So we are on day 8. We candled last night and saw development in 6 of the 12 eggs we ordered. I will post a picture but you can't see a lot from the photo. We could see veining and a black dot in there that was moving around quite a bit.
This is very cool, to see the homemade incubator...
We do have a rooster. Wasn't sure if it was old enough yet and found out today he may not be. This evening I went down to the coop and candled the two eggs the hen was sitting on and there is no veining or movement. Cracked one of the eggs open and nothing - looked like any other egg. So we...
Looks like everything went well the first night.... no failure from the incubator. Temp is holding well. Opened up this morning and turned the eggs. Can't wait for hatching day!
I guess I'll start by explaining how this happened. We have had our chickens for about 4 months and trying to learn as we go. This site has been a great help along the journey. We have (4) 2yr old hens (2 Dominique, 1 Austrolorpe and 1 Something) and (7) 5mo old Golden Comets. One of the 2yr...