April 2020 Hatch-A-Long! All are welcome!

[2102Simm]

Well my hens don't make broody noises or hiss as me typically so when they sound like velociraptors it's usually a good sign that they're thinking about it. She has also been flattening out like a pancake in the nestbox when she lays her daily egg. The only thing I haven't heard from her yet is the tell tale ticking time bomb cluck that broodies always do.

Ok I'm still new raising chickens so my 2 young girls have been acting weird like that the last few days and none of the others have been.

 

[CluckNDoodle]

Ok I'm still new raising chickens so my 2 young girls have been acting weird like that the last few days and none of the others have been.

It's possible they're thinking about it. Once they're committed they will stay in the nest box and stop laying.

 

[gmjarvi]

Candling results for cayuga eggs:

Any thoughts? They are on D10. Should I candle again sooner? I was going to candle on D17 and D25 before locking down.

Two blood rings. I took one of them out and left one in because I wanted a second opinion, but I'm having issues uploading photos...

The rest of them were wiggling around!

 

[gmjarvi]

Blood ring in question ^

I didn't observe any movement. Pretty perfect circle, but it wasn't super red like most of the blood rings I've seen pictures of.

 

[Jules929]

I candled my EHAL eggs and am seeing development in 28 of the 35 potluck eggs in batch 1, and 11 of the 15 eggs in batch 2.

 

[CluckNDoodle]

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Blood ring in question ^

I didn't observe any movement. Pretty perfect circle, but it wasn't super red like most of the blood rings I've seen pictures of.

It does look like a blood ring to me. When I'm unsure I just put a question mark on the egg, do a quick sniff test to make sure I'm not putting a stinky egg back into the incubator and check just that egg a few days later to see if there's any change.

 

[gmjarvi]

It does look like a blood ring to me. When I'm unsure I just put a question mark on the egg, do a quick sniff test to make sure I'm not putting a stinky egg back into the incubator and check just that egg a few days later to see if there's any change.

This is exactly what I did. I'll check this egg again in 2 days and make a decision at that point.

 

[UThobbyfarmer]

It does look like a blood ring to me. When I'm unsure I just put a question mark on the egg, do a quick sniff test to make sure I'm not putting a stinky egg back into the incubator and check just that egg a few days later to see if there's any change.

I do the same.

 

[Akoharski4]

Experienced hatchers:
I've gone ballistic and bought an additional dozen eggs . They’ll be here Friday and my current 7 (in the bator) are on track to hatch next week...how do I go about turning my newest batch when my older eggs are in lock down?

 

[smfarman]

Does anyone use a Farm Innovator 4250, I have the opportunity to get one for extremely low price still in sealed box, wanted get everyone's opinion on it first, thank you