Anyone up to set their eggs on Valentine's day with me?

[paddock36]

I usually candle my eggs but that's more because it is so cool to see them moving inside the egg. My kids get a kick out of see it.

 

[Inkheart]

what is your guys thoughts on in a still air - that the temp should be 100-101?

 

[Pascal PicklePants]

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Inkheart, I did not really candle on my last hatch. I had welsummers and ameraucanas, and they were very hard to candle. I had a peek at them with a really strong flashlight right before I set them just to see if there were any really porous ones (there were and i set them anyway, most didn't hatch, but some did). But then I did not candle again until day 17 right before lockdown. I knew that if I candled in between, say at day 7, like a lot of people, i would just second guess all of them. At day 17 it is very, VERY obvious which eggies are viable and which are not. So, at day 17 out with the clear ones and in with the dark ones.........All that being said, my current incy is filled with much lighter colored eggs, so I will probably candle at day 7 or 10.

How is it very obvioous on day 17 to know they are viable? What should i look for - seems the Serama eggs dont like to be "messed with " much - so many dont candle

If they have developed, the egg will be almost totally opaque because it is all filled up with baby chicken! And sometimes you can see them moving around in there. The ones that did not develop or were not fertile will be almost completely clear. I've heard that candling throughout the incubation has no ill effects on hatch rate, but it just seems logical to me that leaving them alone as much as possible can only be be better in the end. But being able to see a growing embryo (and especially being able to show it to your kids) has a certain intrinsic value as well. Probably just a personal decision....no right or wrong
FWIW I tried to make a candler, and found that just holding the flashlight and making a ring with my hand worked out better.

 

[GoodKids]

I usually candle my eggs but that's more because it is so cool to see them moving inside the egg. My kids get a kick out of see it.

I candled one of the turkey eggs this morning (day 10 for them) and saw the little embryo moving around! Amazing! A friend gave us the eggs, and I am uncertain when they were laid and if they were all fertile, so to see at that was awesome!

 

[paddock36]

On two of the brown mixed-breed eggs that are in my incubator they had the word "Jeep" written on the egg already. I told my DH I'm kinda excited 'cause I wanted a new Jeep.

 

[Inkheart]

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Wouldnt it be nice if we could just hatch out a new vehicle - you know what that babies name will have to be!!!!!

 

[paddock36]

LOL! I'm still hoping a Jeep will hatch (without payments). As far as a candler, I use my Maglight flashlight and put a piece of egg carton on the end of it with the end of the carton cut off so it directs the light to the egg.

 

[Valley Girl]

I've added more eggs....I now have a total of 88

It dawned on me last night that I'll have several lockdown dates...what the heck was I thinking

I guess I'll cross that bridge when I come to it.
Hatching a Jeep are we

Good Luck LOL
I like the idea of using a flashlight with the end of the egg carton

I will definitely try that

Inkheart my bator is forced air but when I was learning about all this...I read that 102 was the recommended for still air but I really don't know for sure.................I still can't believe I've added more eggs

 

[Inkheart]

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You have commited yourself! LORD! I am almos overwhelmed with 14! LOL Cant wait to see all those babies!
Anyone here have expericnce with success on porous eggs? Two have mine are starting to look really poroous!

 

[Pascal PicklePants]

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Bet you can't get to 100......