Candeling and hatching diary.

[pinusresinosa]

So I am expecting more eggs this week so I will start a candling diary on these shipped eggs. By the way this weekends hatch is up to 48 out of 58 that went into lockdown. I had 12 shipped eggs in the original bunch of which 6 made it too lock down and I had 5 babies successfully hatch one internally pipped but then died ( i think I could have saved it if I had intervened but I chose a hands off approach this time) so I figure that isn't to bad seeing as how they had detached air cells. Hatching in the cartons up right was very successful I highly recommend that method my chicks could not play kick ball with the unhatched eggs and I felt better about them in general I did not have any humidity issues and I was in and out of the hatcher more then I should have been my humidity only dropped below 50% after I tried streaming from inside the hatcher the cellphone strangely seemed to affect the humidity. What does everyone think of my overall results? By the way I originally set 75 eggs but out of one group of 18 10 of them were clear. and then there was a mixed group of clears and blood rings in the other eggs which left me with 58 at lock down.

I would say that this is downright acceptable and making me jealous.

LOL

 

[sasimpson77]

Chick Pics

 

[foxvalleyfarm]

Awww can I have the first and last ones? They are too cute

 

[sasimpson77]

Sure I will send them on over lol with 48 of them I told the kids they can each pick one but will probably be two each lol and the rest have to go especially with purebreds in the future.

 

[sasimpson77]

I would say that this is downright acceptable and making me jealous.

LOL

4th time was a charm and a change in the incubator helped also..

 

[foxvalleyfarm]

Sure I will send them on over lol with 48 of them I told the kids they can each pick one but will probably be two each lol and the rest have to go especially with purebreds in the future.

No no just those two thanks. I already have more then I need.

 

[sasimpson77]

LOL yeah I know I am a bit over welmed finally got an email from some one looking for chicks to make up a laying flock with. I hope she will buy some.

 

[foxvalleyfarm]

LOL yeah I know I am a bit over welmed finally got an email from some one looking for chicks to make up a laying flock with. I hope she will buy some.

Well that's good

 

[Lacrystol]

Still air actually. No fan.

In that case you need to get the temp up to about 101...

 

[Lacrystol]

Alright, we're a go! I'll try my best to keep up with you later. It's hard for me to be around in the evenings with the whole family at home and being needy.

I see you have them marked but I really can't see the air cells? Have you set them already? When I get shipped eggs, I let mine sit on top of my bator for at least 8 hours. Once the 8 hours is done then I put them in the bator, big end up and let them sit in the bator until I see development.

For ducks it takes a little longer then a chicken egg to see development so you have to give them time. Do very little very little movement, I usually shift them left and right just slightly twice a day, you don't want them to stick to the shell but you want them to stick as far as the loose or detached alr cells.

I have never had much luck with detached however, I did read if you let them set for 48 hours in a cool area like the basement, then stick them in the bator without turning them, it's possible to get those detachable to stick. I have not tried it so I couldn't say for sure if this works or not. One good thing is NONE of the eggs look shooken up. If they were you would see the yolk at the bottom of the shell and not floating at the top. So they look good as far as that.