August Hatch-A-Long

[COsteveo]

Day 6. I'll see if I can wait to candle until tomorrow, but I'll probably throw whatever I have (probably ~60 eggs) into the empty incubator tonight.

 

[WendyF]

Day 6. I'll see if I can wait to candle until tomorrow, but I'll probably throw whatever I have (probably ~60 eggs) into the empty incubator tonight.

LOL I think I have my hands full with 16! Wow! I think you must have an auto turner...what kinds of eggs will you be hatching?

 

[StarMeKritten]

Well, not too much news after candling. As I suspected, those blue and green eggs are just impossible to candle at this point. I can't even see the air cells in a few of them! Most of my white and brown eggs are looking good though. I marked a bunch of eggs to recheck in a few more days. I only took one egg out. It was definitely clear! I don't think that one even had a yolk in it. I'm not sure how I missed that when I set my eggs... But I somehow accidentally set a double yolk egg too... Whoops! I found one other egg that has the air cell on one of the sides instead of at the end. I'm not even sure how that could've happened. I have had them all big end up basically since they were laid!

 

[calichicken]

Well, not too much news after candling. As I suspected, those blue and green eggs are just impossible to candle at this point. I can't even see the air cells in a few of them! Most of my white and brown eggs are looking good though. I marked a bunch of eggs to recheck in a few more days. I only took one egg out. It was definitely clear! I don't think that one even had a yolk in it. I'm not sure how I missed that when I set my eggs... But I somehow accidentally set a double yolk egg too... Whoops! I found one other egg that has the air cell on one of the sides instead of at the end. I'm not even sure how that could've happened. I have had them all big end up basically since they were laid!

So far looking good! I know I have some brown eggs that are hard to tell, so green and blue would be impossible! I always have maybes because I am not that great at early candling...but I am learning

 

[calichicken]

Well it looks like a lot of late deaths but over all we got 10 out of 17 eggs! 10 chicks are doing great and we are so happy with them!

Took them out for a second this afternoon (100 degrees + in the sun here! Ugg) to take a picture.

@Book how are the rest of your eggs coming along?

 

[COsteveo]

LOL I think I have my hands full with 16! Wow! I think you must have an auto turner...what kinds of eggs will you be hatching?

I finally broke down and got a hovabator with turner and quail rails for the 91 eggs I set last week. Last batch was 66 and I just rocked my DIY incubator back and forth

 

[COsteveo]

Candled 91 jumbo coturnix eggs on day 6 - my first batch from my own hens - and I pulled 12 clears, plus one I dropped a clear egg on and cracked

Some of the clears had visible weaknesses in the shell when candling, so they may not have been infertile and instead just failed to develop. I'll have to increase the amount of oyster shell I mix in with their feed.

Put ~85 eggs in my empty DIY incubator today. I noticed that the eggs that had been sitting for a few days seemed much more smooth and polished vs. the eggs I collected over the last 2 days. Not sure what's up with that. Maybe some of the calcium was absorbed? I haven't read up on that.

 

[calichicken]

Candled 91 jumbo coturnix eggs on day 6 - my first batch from my own hens - and I pulled 12 clears, plus one I dropped a clear egg on and cracked

Some of the clears had visible weaknesses in the shell when candling, so they may not have been infertile and instead just failed to develop. I'll have to increase the amount of oyster shell I mix in with their feed.

Put ~85 eggs in my empty DIY incubator today. I noticed that the eggs that had been sitting for a few days seemed much more smooth and polished vs. the eggs I collected over the last 2 days. Not sure what's up with that. Maybe some of the calcium was absorbed? I haven't read up on that.

Whoaaa!! That is a lot of candling!! A candle-o-holics dream!!!!

Are jumbo coturnix eggs a lot bigger than the regular? I hatch them in my classroom every year and those eggs are so tiny!!!! I can never see anything when I candle..but then I am not very experienced at it either..LOL!!! Good luck with your hatch!!!!!

 

[jaymeellis06]

New to this thread...

I started out with 12 eggs and im down to 8 now. Three cochin, 1 barred rock, 1 RIR/Blue andalusian cross, 1 ameraucana, and 2 Olive eggers. Due dates are the 7th, 8th, and 9th.

 

[ChickyChickens]

New to this thread...

I started out with 12 eggs and im down to 8 now. Three cochin, 1 barred rock, 1 RIR/Blue andalusian cross, 1 ameraucana, and 2 Olive eggers. Due dates are the 7th, 8th, and 9th.

I hope all goes well!!!!!