Another Hatch

[adirondak5]

Long time no post . My birds are 4 years old now , the Red Stars are hardly laying but the Barred Rocks are still at almost and egg a day . The Red Stars are going , I'll keep the Barred Rocks for now , but I need more egg layers . I just got 18 eggs from a freind , he has EE"s , BO's Leghorns and various roosters so the eggs should be fertile . Got out the NR 360 and got the eggs in this afternoon . The kids are just as excited as they were when we hatched the last batch for my daughter . Hopefully all will go good .

 

[LizGio]

Good luck

 

[adirondak5]

Checked 5 eggs a little while ago , will check the rest tonight . 5 for 5 so far .

 

[adirondak5]

Checked the rest of the eggs , out of the 18 we have 15 developing and 3 question marks . We think we see veining in one of the questionable eggs but not sure , will check those 3 in a day or so . If we can't see anything then we'll get rid of those.

 

[adirondak5]

Checked the 3 question marks again today , one we see veining/embryo , one we still see nothing , and the last we are still not sure . We cracked open the one we saw nothing and sure enough nothing , it never started . We will check the last question mark in another day or so , we think it has started, just not sure .

 

[adirondak5]

We are at 16 eggs now out of original 18 . That one we thought might have veining was a no start , cracked it to double check .

 

[adirondak5]

Made it to lock down with 16 eggs , turner rack is removed , filled reservoir A & B . Candled all the eggs one last time , they all look good . A few more days .

 

[adirondak5]

We are now into day 20 + and so far 2 eggs are starting to zip . Fingers crossed for a good hatch .

 

[adirondak5]

4 are out so far with more zipping . When the 4 are dry I'll get them in the brooder .

 

[adirondak5]

4 arein the brooder under the heatplate , 2 more just zipped out in the incubator