APRIL Hatch a long ......Anyone?

[FarmGirlForLife]

Don't panic! I'm sure they'll be salvagable .... Hopefully!


Fingers crossed, when can you find out how badly they are cracked?

I get to find out in a little over three hours. If they are unsalvageable then I just lost half. We had a lot of eggs but they were old when we pit them in because that was when the geese were laying.

 

[jammyjammy2112]

For question one, I can tell you they should all still be fine, due to an emergency I couldn't get home for turn mine for a full day, so I missed all three turns, and they all made it! Just candle and see in a week.

If you turned them in the morning, you should be okay, just keep on top of it from now on with regular turning

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I have no idea about question two, sorry about that.

thanks to you both yeah i will try my hardest not to miss a turn and
does anybody no about question 2

 

[BirdyGirl7198]

I have 3 duck eggs due to hatch on April 24th and 23 more due to hatch on May 6th.. They're all in the same incubator and I don't have another one to use as a hatcher.. Is this okay? Can I keep them together and only open the incubator to turn the other eggs? I'll spray the eggs that are hatching with water when I open it. I only turn 3 times a day.. Thanks for the help!

 

[Vindi]

Yeah for all the April baby chicks! My two are thriving in the brooder feather sexed and I think one of each! Yeah, perfect!

 

[subhanalah]

Yeah for all the April baby chicks! My two are thriving in the brooder feather sexed and I think one of each! Yeah, perfect!

you bred two breeds together to get that trait bred into the offspring?

 

[Vindi]

Figure its a best guess anyway by the feather growth....

 

[subhanalah]

Figure its a best guess anyway by the feather growth....

let us know if it works out for you

 

[sweetappleacres]

Does anyone know what the average incubation period is when using a broody hen? If memory serves me right the eggs tend to hatch a couple days sooner than the 21 days on average in a bator. But I can't remember.

 

[Orps]

Does anyone know what the average incubation period is when using a broody hen? If memory serves me right the eggs tend to hatch a couple days sooner than the 21 days on average in a bator. But I can't remember.

To my understanding(still really new to this too). An egg will hatch at day 21 with a broody hen. However, with an incubator a chick may hatch earlier or later depending on temperature. There are issues with chick developing too fast or too slowly in the incubator due to the temp which I don't remember but for good healthy chicks, you want to keep the temp as constant as possible and hatch at day 21.

 

[FarmGirlForLife]

Is there any way this is salvageable?