Setting eggs on July 9th, anyone want to join me?

My eggs were 12 Speckled Sussex shipped. One was broken on arrival. They were each wrapped in a paper towel and placed inside an egg carton..the egg carton was placed at the top of the box with no packing on top. I was not happy with the packing and pretty much knew it would be a miracle if any of them survived. In the same shipment were 3 Sizzle eggs. None of them even started. $50.00 for all those.
The Olive Eggers I got off ebay for $8.00 plus $13 for shipping...they came packed well. 6 of those look good =)

Scott got his eggs off ebay two different sellers. They were packed really well from both sellers. One came from CA and one from PA. In many of them it looks like the yolks have been scrambled..a few have intact air cells but no development. A few you can see the air cells are ruined. I'm new to candling..so I may not be seeing what I think I see. However... each egg glows like a light bulb, no veining, no nothing at day 14.
The ones he put in my bator that started on the 9th....also had nothing at day 18.

The incubators were consistent, we have more than one digital thermometer/hygrometer and a couple regular thermometers that we check with.
 
50 is a pretty penny for eggs, you would think they would have secured them better I don't think paper towels would help much, the ones I ordered were all shipped with bubble wrap and styrofoam casings, I try not to order eggs to far.
 
My eggs were 12 Speckled Sussex shipped. One was broken on arrival. They were each wrapped in a paper towel and placed inside an egg carton..the egg carton was placed at the top of the box with no packing on top. I was not happy with the packing and pretty much knew it would be a miracle if any of them survived. In the same shipment were 3 Sizzle eggs. None of them even started. $50.00 for all those.
The Olive Eggers I got off ebay for $8.00 plus $13 for shipping...they came packed well. 6 of those look good =)

Scott got his eggs off ebay two different sellers. They were packed really well from both sellers. One came from CA and one from PA. In many of them it looks like the yolks have been scrambled..a few have intact air cells but no development. A few you can see the air cells are ruined. I'm new to candling..so I may not be seeing what I think I see. However... each egg glows like a light bulb, no veining, no nothing at day 14.
The ones he put in my bator that started on the 9th....also had nothing at day 18.

The incubators were consistent, we have more than one digital thermometer/hygrometer and a couple regular thermometers that we check with.

maybe the heat affected them...
 
lock down has begun,...woohoooooooooooooo

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now the faceprint on my incubator glass

Oh good luck being patient---it's killing me.
 
I left a few of the shipped eggs in the bator but I'm 99% they are dead. But 2 of my hens eggs started pipping some hours ago....at day 20!!!! Just a small crack in the shell in one and small hole in the other. When candeling since day 7 this last one was ssoooooo activeeeeee. When I saw how hyper he is in the shell I wondered If he/she is going to be like that once it hatches. I can Imagine a small chick running like crazy ...LOL...If they hatch they are my comfort in the pain of not hatching anything from the 52 shipped eggs :
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Two hatched today whole I was working, to the joy of my sons. I have a Silkie pipping 48 hours early..I ran my bator at 100, so that might be why. The last barnyard mix is rolling around the hatcher, so I have high hopes.

It's really fun. I want to do it again!
 



They're here . . . . Yeah, triple yeah!!!
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not sure if the last Mille Fleur d'Uccle will hatch or not but I'm still waiting. . .
one of my babies died last night, it had been stuck all day after it's pip and
we finally helped it but it must have been too weak, very sad but I am so thrilled
to have these three (the other egg belongs to my broody & isn't due yet)
 

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