2021:1st Chicken Hatch

[Kholts]

Got a new Incubator. A little Giant with the egg turner: not my 1st choice but there is not a whole lot readily available in my area.

I decided to do a hatch test with chicken eggs before I start my duck eggs. I am currently still waiting for my ducks to start laying again & then I’ll have to wait until I know they are fertilized soooo I’m months out yet.

The eggs I got are full of colors.

The hens are crested cream legbar, ameraucana, sapphire and icbar. Roo is a laced Wyandotte. I am super interested to see what colors of chicks I get & how many lol.

My incubator has been running for a couple days with the turner. I also calibrated my thermometer & hygrometer that’s inside. I’ll be candeling to mark air cells & check for imperfections tonight & setting them.

Wish me luck!

I’ll update on day 7 with progress pictures!

 

[PioneerChicks]

Welcome to the world of hatching! I should warn you though, it is very addicting and once you start you can never stop. This is where chicken multiplication comes in

Anyways, good luck and have fun!

 

[ChloeSilkie08]

Following! I have a hatch-a-long going on right now as well! Almost on day 10!

 

[Kholts]

Welcome to the world of hatching! I should warn you though, it is very addicting and once you start you can never stop. This is where chicken multiplication comes in

Anyways, good luck and have fun!

I hatched quail last year. It was a horrible hatch with a borrowed incubator. 3 hatched of 18

I’m more hopeful this time around haha

 

[Birdie mom]

I hatched quail last year. It was a horrible hatch with a borrowed incubator. 3 hatched of 18

I’m more hopeful this time around haha

Don't worry, I've hatched worse. 44 eggs- 4 chickens-3 died- and the one that lived was a really aggressive rooster

 

[Kholts]

Don't worry, I've hatched worse. 44 eggs- 4 chickens-3 died- and the one that lived was a really aggressive rooster

What a horrible & unfortunate situation. Comical though lol

 

[Birdie mom]

 

[Kholts]

Question... is it normal not to be able to see anything in a blue egg? I wish I could have taken a picture but I was using my cell flashlight to candle. I couldn’t make out aircell, yolk or anything...but it wasn’t black like there was a chick already in there.

Maybe my eyes were stressed it was my last egg. But I did pick up another blue egg & rechecked my markings....

 

[AusHen]

I find some of my blue eggs light up as easily as white/cream eggs and others are as hard to candle (if not harder) than my darkest browns. With the darker blues I can eventually can make out the air cell as it expands and try and use that as a guide but for the most part they are a wait and see.

Good luck with your hatch!

 

[LadiesAndJane]

Try a candler on one end of the egg and a phone or other LED flashlight on the other end, in a very dark room like a closet. May require an extra set of hands. I can see even in the darkest eggs this way. Agree blue eggs can be as hard to see in as the dark brown ones. Good luck!