August Hatch along?

[Trinitydraco]

I am setting 22 eggs tonight and figured I would see if we have any other August hatchers yet! I am setting 4 BCM, 4 Ayam Cemani, 4 Black Austrolorp, 4 Easter eggers and 6 Isa/RIR production crosses from my own flock! If everything goes well I will have my breeding stock for spring chicks this next year! Let the games begin!

 

[Jules929]


I am in! I received my shipped eggs yesterday and they have been resting. I plan to set them later today.

 

[MichelleBelle]

I got a bit of a head start on y'all- I've got 10 blue/black/splash Ameraucana eggs in my incubator on day 11. This will be my second batch of incubator babies. I had a power outage and issues with humidity with the first go around. When the first 2 babies hatched, they played soccer ball with the other eggs, which cracked a few that then hatched before the yolk sac/intestines were absorbed (I lost those). My ambient humidity is very high, so I'm not adding water until lockdown this time. Fingers crossed for a better hatch rate.

 

[Jules929]

Sorry about the first batch troubles! Better luck to you on this one!

 

[Jules929]

Here is my candling update, Day 5, from another Hatch-A-Long thread:

Day 5 candling results:
1 SBEL - no visual change
2 SBEL -
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3 OE - Yay!
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4 SCEL - Picture too dark, but about 1/2 of egg is dark.
5 GM - Originally had a scrambled looking membrane. Now:
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6 EE - No discernible difference.
7 AMF -
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8 Cream mystery egg
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9 Olive mystery egg
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10 Speckled olive mystery egg - Picture too dark, and egg is approximately 1/2 dark.

 

[mzhof]

So I'm on day 8 of my eggs (7) and it's my first hatch. Only one egg looks like your #3, 2-3 have the dark oblong shape like some of yours, I shouldn't discount those right away even though I can't see veins? 2 are so dark I can't see anything it's like they're hard-boiled eggs.

 

[Jules929]

So I'm on day 8 of my eggs (7) and it's my first hatch. Only one egg looks like your #3, 2-3 have the dark oblong shape like some of yours, I shouldn't discount those right away even though I can't see veins? 2 are so dark I can't see anything it's like they're hard-boiled eggs.

I have read here on BYC to wait until day 10 to give up on an egg, unless it is smelly or has a blood ring, etc.
I have read the articles and looked at candling pictures, but I am still unsure about my ability to correctly assess my eggs. Plus, several of my eggs are darker in color, which makes it more difficult to see details.

 

[BlueBaby]

I set mine on July 18th set for a August 7th hatch date. 16 eggs went in; 9 eggs from my White NN/White Bresse crosses (parents with bowties), and 6 eggs from White NN/Breese roo over CCLB hens. (I'm hoping for some NN with crest chicks to hatch out from the later.) I did my first candling on day 5 and one of the tan eggs had a bloodring in it, so was tossed. I did a second candling at day 10, and all 15 remaining eggs were still looking good. I won't candle again until it's time to do the lock-down.

Edit: I forgot to mention that all of these eggs are from my own flock, and I am using a still-air styrofoam incubator. Last time that I incubated like this, all 6 of my set eggs hatched.

 

[BlueBaby]

I have read here on BYC to wait until day 10 to give up on an egg, unless it is smelly or has a blood ring, etc.
I have read the articles and looked at candling pictures, but I am still unsure about my ability to correctly assess my eggs. Plus, several of my eggs are darker in color, which makes it more difficult to see details.

If you are in question about yours, you can always post pictures of them here for help or second opinions.

 

[Jules929]

If you are in question about yours, you can always post pictures of them here for help or second opinions.

Thank you! My pictures are in the quote in post #5, above. Any feedback appreciated!