Anyone want to hatch with me? - Went in 01/16/14.

[ESofVA]

I will although 5 of my eggs went in on the 6th. Will have to check to see when I put in the rest of them. 3 small batches all together.


How many eggs set: 1. 5 eggs, 2. 8 eggs?, 3. 6 eggs? The incubator is in our guest bathroom so will check soon and edit this post.
Date they where set and when they will hatch: 1. set the 6th and due to hatch probably on the 25th at 19 days but they may run a bit longer. I have never set bantamized LF. My bantams usually go 19 days. 2. 3. I set these on the 20th and the hatch date is Feb 8th.
Breeds set: ( be it mixed or pure ) bantam blue Faverolles, LF blue Faverolles, d'Uccles
Posted, Pick up or own eggs: The 1st 2 sets were shipped, the 3rd set were my own.
Bator(s) used or Broody Hen: Incubator
Extras: Include and extra's like are the show quality, how many detached air sacks if posted etc.

1. 3 of the eggs are growing. I opened 2 of them 4 days after setting and there was no growth so I tossed them. Pretty much scrambled.
2. The eggs being a bit darker...I can't tell from candling. When it gets down to candling, I am just not good with eggs that don't have white or lightly colored shells. Maybe later.
3. I can't tell on these due to time. I don't expect many if any will hatch. I have 1 hen old enough to lay and I didn't know she was laying this year yet.. They have a small coop and pen. I don't close them up in the coop and had not checked. They were a surprise! So, I know it has been freezing at night and quite cold during the day...don't know how many were killed before they started but 1 was still warm when I took them. I checked yesterday and there were no eggs.

If anyone else has raised bantamized LF, how long did it take for the eggs to hatch?
Deb

WELCOME

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Wow, Blue Favs sounds amazing!!! Do you have any pictures??
I have just recently hatched out a bantam frizzle x LF White Leghorn and she did seem to hatch out a day later than the rest, but that could have been for any reason, not that she was a bantam x LF.
Good luck with your hatch

. Keep us updated.

The first blue ones I ordered I thought were LF as the person had nowhere stated bantams. Imagine my surprise when I opened my box and found those little eggs in there!!! So, I ordered from another person that has LF Faverolles and I put them in my incubator on the 25th.
I then emailed the 2nd person and asked about the genetics of the blue gene in these and found...if you cross blue Faverolles together you will get 25% salmon Faverolles,, 50% blue Faverolles, and 25% washed out ones. I was originally looking for salmon but couldn't find any. Happy since I now might get a new salmon roo to replace the one I have that shows practically no salmon anywhere on his body.
I have a pen of bantams so I am not unhappy about the bantam eggs. I have been trying to decide to what I want to keep other than my chamois Sebright hen and " pale" roo which are in the pen with my LF. D'Uccles in my bantam pen stay. I am working on a frizzled Pekin set, which I am not sure about until I see how well they can get along with my D'Uccles.. So I am thinking these bantam Faverolles might be great to add to that pen as my last bantam breed.

My bantams that were "original" bantam breeds have always hatched at 19 days and LF in the same incubator always at 21 days...maybe a day later for both sizes.

 

[Xovan]

Don't want to jinks it but the coolerbator is doing good so far. holding 99-100 deg with 47% humidity. When can I realistically candle and see something in light brown egg? It is killing me to find out if I got good eggs before they froze and if I am doing things right.

 

[SilverDuck284]

Don't want to jinks it but the coolerbator is doing good so far. holding 99-100 deg with 47% humidity. When can I realistically candle and see something in light brown egg? It is killing me to find out if I got good eggs before they froze and if I am doing things right.

Can you see any light thru them at all? Even if its just shadows, any movement in there is a good indication of life. Put the light against the air cell to see if you can see any veins along it, if not, move the light to the bottom of the egg (pointy end) and see if you can see any light vs dark, and then watch for movement. If neither of those methods work, you can try the float test. It really works best when the chick is nearly fully developed, and is generally used to determine if an egg is still viable after a late hatch. All you need is a thermometer and a pot of water. Heat the water to 100 degrees and float the eggs. If they move at all, anything from a little wiggle to a bobble, there's a live chick in there. You can tap on them to try and stimulate them a little. This should never be done with a pipped egg, or you risk drowning it.

 

[Xovan]

Thank you. I am only on day 3 for 9 of them and day 2 for 2 of them. I can see in most of them fine just wondering on what day I should be able to tell.

 

[Aacre]

A lot of my eggs that I'm incubating are light brown. I was first able to really see anything was day four. Day three, I could see that something was going on in there, as far as veining goes, but day four-five is probably the best, IMO.

 

[Xovan]

Thanks. Just getting excited / anxious!!

 

[SilverDuck284]

Day five you can see the veining, day 7-8 you can start seeing little dancers. I really prefer to wait until day 7, but sometimes I get impatient, sigh. Haha

 

[Xovan]

Day five you can see the veining, day 7-8 you can start seeing little dancers. I really prefer to wait until day 7, but sometimes I get impatient, sigh. Haha

How can that happen? Kind of reminds me of waiting till Christmas when I was little.

 

[Aacre]

I'm completely amazed with how quickly they grow, and the amount of growth in just a 24 hour period! It's nuts!

 

[SilverDuck284]

That's when the embryos are big enough that you can see them moving, and they just bounce around doing all kinds of embryo acrobatics.