anyone due on feb. 8th-13th??

[Bock_Bock]

first off

, and i am using the basic 1602n hovabator this is my first hatch and i am keeping you guys posted on whats going on i candle eathier sunday or monday

 

[pegasuschick]

Your setup looks organized and wonderful.
I just plugged in my home made bator without the fan because I don't have one yet, but it seems to be working well. It shut off at 110 so I just adjusted the thermostat down a bit.
Good luck with your hatch!
Gina

 

[chantecler]

Quote:
I'm using a Hovabator 1588 with the automatic turner.

N:_)

 

[BawGock]

I've got the same set up as Chantecler!
Good luck to all!
Carolyn

 

[americana-chick]

i am so nervouse too! even though i have hatched befor, this is my first time trying to hatch my owne eggs!

candling egg question--
does anyone know if you can always see the yolk inside the egg when candling, or just when baby chicks are forming inside? i candled today 'its only the 5th day though' and i saw something but i thought it might be the yolk..? i didnt candle all of them, just a few. i am only using a flashlight so maybe it could be the baby chick but i cant see it very well? thanks!
~Bri

 

[pegasuschick]

If you are looking at brown eggs you probably won't see much at five days. If you are looking at white or light eggs you would see a dark spot and maybe you could see the air bubble. Five days is really soon though. You might also see some veins.
I candled all of mine the first time and since I didn't know really what to look for and all my eggs were brown, I could only see shadows and then clear areas. All the eggs that had shadows had chicks inside. I cracked them all after my incubator "cooked" the chicks. Got up one morning to find the temp at 115 degrees.. Bye bye chickies. I did learn what to look for when I cracked the eggs because then I could actually see which eggs had chicks. Almost all did.
Gina

 

[BawGock]

Hi Bri,
My husband is making a coffee can candler for me tonight or maybe tomorrow so I can candle on day 7 which is tomorrow. I was adding a little water to the incubator and checked two eggs doing the same thing you did with a flash light. I don't think I saw a yolk either. These are brown and green eggs. But I definately saw a vein in one of the two eggs

I wasn't planning on handling the eggs until day 7 but I wouldn't be a newbie if I didn't steal one peek now wouldn't I!

Carolyn

 

[pegasuschick]

Heehee, that is what's nice about not having an egg turner, I have to handle mine every day so it is easy to just take a little peek!
Gina

 

[98 gt]

handling them is part of the fun, no comercial feel...

 

[americana-chick]

almost everysingle one has a shadow!!!!!! hopefully that means chicks! i think 'unless my eyes where paying tricks on me...' that i 1 or 2 very faint vains in one of the darker eggs i have! i sure hope at least one of my banty eggs will hatch too, i dont think there fertilty is very good though... i suppose i am just going to have to be patient

i am kinda freeking out that if i dont get any i will be sad and if i get all roosters i will have to get rid of all of them