12th Annual BYC Easter Hatch-Along

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Just been corresponding back and forth with the breeder. She has an excellent hatch rate with her own eggs and has no reported issues from others getting eggs from her. She suspects the eggs may be getting x-rayed when they come through Hawaii, even though she labels them not to be. So frustrating. 😟
Would lining the box with foil help with that? There has got to be some way to block at least some xrays from getting through so you're not relying on people to read and do their jobs.
 
Would lining the box with foil help with that? There has got to be some way to block at least some xrays from getting through so you're not relying on people to read and do their jobs.

It's interesting that you bring up foil. I received my first shipped eggs ever that the cartons inside the box were also wrapped in foil. I still had clears and quitters but so far a good number made it to lockdown and hopefully will also hatch! Maybe the foil was beneficial?
 
Last egg has pipped! The other 2 hatched last night.

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My air cells are looking a lot better (to me, anyway 🤣 ). I wonder if pulling the dud eggs out helped, as I wasn't seeing much progress on their size until I did. I imagine some humidity comes from the eggs themselves, but would it really be that much? 🤔


Anyway, today is day 14 (average between the two eggs), so I'll take a closer look at them tonight. I'm living for the baby pictures in the mean time. :love
 
Would lining the box with foil help with that? There has got to be some way to block at least some xrays from getting through so you're not relying on people to read and do their jobs.
@LadiesAndJane - I just did a quick google on this issue and it looks like it might, but depends to some degree on the thickness of the material used (i.e. thick aluminum would actually be more effective than thin lead.) Several layers of heavy duty aluminum foil probably wouldn't hurt.
 
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