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You too!

No problem. I'm sorry you didn't get a better outcome, you made a great effort. Hopefully your adoption goes well, and you get to hatch some chicks someday soon. Have a good weekend!

They seem to all be dead. :( I'm sorry. I think it's an incubator problem, as all developed, but all quit.

Sounds like a great plan. I want to have a bachelor flock someday too. Roos are awesome.

Sounds perfect! I'll be evil too, and recommend that you get an NR 360 when you start "hatching" your evil plan :lau I'm so impressed with mine. My hopes weren't high from the get go, but boy, it's good. Aw, I hope you move somewhere where you can have roos. They're such special little guys...

Yeah. It is very special, and you'll have a great bond with them for life. Fingers crossed were pleasantly surprised tomorrow!

Incubating/hatching is the best. I hope you get to try it someday! You'll becone addicted!

It is a tough decision. Yeah, Leghorns will never go broody, esp. commercial layers. I hope you don't give up. If you succeed it's such a special feeling to watch the babies you hatched from eggs grow up. Buying chicks is a decent option too.

Sounds good.

What kind of hens are you getting again? They might never go broody, just so you know. Even if they're broody breeds. And if they're first time mothers, they might abandon the eggs halfway through, or reject and kill the chicks as they hatch. It is great when you get a good broody, and so fun to...

Yeah. Is there any way you could get a better incubator (buy or rent) for one more batch? And I agree with Avery, any way to get local eggs?

Wednesday is good. 👍 Hopefully there's some growth by then.

Post more candling pics in a couple days. I'm sorry. Fingers crossed they might still be alive. :fl

For 10/12 days they look like early quitters. The one definitely has a blood ring, not sure about the other one. Keep them both in just in case, but might just be a bad batch. Sorry. :hugs

Cracked eggs can do just fine as long as they're patched. Do you still have it? Yeah, there should be movement by the 10th-12th day. :hmm Sounds like a blood ring. Let me look at the pics quick.

What day was it on? Usually it's best to wait until day 14 to pull any, just to be absolutely sure. That's so great that 3 are developing!

All incubators need to have ventilation. But the forced air ones, (with a fan) need to be kept at 99.5 degrees Fahrenheit at all times. Still air (no fan) needs to be kept at 102 Fahrenheit at all times. It doesn't change at lockdown. Some people do lower it a bit, but the way I see it as is he...

Well, if they're upright, I would turn them the same way. So the fat end on all of them tipping to the left as much as possible, then the fat end tipping to the right, etc. 3/5 times a day. Swinging...never heard of that. Don't do it, sounds bad.

I lost this thread, so sorry! I'll catch up and reply in a bit.

Well, first of all, you should definitely calibrate a thermometer to check temp with. It's best to lay the eggs on their sides, it's hard for them to get out of the eggs standing vertically. Twice a day... is that what you did with the last batch? Twice a day is not enough, and eggs being...