California - Northern

[EZFarms]

the double yolk is day 9 right now i believe and the green EE is day 7
maybe i just didnt know what to look for when i was candling

 

[liz9910]

My three Serama hens have started laying again yay! I need to crack an egg open to see if Pascal (my cockerel) has been doing his job.
Egg 1

Egg 2

Egg 3

 

[Happy Chooks]

I can't see anything on #2 and #3, but egg #1 is most definitely fertile.

 

[lawatt]

hatching update this morning -- the egg that had pipped but then sat there unchanged all day finally hatched overnight, as did an egg that hadn't even started pipping when i last checked last night -- a splash & a black isbar, to join the two blues and the two birchen marans.

no more pips showing, but today is day 22, so i'll give them a bit more time, just in case...

and if no more hatch, then for the shipped isbar eggs, it's 4 out of 16, only 25% hatch success -- but with my own (non-shipped) marans eggs, only 2 out of 4 (50%) -- so i wonder whether i'm doing something wrong along the way? (although, the pullet who laid the marans eggs is still fairly young, so perhaps that's played a part, too?)

still, the six chicks are beyond delightful!

 

[ronott1]

Thanks, Ron! Do you put them on top of the feathers or try to pull the feathers out as much as possible?

Mine are sturdy but maybe not tight enough.

I put them over the feathers band then the feathers cover them as they come out of the collar. Try moving the collar up and tightening it up a bit.

Too low can cover the crop.

 

[Happy Chooks]

hatching update this morning -- the egg that had pipped but then sat there unchanged all day finally hatched overnight, as did an egg that hadn't even started pipping when i last checked last night -- a splash & a black isbar, to join the two blues and the two birchen marans.

no more pips showing, but today is day 22, so i'll give them a bit more time, just in case...

and if no more hatch, then for the shipped isbar eggs, it's 4 out of 16, only 25% hatch success -- but with my own (non-shipped) marans eggs, only 2 out of 4 (50%) -- so i wonder whether i'm doing something wrong along the way? (although, the pullet who laid the marans eggs is still fairly young, so perhaps that's played a part, too?)

still, the six chicks are beyond delightful!

Sounds like your temps are low. I'd increase the temp a bit next time. If your temps are low, you get late hatches (and sometimes leg issues in the chicks). If your temps are right, they will hatch right on time. I have a Brinsea Spot check thermometer, best thing I've ever bought for incubating.

 

[ronott1]

hatching update this morning -- the egg that had pipped but then sat there unchanged all day finally hatched overnight, as did an egg that hadn't even started pipping when i last checked last night -- a splash & a black isbar, to join the two blues and the two birchen marans.

no more pips showing, but today is day 22, so i'll give them a bit more time, just in case...

and if no more hatch, then for the shipped isbar eggs, it's 4 out of 16, only 25% hatch success -- but with my own (non-shipped) marans eggs, only 2 out of 4 (50%) -- so i wonder whether i'm doing something wrong along the way? (although, the pullet who laid the marans eggs is still fairly young, so perhaps that's played a part, too?)

still, the six chicks are beyond delightful!

Marans can still hatch after 22 days so I would check on them to see if they are still alive.

For the hatch rate, how many developed and did not hatch? Clears are not from incubation methods. You cannot control the shipped eggs bur for your won you can work with the flock and collecting of eggs.

 

[liz9910]

I can't see anything on #2 and #3, but egg #1 is most definitely fertile.

That's great! Thank you wish I knew who laid it

 

[lawatt]

Sounds like your temps are low. I'd increase the temp a bit next time. If your temps are low, you get late hatches (and sometimes leg issues in the chicks). If your temps are right, they will hatch right on time. I have a Brinsea Spot check thermometer, best thing I've ever bought for incubating.

hmm -- one actually hatched on day 20, three on day 21, and two on day 22, so not sure they're late? but i will check the accuracy of the temps...

 

[lawatt]

Marans can still hatch after 22 days so I would check on them to see if they are still alive.

For the hatch rate, how many developed and did not hatch? Clears are not from incubation methods. You cannot control the shipped eggs bur for your won you can work with the flock and collecting of eggs.

i'll candle the remaining ones after the two chicks still in the incubator have found their sea legs -- i didn't check them after day 8, definitely had three clears from the isbar eggs but there might be more. the marans eggs were too dark for me to tell...