Adventures in Incubating Shipped Eggs

[CSAchook]

Day 3. I see life in some quail eggs.View attachment 1393344

Very exciting!

 

[Ursuline Chick]

Day 3. I see life in some quail eggs.View attachment 1393344

 

[Kiki]

 

[Ursuline Chick]

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[Kiki]

Look how crazy my hand looks in that pic.

 

[Kiki]

Very exciting!

Look just under my nail and those ugly spots.

 

[CSAchook]

IT’S ALIVE!

 

[TotallyShellyTurtle]

Day 3. I see life in some quail eggs.View attachment 1393344

I really want to hatch quail eggs next. Can't wait for these two silkies to hatch. Lol

 

[Cerise1924]

More candling results!

-On Day 5, I candled the 29 shipped eggs from four different eBay sellers, and in two different incubators. 16 showed wonderful development (big, red spiderwebs) and 13 were uncertain or unpromising.
-Today, Day 7, I candled the 13 uncertain eggs. Two had moving little chicks! That was a welcome surprise, and also means that I have 100% development on the Svart Hona eggs that were shipped across the country. Two more were completely clear (1 Legbar x, one Appenzeller), and one had a very distinct blood ring (Appenzeller), so I tossed those three.
-That leaves me with 18 eggs that are developing beautifully, and eight that I don't quite have the heart to toss out yet, just in case they might have growing chicks.
-On Day 10, I'll candle just those eight uncertain eggs again. I'll leave the good eggs undisturbed until Day 14.
-How long do you let unpromising eggs stay in the incubator?

 

[Zinjifrah]

More candling results!

-On Day 5, I candled the 29 shipped eggs from four different eBay sellers, and in two different incubators. 16 showed wonderful development (big, red spiderwebs) and 13 were uncertain or unpromising.
-Today, Day 7, I candled the 13 uncertain eggs. Two had moving little chicks! That was a welcome surprise, and also means that I have 100% development on the Svart Hona eggs that were shipped across the country. Two more were completely clear, and one had a very distinct blood ring, so I tossed those three.
-That leaves me with 18 eggs that are developing beautifully, and eight that I don't quite have the heart to toss out yet, just in case they might have growing chicks.
-On Day 10, I'll candle just those eight uncertain eggs again. I'll leave the good eggs undisturbed until Day 14.
-How long do you let unpromising eggs stay in the incubator?

I leave them in until the developing eggs are unmistakably progressing, so that I can be certain that if anything were happening with the 'duds' that it would be clearly visible. Day 8-10, thereabouts, I think. But I'm only on my second set of eggs to hatch.