit! The...

Out now, will do that when I get home. It’s stuck on its back and looks like there is sticky goop there, probably holding the shell on somehow.