Anyone setting eggs starting July 15 -July 22?

[Roxannemc]

HI everyone ...so thrilled to say even getting these shipped eggs in the 105 degree heat(did have cold packs added) all but 4 of my many eggs 36? are looking good day10,day 7 and day3. Shouldnt have done the day 3 yet like to wait a week but did them before i saw they werent a week along yet.

3 were iffy, maybe clear but these dark eggs and all are, hard to tell so early . One had a dark area center but it was mottled and it could have been the darker mottling. One was leaking yellow this morning a tiny bit so it went.ONLy one i was positive was bad
So far so good.

 

[silkiemelon]

I just candled 3 of the 8. One looked like a dud but I will give it the benefit of the doubt for now. One had development and I think it moved.

. The last one, and the only Silkie egg I could reach, was WAY ahead of the other two. I could see the eye and the shadow/outline of a body! It was small, but there!

Now just to wait another two weeks..,

You finally candled them!
Glad they are doing well

I also must wait for another two weeks...

 

[Roxannemc]

FINALLY the last eggs came!! Most expensive ones and of course ,,,,,, late!.Silver Laced Brahmas. I have wanted them so long.USPS tracking said Sent right past me from TN to KansasCity (NW MO and whoops!....back here in South East Mo ..
Al l the hot trips and jogging around i was worried to let them sit out to settle in case they were incubating already so did what someone had done put them in the bator in an egg carton to settle for a day
(they used a still turner ) that way if they had started to grow they wouldnt be stunted back by 70 degrees for too long,. and the air cell can settle too .Seems reasonable hope it is.
I did take 4 out since i got 5 extras and set them to settle room temp. See what works if any .. A couple were pretty narrow & pointy.
Hope they make it.
Also all were a little dirty. Guess its ok as i guess some ppl dont want to clean them off let germs into the egg..??Hope thats all

But Read if they arent shaped well they dont do good (.Almost everything i know i read on BYC. Trying to do the RIGHT things i read from here but hard sometimes to know what that is ..)

 

[thumper4269]

I am so mad ! I was taking an egg out to candle it and hit the edge of the bator and cracked it, on day 17 ! I put nail polish on it but i think it is too deep to do any good! Poor chick moving in there with nail polish now.... It is on the skinny end so maybe it will be okay and it is laying on its side with the crack up... I feel so bad ...

 

[UrbanMamaHen]

I am so mad ! I was taking an egg out to candle it and hit the edge of the bator and cracked it, on day 17 !  I put nail polish on it but i think it is too deep to do any good! Poor chick moving in there with nail polish now.... It is on the skinny end so maybe it will be okay and it is laying on its side with the crack up... I feel so bad ...

I hope it will okay.

 

[UrbanMamaHen]

What should I do? I just candled my eggs at the end of seven days. They look good, but they have lost too much weight, about 20% already. I have been incubating dry, with humidity about 35%. Should I try to increase the humidity now and not wait until lock down?

 

[Chick_In_The_Burbs]

MamaHen- I don't know, but a good place to ask is the old fashion broody thread. They have tons of info and seem to have the answers to most hatching questions, incubation or broody. Good luck!

https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/...g-and-informational-thread/12630#post_9405056

 

[Ilovemyduckies]

Today is Day 15. Candled all 7 (I thought I put 8 under her but I only saw seven). Three of them ere infertile (the ones I was looking forward to seeing) and the other four were looking good. One problem though, the air sacs are unattached like they would be with shipped eggs. These came from my hens so I have no idea what happened... Any ideas? The main thing I am worried about is that they won't be able to hatch on their sides like that.....

 

[UrbanMamaHen]

MamaHen- I don't know, but a good place to ask is the old fashion broody thread. They have tons of info and seem to have the answers to most hatching questions, incubation or broody. Good luck!
https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/...g-and-informational-thread/12630#post_9405056

Thanks. It is my first time. It will be a learning experience.

 

[Roxannemc]

urbanmamahen
i think i would raise humidity a little if most of them have lost too much.How do your air cells look?