day 5

  1. PrettyBirdRocky

    Fairytale Hatch A Long, join in!

    As these will be dual purpose crosses for processing, let's give them a fairytale! Set some eggs Sunday. Have 16, am watching closely, have tested turner. When I candle day 5-7 I'll know better if I have duds. But it's a trial and error run. Have used this incubator before. Kebonnixs. Really...
  2. PrettyBirdRocky

    Incubating Power Outage Question

    I have scoured the search. How long would eggs still be able to survive with a power outage? Day 5, transformer blew in neighborhood. Four hours estimate to be on. Hopefully sooner. I know with a broody they can still be viable with her being off up to 8 hours. Does the same hold for...
  3. JustAChickenLoverOverHere

    Day 5 1/2 egg Incubation growth

    So, I was reading around BYC and I found a couple of posts that said the earliest you should candle an egg was day 4 or 5. So, me being the impatient person I am, decided to candle the eggs on day 5. I knew I wasn’t going to be able to wait 7-10 days to be sure the eggs were fertile, so I made...
  4. Zen Wildlife Rescuer

    Candling On Day 5!

    Hey everyone! So today is day 5 for my duck eggs. Tonight I am going to candle them and see if there is life😬 I have that excited, terrified feeling everytime I think about it! My question is, if I don’t see any veins inside the eggs today does that mean they’re all dead/infertile? Or should I...
  5. lena_

    Broody Hen Off Eggs In The Middle Of Winter! No Incubator! Please help!

    It's currently Winter in New Zealand, and my top hen Marielle has gone broody. Well, she's been broody since mid to late Autumn(Or Fall) and I finally gave in and let her incubate. She has two eggs on day 5 both with lively little spiders in them. However she has gotten off the nest three times...
  6. television

    Are these eggs developing?

    Hi, I am incubating chicken eggs that were shipped. Lots have detached air cells and whatnot. I see very clear embryos and veining in about 10, but a few look like this, where it appears there's only veining and I cannot see an embryo. Are these good? They just started day 5. Example of...
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