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[ronott1]

Well, I candled last night. WAY to many blanks.. tossed 12 I think? And I'm pretty confident I have 6-7 more, but I just wasn't 100% positive so I left them and intend to recheck them in a few more days. I also have one Very dark Maran egg in there, but I have no idea how to see through it? What do I do? I'm scared to just leave it, if its infertile or a quitter.. at what point do they explode?!
And thanks to all the enablers encouragers on here, I went ahead and tossed in 9 more eggs to fill up my empty spots and try my hand at a staggered hatch..


Bummer. My bator was 2° low this morning and I was wondering exactly how long it had been that way as well. Probably all night I would assume considering I candled about midnight. Ugh. I hope al the babies are ok! Yours too!

N.E.V.E.R. E.N.O.U.G.H. I have a 3month old and a 24month old. I cant think straight!


Ouch! I'm sorry! Ice Ice Ice!

Keep an eye on them. They do not usually expolode but will seep.

Use the sniff test. They smell like sulfur.

I hope the remaining eggs do well!

 

[ronott1]

I haven’t had one explode inside the incubator yet. I would think if it were fresh to start you’ll be ok leaving it till lockdown or longer. The headlamp I have improvises as a candle when I’m hatching. I took a piece of insulating foam for water pipes and foil lined it with a foil tape. It does a decent job of seeing inside the Marans eggs.
I’m also trying to get some eggs to fill in the spots left from my duds. If not the 7 that are left will have to do.
Of the eggs that were duds I started collecting them on 11-28. After a week in incubator from this hal I scrambled them up for the chickens to eat. None exploded.
As to the cool down you had I’ve had broodies leave their nest for what I thought was an excessive amount of time and they hatched.

Cool down cycle is on my incubator. One hour a day from day 8 to 18 will increase hatch rates a bit.

In other words, cooling is good not bad!

 

[ronott1]

We are gathering winter provisions for winter. The pasture grasses stopped growing. All the local hay has been cut and baled and fresh,dry & ON SALE.. Been hauling it from all 4 corners of the county. Placing it in storage w/o a tractor.. "Round rolls".
Processed our Rooster flock. Prepping 3 swine to go to process. Castrating young boars. Modifying one of my breeding houses for my new Blue Austrulorpes. On top of basic chores and duties...
Fun times!
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Cutie pies!

It is the anti modern life!

to the old way of living!

 

[JacksFarmNGardn]

Bummer. I’d open the incubator get temps stable and candle in day or two to see how they are doing. They might have a chance

I turned the bator off while i showere last night,about 15m, and turned it back on. It's been reading normal since.

 

[JacksFarmNGardn]

What kind of bator.. My little giant 9200 is set on 107.5* F and my aux meter reads 100.9* F..

It's a Little Giant too. This is my 3rd season using it. I know it gets horrible reviews, but the only time i ever had a temp jump, was when the temp increased outside last yr unexpectedly, and my bator ran to 108.outside temp increased inside house temp in turn increasing bator. It was just a few hours and the hatchrate was normal.but this time was not weather related.

I'm gonna candle tomorrow night, as it'd be 48 hrs after. I would think i'd see bloodrings if they died. If this hatch gets cooked, i'll be out the nyh, but still have eggs i'll be setting again anyways.

 

[OneMountainAcres]

They do not usually expolode

The key word being USUALLY. My incubator has FINALLY stopped stinking from my bad egg venture. I had one blow up in the cabinet while I want home and hubby had no clue what the smell was. Our bedroom stunk for a couple days lol

 

[ronott1]

The key word being USUALLY. My incubator has FINALLY stopped stinking from my bad egg venture. I had one blow up in the cabinet while I want home and hubby had no clue what the smell was. Our bedroom stunk for a couple days lol

I am so sorry about that! The smell is terrible. When I was growing up, the dogs broke a bunch of rotten eggs under our house. Mom tried spraying lysol on it. We spent a couple of days at Grandmas....

 

[OneMountainAcres]

I am so sorry about that! The smell is terrible. When I was growing up, the dogs broke a bunch of rotten eggs under our house. Mom tried spraying lysol on it. We spent a couple of days at Grandmas....

Lol, WOW! I bet that was terrible!

 

[Lazy Farmer]

to the old way of living!

AND SOLD ALL THE TURKEYS!!! BUB-Bye Turkeys..

 

[CapricornFarm]

Nasty eggs in the incubator are one of the stinkiest odors going. Skunk is worse, and anal glands are up there too!