7th Annual BYC New Year's Day 2016 Hatch-A-Long

[howfunkyisurchicken]

My eggs got another candle last night. Looks like I have 2 quitters, or 2 eggs that were in the process of quitting when I looked at them. They were weird, I could see the little embryo but it looked like blood rings were starting. Anyway, I left them in for now and marked them with a ? So I can check them again in a couple of days.
My incubator has also decided to be a jerk these past few days, it just will not hold a steady temp, so I keep fiddling with it. I have 2 LGs (a 9200 and a 9300). I think I might use them both to make one decent franken-bator and maybe get myself a Hovabator or something a little better...

 

[KYTinpusher]

I'm curious - how long do people spend looking at an egg while candling?  I've looked for development - but never really spent much time watching for movement or heartbeats...

Oh, about 10 to 30, no, 40, O.K. maybe 60 seconds. ALL RIGHT, I admit it! Maybe 2 minutes. But when you see that tiny little heart beating, it is truly AWESOME! I don't spend that much time on each and every one, but I don't hurry either. Enjoy the experience!

 

[Pensmaster]

My eggs got another candle last night. Looks like I have 2 quitters, or 2 eggs that were in the process of quitting when I looked at them. They were weird, I could see the little embryo but it looked like blood rings were starting. Anyway, I left them in for now and marked them with a ? So I can check them again in a couple of days.
My incubator has also decided to be a jerk these past few days, it just will not hold a steady temp, so I keep fiddling with it. I have 2 LGs (a 9200 and a 9300). I think I might use them both to make one decent franken-bator and maybe get myself a Hovabator or something a little better...

I used a broken styrofoam variety to make a coolerbator out of an old cooler. Holds moisture great especially with the entire bottom being able to get wet. What I don't like is the wafer thermostat I used it's really touchy to start. Once going it seems to do ok but I can't trust it at all.

 

[ronott1]

Ok today is day 7 of my chicken eggs out of the 29 set 6 were duds. So my roos are doing there jobs!! But i dont have the candeling pics like u all get. i dont see movement or vein. Just a larger lump in the eggs and not much in the air sac. But its really hard to see through my eggs. There really thick. Think my girls are eating to many oyster shells lol.

Good for the roos!

It is a sign of a healthy flock when the shells are good and hard.

I'm curious - how long do people spend looking at an egg while candling? I've looked for development - but never really spent much time watching for movement or heartbeats...

I candle from the top. The eggs get a quick time of light. If the egg looks iffy, then I will pick it up and have a closer look.

It is hard to spend a lot of time on each egg when you have a lot of eggs set.

My eggs got another candle last night. Looks like I have 2 quitters, or 2 eggs that were in the process of quitting when I looked at them. They were weird, I could see the little embryo but it looked like blood rings were starting. Anyway, I left them in for now and marked them with a ? So I can check them again in a couple of days.
My incubator has also decided to be a jerk these past few days, it just will not hold a steady temp, so I keep fiddling with it. I have 2 LGs (a 9200 and a 9300). I think I might use them both to make one decent franken-bator and maybe get myself a Hovabator or something a little better...

I hope you can get the incubators stabilized!

 

[ronott1]

Oh, about 10 to 30, no, 40, O.K. maybe 60 seconds.

ALL RIGHT, I admit it! Maybe 2 minutes.

But when you see that tiny little heart beating, it is truly AWESOME!

I don't spend that much time on each and every one, but I don't hurry either. Enjoy the experience!

There you go!

This would be a good reason for using a candler with a cool bulb.

Love it!

 

[Lozuufy]

My pigeons stopped sitting on their egg, I guess the male got tired of doing all the work since the female wouldn't help

. So, I put it in the bator until another pair of pigeons start sitting on eggs and I can give it to them. ....Of course I candled

, and saw the little heart beating

.



This is what it looked like

 

[ronott1]

My pigeons stopped sitting on their egg, I guess the male got tired of doing all the work since the female wouldn't help

. So, I put it in the bator until another pair of pigeons start sitting on eggs and I can give it to them. ....Of course I candled

, and saw the little heart beating

.



This is what it looked like

Great picture!

I hope you get a pair sitting soon.

 

[Lozuufy]

Great picture!

I hope you get a pair sitting soon.

Thanks! The other 3 pairs are building nests so should lay eggs in the next few days.

 

[Peep_Show]

I've never used the carton hatching method. What is the technique too get the egg slanted towards the sun. Is it an egg carton you are speaking of? I know to put x on largest spot of sac and keep it upward when laying in hatching incubator but hatching chicks mess that up in short order.

Yes. The egg carton you speak of it would be.... (thank you, Yoda)

 

[KYTinpusher]

Thank you! I changed my title just for you two.

This would be a good reason for using a candler with a cool bulb.

Yes, cool is a necessity. I use LED flashlights. I used to use the Brinsea candlers (I have both the reg. and high intensity), but the switches wore out. I don't know how that happened.

My pigeons stopped sitting on their egg, I guess the male got tired of doing all the work since the female wouldn't help

. So, I put it in the bator until another pair of pigeons start sitting on eggs and I can give it to them. ....Of course I candled

, and saw the little heart beating

.



This is what it looked like

Great picture!