I do that too.I have six in there right now that are either clear or look like they started and quit... and I haven't had the heart to remove them yet.But I know I'll have to soon. I don't want them to explode but there's a part of me that wants to have hope they would do something even though my brain tells me... nope they aren't going to develop.
They've been in since the 13th at noon. I see no veins in four for sure. One might be a blood ring. The sixth looks kind of like the yolk is twice as dark as it should be and is busted inside.
That one is making me nervous, but all the eggs I put in on the 13th that have life inside are quite developed by now.
So sorry you lost one of yours.. I know how heartbreaking it is... Especially one you hatched.So... we had bad storms come through yesterday. I was concerned we would lose power, but we didn't. (Whew.) I checked on the chickens and locked them in a little early before the storms hit (the clouds made it dark so they went to roost). When I left, everything was fine, but when I went out this morning... Layla had apparently gotten so freaked out by the storm that she came down off the roost. It looked like she flew onto the nesting area and then flew the length of the hen house, straight into the wall, and killed herself. When I found her this morning, she was already stiff. I hatched her last July. Freak accident, but I don't know what else could have happened. Kinda heartbroken right now.
On the bright side, I candled my eggs this morning and I see life in 16 I think.
I wouldn't mind a paper bag, too
Reading of pipping, wiggling eggs, hatching and seeing all the amazing and cute pictures and videos on here plays kind of a role with that, too, lol.
Sniff-question: Do you sniff every single egg or do you sniff the air in the incubator?
Oh yeah the possibility of exploding is currently one of my biggest fears and worst nightmaresI sniff the air inside the incubator and then if I smell anything weird, I'll investigate. I've never had one explode (yet). Last year I left some eggs in there over a week after all of the others hatched to make sure they weren't going to hatch. Accidentally cracked a few when I was taking the incubator outside to discard the eggs, but they never exploded. After reading threads on here, I realize how lucky I was!
pull the ones that didn't develop veins, and the one with the blood ring. They are not going anywhere if they haven't done it so far. They could have been unfertilized (4). How do you intend to turn the lastest eggs, when the incubator goes into lockdown for 3 days? And the humidity will be higher than normal for that period of time as well.They've been in since the 13th at noon. I see no veins in four for sure. One might be a blood ring. The sixth looks kind of like the yolk is twice as dark as it should be and is busted inside.
(I also have three maybes that I put in on the 24th to replace a few of the quitters I thought I had then. No veining on those either, but I'm also going to leave them in for a while just in case because they are so new.)
Its so True!! Last year my first one was roo, but he was lonley for 2 days and I fall in love so I keep him anyway
I’m so sorry and glad you could save him. Also, you have helped me decide to clad my hoop coop with half inch cloth on the inside not the outside. Thank you!
You two ladies, ermmmm.. well folks confirmed my suspicions that early hatchers tend to be male.Its so True!! Last year my first one was roo, but he was lonley for 2 days and I fall in love so I keep him anyway
