Does he have any yolk still attached? Maybe he doesn't get he is out and still trying to turn. My olive Egger (we named it Kalamata you know like a black olive, since it is all black) did that floppy thing for about an hour or so, then was fine.
I see you are a homeschooling mom too!
I am not trying to argue on this. Looks like we all have our own way of figuring and I am not telling (or insisting) that any of you are wrong. 9 times out of 10, the clears are all from one hen, so clears may not be the fault of my roo, but an issue with the hen. I will not be getting rid of...
I have only been using my own eggs. I do want some silkies, and those will have to be shipped. I may have to figure differently then, but for now this method works. I also have just been getting 25-33% hatches, so all hatching this time is wonderful.
One of the stars of the hatch: my olive egger
another star: the first Minorca Easter Egger cross egg I have gotten to hatch
and cause they are cute:
this one is an Ancona Easter Egger cross, looks like eyebrows, LOL
and the only naked necked Turken Easter Egger cross:
The way I figure my hatch rate is
#set minus #clears = #viable eggs
#hatched divided by #viable eggs = hatch rate %
To me the ones that are clear are beyond my control, but ones that at the very least get a blood ring are prooven viable and something caused it to not develop.
Pics will be...
I miscounted yesterday, I had 11 of 12 make it to lockdown. When I went to bed last night I had 7 pips I could see, and woke up to 3 little chickies this morning!! And another is zipping right now!
I tried a multi look up site that looks up several shippers and nothing. I finally emailed them and they said it would be going out Friday and the shipper was fed ex. They are pretty nice and quick to respond. I think mine is so fast cause they are in Kentucky and I am just in North Carolina.
Yes, .org. I got the email it was shipped on Thursday, but it went out Friday evening. On the email there should be a tracking number on it.
In other news... I have 4 pips! Tomorrow is our day 21!! So excited, this is just proofing to me already it was my styro hatcher that was the culprit...
I foresee another hatch along! Where did you order from? Mine is coming from incubators.com via fed-ex and should be here Tuesday!! I have 16 eggs on the counter just waiting!