Adventures in Incubating Shipped Eggs

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Well, I did a quick and dirty "candling" this morning. I lifted the bater lid up, and shone the flashlight on a few eggs without handling them. I could see spiders in at least 3 eggs, possible veining on another couple. No clue about the Maran eggs still. Sorry, no pictures as I had one hand on the bator lid, and one on the flashlight. I will do my first official candling either tomorrow or Thursday -- as soon as my new hand-free candler arrives and will post pictures then.

My sussex is still puffing and clucking, but not showing interest in the nest this morning. Still hoping the broody "on" switch gets flipped on her sometime over the next couple of days.
 
Thank you. So far, so good. No tails have touched down, though I watched one from cone formation to tail that broke up about a hundred feet above the ground near my property, while I was driving back from town.

It looks like the worst of it's blowing over and headed toward town. This is not tornado country, so this is... really weird and unusual. Fascinating to see! But not when I have animals and incubating eggs to worry about!
 
Hi all! So, here's my shipped egg journey so far.

I won an auction for 6 goose eggs on ebay. They arrived, I let them sit with the fat end up for 24 hours, then put them in the incubator. Day 7, nothing at all. Day 10....still nothing. So I opened them up and they hadn't even started developing. Bummer. So I contact the seller just to let them know (I know I would want to), and being the wonderful, amazing, and generous person they are.....they sent me 6 more for free.

So, the next attempt batch gets here and the box is dented. Uh-oh. Well, I candle them and 3 have wonky air cells. Double uh-oh. But it's a small batch, so I figure I'll give them a try. Let them sit fat end up for 24 hours. Weighed and marked them. The 3 with messed up air cells were 1,2, and 3. The 3 with fine air cells were 4, 5, and 6. Day 7 comes along.....4, 5, and 6 have dark spots and veining starting. 1 looks....well...lumpy. I smell it and can smell the bad egg smell. Out goes egg 1. 2 and 3 show no signs of being bad or developing. Take them out again on day 10.....egg 2 has honey colored gross goo leaking out a little. It gets tossed into the woods across the street, because I don't need that in my life. Egg 3 isn't developing. Out goes egg 3. 4, 5, and 6 have more veining. Around day 15 the power goes out. So I take them out into the car with a thermometer and turn the heat on. I sit out there with them until the power comes back. That was a blast.

Fast forward to today. It's day 22 and 4,5, and 6 are active little things. We're so close to the big day I can hardly stand it. I'm anxious and excited.

Wish me luck. Or rather, wish them luck.
 
Colly1470 said:
Around day 15 the power goes out. So I take them out into the car with a thermometer and turn the heat on. I sit out there with them until the power comes back.
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That's quick thinking! I recall a thread here where at some point a person was carrying around a duck egg in their pants to keep it warm.
 

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