Arrrggggg

[dragonchick]

I did my first candling of 1 egg of my very first attempt at incubating. The candling went fine as I carefully took the egg and flashlight into the darkest room in my house. I saw a network of veins so everything was working. Went to put the egg back in the incubator and my foot caught on the air and I dropped it. I killed my first chick before it even had a chance to grow. I am not sure I want to candle any more of them. Egg is real hard to get out of carpet. At least I know my neighbors eggs are fertilized and will grow into chicks.

 

[canada-goose]

That stinks.

 

[Intheswamp]

dragonchick, accidents happen, don't let this discourage you.

I would recommend, though, that you try hatching at least 4-5 eggs. That way if you have some duds or an accident you've still got other eggs developing. Being as these eggs are not shipped ones you should have a good hatch rate. I would think you would want at least 2 chicks to hatch so that they each have some company...3 chicks hatching would be even better.

Get back on the saddle and have another go at it!

Best wishes,
Ed

 

[dragonchick]

There are 5 eggs, now 4 with me killing 1 for this hatch. There are 8 more in there that were set 3 days later for an unplanned staggered hatch. I will move the first 4 out into the second incubator I will be setting up for lock down. The second 8 will be locked down in their present incubator and transferred to the other one after they hatch if it becomes crowded. Hopefully I will get through this without any more broken eggs. I am not beating myself up over it as even a hen cracks a few eggs. Next time if I candle an egg I will be sure to move the air out of the way first. I really hate it when it jumps out and trips ya