About to lose it.

[Badhbh]

Today is day 19 on the Serama eggs. Out of 18, I had 10 that were still viable from last candling. The rest were quitters.
If these don't hatch, i'm seriously going to lose it. This is the third try on Seramas. The first time, the eggs were scrambled (thanks mr postofficeperson), the second, the humidity was wrong (too low) and temps too high (102). THIS time, humidity has been in the 50s the whole way. I've been obsessing over it. Temp has been 101 (still air) with one spike to 103 when i took out the turner, but it wasn't that high for long- less than a half hour.
No pips.
Everything says they hatch in 19 days.
19.
Today is 19! HATCH!

There, i'm ok. But really. I dont' think I can take another failure. All i want is some stupid Seramas

 

[PineBurrowPeeps]

Sending good vibes

 

[Teach97]

those are evil eggs...I quit after like three tries...best of luck to you but they are evil eggs...I have an incubator in my classroom! I claim it is part of class...

...it is just there for a quick fix

 

[BeardedChick]

What day were they set?

They sometimes hatch on day 21.

 

[Badhbh]

They were set on the night of the 30th. So any day now...

 

[BeardedChick]

You're actually on day 18 by my pencilling (ok, Excel spreadsheeting).

DAY DATE
set 30-Nov
1 1-Dec
2 2-Dec
3 3-Dec
4 4-Dec
5 5-Dec
6 6-Dec
7 7-Dec
8 8-Dec
9 9-Dec
10 10-Dec
11 11-Dec
12 12-Dec
13 13-Dec
14 14-Dec
15 15-Dec
16 16-Dec
17 17-Dec
18 18-Dec
19 19-Dec
20 20-Dec
21 21-Dec

 

[Poohbear]

Chicken eggs ALWAYS start hatching on the 21st day. I've had them hatch 21- 22 - 23 days. Never on 19 days. May I suggest using a setting hen instead of an incubator?

 

[BeardedChick]

Quote:
It's not unusual at all for Serama to hatch on day 19. But they don't always hatch early...

 

[Badhbh]

Seramas are known for hatching on day 19. Not ALWAYS, but much of the time.
And i've got no broodies this time of year.. if this one doesn't work out I may try with a broody in the spring.
Thanks for the math! Yay it's only 18! I took the turner out a day early. Oh well.

 

[BeardedChick]

Thanks for the math!

I learned that spreadsheet thing on here, which is great because I cannot keep track of the days to save my life.

Let us know how the hatch goes.​