12th Annual BYC Easter Hatch-Along

[Parront]

They are big but Mother of this pullet's had extra large.

Congratulation !

1 week down. 3 to go! Toilet paper tube gives a good view!

 

[cherrynberry]

Without going through all of your posts, I don’t know if you have seen bullseyes in any of the eggs before putting these in. If it’s not a fertility issue, be sure your incubator is clean, and you have your thermometer /hygrometer calibrated.

How would I calibrate it? It seems to be functioning though. The temperature is high enough too. Could opening the incubator on day 4 and 3 cause the eggs to not develop?
We never saw any growth, but saw our rooster mate the hens a few days before.

 

[Parront]

How would I calibrate it? It seems to be functioning though. The temperature is high enough too. Could opening the incubator on day 4 and 3 cause the eggs to not develop?
We never saw any growth, but saw our rooster mate the hens a few days before.

Maybe you could crack open some of the eggs that you have, that you did not set, and see if they are fertile?

 

[cherrynberry]

Maybe you could crack open some of the eggs that you have, that you did not set, and see if they are fertile?

I did and they were

 

[Parront]

I did and they were

The experts here will have to help you, I am a novice using an incubator! The only hatching I have ever done before this was using the broodiest Orpington in the world.

 

[CluckNDoodle]

I did and they were

If there isn't any development after 7 days then it sounds to me like they weren't fertilized. If you open an egg that has been incubating you can see if anything at all started.

 

[BullChick]

How would I calibrate it? It seems to be functioning though. The temperature is high enough too. Could opening the incubator on day 4 and 3 cause the eggs to not develop?
We never saw any growth, but saw our rooster mate the hens a few days before.

No, opening the incubator wouldn’t do that. Honestly, unless you have a cold or nasty dirty incubator, I’m stumped.

 

[BullChick]

If there isn't any development after 7 days then it sounds to me like they weren't fertilized. If you open an egg that has been incubating you can see if anything at all started.

Adding to that, blood will be present if there was any development. Sometimes it’s the only way to tell.

 

[Parront]

I put my incubator on floor too, but i add kitchen mat its kind short but its help to incubator not be directly on the floor.. hope this help

That is a good idea. I think it is drafty on the floor, at least the times I have had to sleep there! If I could even get the eggs a little bit off the floor, I would do it.

 

[BantyChooks]

Well, I candled my eggs last night and half of them were blood rings. Not sure what is going on. Hopefully the rest will be ok. This did not happen with my hatch last month; maybe I didn’t do a good job cleaning the incubator? Feeling a bit disappointed.

So sorry.