🍃August Hatch-a-Long🍃

[Lunah452]

When I have bad eggs I can tell by touching the eggs before even candling. Quitters and infertile eggs do not get warm, they stay cold.

I did not know that. So possibly the dead eggs are messing with the temperature regulation?

This is my first time candling, I've been afraid to toss any in case I'm wrong, also they're maran eggs which doesn't help although I've been having good results with the candling system I built. I can see a definite difference in the early, later quitters and the growing ones. The ones with movement at the later stage are pretty easy even for a newbie.

Maybe I'll post some pics of the possibly iffy ones to be sure.

 

[Colleen556]

I usually wait up to 48 hours before I start worrying

Thank you

 

[Lunah452]

These are 2 that I think quit later in development. I just want to make sure before I toss. This group is at day 16

 

[FortCluck]

I did not know that. So possibly the dead eggs are messing with the temperature regulation?

This is my first time candling, I've been afraid to toss any in case I'm wrong, also they're maran eggs which doesn't help although I've been having good results with the candling system I built. I can see a definite difference in the early, later quitters and the growing ones. The ones with movement at the later stage are pretty easy even for a newbie.

Maybe I'll post some pics of the possibly iffy ones to be sure.

Post pics

 

[Lunah452]

Post pics

Pics in #863

 

[Misfits Farm 92]

The first one is out, and it's very noisy!
Eggshell hat.

I know that you can't properly tell if they're male or female yet, but this one looks like a rooster to me.

 

[FortCluck]

These are 2 that I think quit later in development. I just want to make sure before I toss. This group is at day 16

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1st one is no good... 2nd one is an early quitter

 

[FortCluck]

Had only 7 of 42 eggs that didn’t make it to lockdown.

I candle only on day 15 now with quail, it really helps I think getting a better hatch rate.

Quail hatch in 3 days

 

[Misfits Farm 92]

Another chick hatched! I moved them both to the brooder a bit early. They were kicking around all the other eggs, and the humidity had already shot up to 92.

 

[FortCluck]

Moved my quail eggs to my newer bator because I’m getting a ton of duck eggs today to hatch for a friend. Usually he has lots of silvers and chocolate ducklings.