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[teaton]

Some good news - after (horrifically) dropping one of my eggs during the final candling, wrapping it with the only thing I had on hand (athletic tape) and mourning its eventual decease - this has happened!

Hooray!

What great news! Gives a whole new meaning to the incredible egg!

 

[Cynthia12]

I don't candle except about day 14 to make sure something is growing. Mostly because I can see little or nothing inside the eggs. I certainly don't look at air cell size. I don't even own a hygrometer. I do have a gram scale so I weigh eggs instead, I put a little water in when I set and again halfway through. when I weigh again. I weighed last night and they are supposed to have lost 10% of their weight. They were all spot on. So I didn't have to fret about humidity % or draw circles on eggs.
If the weights are low, I add water. If they're high, I let it dry out.
This is the way I've been doing it for a long time.

Interesting! Seems to be a few different ways to this incubation thing. I personally don't worry much about the humidity in the beginning too much either. I don't do circles on eggs until lock down time. I like to see which side is higher, that's where I plant it for lock down..high part up.

Hey, I like that Santa Suit your chicken found there in your avvy.

 

[Cynthia12]

We are between storms in Woodland California. It dried out enough today for me to do some cleaning. The flock looks good after molting too!

Beautiful birds!

 

[Cynthia12]

33 eggs just went to lockdown!!!! Last batch of 2016.

Good luck. I think those eggs will hatch. They have to, or else! Just going by the look in that avvy!

Now I want to see a smile. Yep I do.

 

[Cynthia12]

Some good news - after (horrifically) dropping one of my eggs during the final candling, wrapping it with the only thing I had on hand (athletic tape) and mourning its eventual decease - this has happened!

Hooray!

Oh wow! That's great!

 

[FreedomFarm13]

ME!!! I'm super excited about it, too. I'm pretty sure I'll have some fertile Ameraucana eggs by then...hopefully my blue boy will get with the program and make with the fertilizing

I hope we have a thread for that as well so we can all join in on that adventure together!! That'd be great. Hope everyone's eggs are doing well tonight!

for babies!!! And TONS of pics!

 

[chonsey]

Happy the lil one made it!

 

[ChickenCanoe]

Interesting! Seems to be a few different ways to this incubation thing. I personally don't worry much about the humidity in the beginning too much either. I don't do circles on eggs until lock down time. I like to see which side is higher, that's where I plant it for lock down..high part up.

Hey, I like that Santa Suit your chicken found there in your avvy.

Lots of different ways. I try to think how a hen does it or how a big commercial hatchery does it. Neither draw circles.
I think it was Ron that suggested some years ago that he lets the egg roll and the heavy side goes down. That's the way I do it. That way the bulk of the air cell will be on top and that's where they're likely to pip.

Was it you that put the suit on my rooster? Someone on the Old Folks Home did it for me but I don't remember who.

 

[minihorse927]

I've got a pip! e should be hatching from now until Sunday

 

[N F C]

I've got a pip!

should be hatching from now until Sunday

Yay! Pictures...we must see chick pictures!