Well came home to an incubator loaded with chicks. I transferred to my brooder. I had ten hatched with another three pipped.
No sooner did I transfer the fluffys when another one zipped and popped out. And now chick number 12 is zipping.
How exciting. So, assuming zippy makes it out it will...
Day 20 today. Came home 5:00 pm EST and four have pipped. Now have six of 16 pipped two hours later.
Only concern is wet bulb reads 99 which at 99.5 F puts humidity at high 80's into 90's I would think I'd have major fogging at these levels so I tend to think not. I can only hope that the...
Yay!!! I have some pretty active chick embryos at 11 days.
Candled today and every single egg 16 of them had very active chickies-to-be.
Some air gaps were larger than others. Humidity is holding pretty high at 65-67%
I hope that's not too high at this stage.
Candled my 16 mixed at day 7 (12/02) and all show normal development, Had one egg showing what appeared like two air sacs, one at each end of the egg??
Four of the little embries were very active showing lots of movement.
Set 18 mixed flock eggs (Ameraucana Roo over Buff Orpington, Barred Rock and Black Sex Link hens) in my Lyon TX-7 on 11/25.
Candled on 11/29. Two clears, down to 16 potentials.
Had temp drop to 98 though do to cold front coming in. Hope they are not affected negatively.
will Candle again at...