A Box of Monsters

[BlueBaby]

@Stacaroni How's the new batch of hatching egg's progressing?

 

[Stacaroni]

@Stacaroni How's the new batch of hatching egg's progressing?

OK, I think! I've been trying not to mess with them too much in case that was part of the problem last time. I should probably candle them tonight.

 

[BlueBaby]

OK, I think! I've been trying not to mess with them too much in case that was part of the problem last time. I should probably candle them tonight.

What day are you on now with those?

 

[Stacaroni]

What day are you on now with those?

Day 10!

 

[BlueBaby]

Day 10!

Ok, so you are 1/2 way through the incubation cycle. I would wait until day 14 to candle them, and when you do you can take a pencil and mark where the aircells are at.

 

[Stacaroni]

Ok, so you are 1/2 way through the incubation cycle. I would wait until day 14 to candle them, and when you do you can take a pencil and mark where the aircells are at.

OK. That is totally doable. Thank you!

 

[Stacaroni]

Well, @BlueBaby I just candled and it doesn't look promising. One egg for sure shows signs of life. The rest... not so much. Most of them had large, odd shaped air cells like this:

 

[BlueBaby]

Well, @BlueBaby I just candled and it doesn't look promising. One egg for sure shows signs of life. The rest... not so much. Most of them had large, odd shaped air cells like this:
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With that result, I wouldn't anymore from that person.

I just got an email from my Chicago breeder saying: I will drop your eggs off at the post office Thursday. You should have them soon. I haven't heard from the breeder up in Maine yet.

 

[Stacaroni]

With that result, I wouldn't anymore from that person.

I just got an email from my Chicago breeder saying: I will drop your eggs off at the post office Thursday. You should have them soon. I haven't heard from the breeder up in Maine yet.

Yeah. I won't be incubating shipped eggs again anytime soon. At least these didn't cost an arm and a leg like the first batch.

 

[BlueBaby]

Yeah. I won't be incubating shipped eggs again anytime soon. At least these didn't cost an arm and a leg like the first batch.

Many of the flock's up north could be molting soon anyway's if they haven't started already, and that could mess up the fertility of egg's too. It's best that you wait for a while. This hatch that I will be starting soon is going to be the last one that I do for this year. By spring, I will only be hatching from my own flock.