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[N F C]

Here is a group photo of the little ones for now. I still have a few in the bator..not sure what's going on there. I will post better photos when they are all dried off.

Cute little bits you have there Cynthia!

 

[eldonrgv]

Do you have a gas stove/oven or some source of wood heat?
Bake some rocks or bricks and put them in the incubator.
87 for over an hour is a bit of an issue if they've been incubating more than a week.

Nope. Everything electric here. Good thing power came back on for the babies on the brooder but I think the damage is done on the bator. Ill check them tomorrow when its supposed to be warmer.

 

[ChickenCanoe]

Unless they're white eggs, I wouldn't give up on them.
How many days have they been incubating?

 

[eldonrgv]

Unless they're white eggs, I wouldn't give up on them.
How many days have they been incubating?

Got 3 batches:

16 days
9 days
2 days

All brown shell no whites.

 

[OneMountainAcres]

Got 3 batches:

16 days
9 days
2 days

All brown shell no whites.

What was the lowest temperature they hit? I had my cabinet bator go out overnight and the temp drop to mid 60s and most of the eggs STILL hatched. Those eggs act as a great sink and just because the thermometer is reading low, doesn't mean that the middle of the eggs have dropped that low. Keep your chin up and don't give up on them!

 

[eldonrgv]

What was the lowest temperature they hit? I had my cabinet bator go out overnight and the temp drop to mid 60s and most of the eggs STILL hatched. Those eggs act as a great sink and just because the thermometer is reading low, doesn't mean that the middle of the eggs have dropped that low. Keep your chin up and don't give up on them!

Power went out for almost 3 hrs and the lowest it went was 72 degrees. Ill candle them tomorrow to see if there's any movement.

 

[Hinotori]

4 clear eggs when I candled last night. All from the same pen. That cockerel had only been in there five days and is young and inexperienced so it's understandable. Still a lot of growing eggs in there.

 

[pennyJo1960]

4 clear eggs when I candled last night. All from the same pen. That cockerel had only been in there five days and is young and inexperienced so it's understandable. Still a lot of growing eggs in there.

wow I seem to have blue ones that have not been fertilized
all my green are more light olive

 

[Jessimom]

Well, I guess I should have candled the eggs that spent 3 weeks lost at the post office before I set them. I've had 3 oozers and 1 exploded. I'm going to candle the rest of them tonight to see if there is anything alive in there.

 

[N F C]

Well, I guess I should have candled the eggs that spent 3 weeks lost at the post office before I set them. I've had 3 oozers and 1 exploded. I'm going to candle the rest of them tonight to see if there is anything alive in there.

I hope you'll be able to get something out of the eggs you set. Sorry about the oozers and the explosion.