Brinsea octagon 20 with automatic cradle

[abidaby]

 

[Yorkshire Coop]

Tap water is fine

Yes they do look a bit wonky :/

I've had this before and they have hatched fine. When I set them I didn't turn them for a couple of days to give them more chance of becoming stabilised. Start turning on the third day. Depending on how they look you can hatch them in cut down egg cartons when you get to lockdown.

One of my last batches of eggs through the post had only a couple of wonky ones so based on the fact that most were OK I stared turning straight away with no ill affects and I hatched them on their sides and not in cartons.

Here are some threads and articles on air cells ~ https://www.backyardchickens.com/newsearch?search=Detached+air+cells#

 

[abidaby]

Thank you! They've just gone in the incubator... I couldn't fit two of them in so I chose the worst air cell ones and cracked them open and both appeared to be fertile so fingers crossed for the others. So not turning them for three days wont harm them? I've not plugged the cradle in yet. A few of the air sacs look good (well to me anyway lol)

 

[Yorkshire Coop]

If the air cells were not actually moving around and just looked misshapen you should be OK to start turning straight away. But yes they will be fine to not turn for a couple or three days at first. With how slowly the cradle turns the incubator I don't think you will have a problem.

Good luck with your eggs and hatch

 

[Yorkshire Coop]

How's it all going?

 

[abidaby]

Oops only just seen this sorry!!!

Ok... Today is day 12
I've candled them today quickly whilst filling up the water. Not sure what to make of the size of this aircell...

 

[Yorkshire Coop]

Comparing the egg to the chart above for ducks I would say that's not bad for day 12

How's the incubator running? All ok?

 

[abidaby]

Oh good, I thought it looked OK, maybe slightly on the larger side but better to be too large than too small isn't it?
Incubator is brill! I've got my sponges, spray bottle, jay cloths, tubing all ready for lockdown

 

[Yorkshire Coop]

Sounds like you are all set there!

They look good to me, you still have plenty of time yet if you need to adjust humidity at all. As long as the average is ok through the entire incubation period they should be ok. I too would rather them be a tad bigger that too small.

I locked some eggs down last night and the air cells were pretty big, they are little bantam eggs though so everything looks big compared to them!

 

[abidaby]

Wooo!!! Yeah I bet haha. Thank you for all your help! I'll keep you posted!!