Candeling and hatching diary.

[Lacrystol]

We noticed that he wasn't moving or breathing anymore. When we'd touch it's beak, it wouldn't respond. So we sort of opened him up. He had passed away, and it hadn't finished absorbing it's yolk.

It would have been a beauty too. Body shape of papa for sure, but it was all one solid dark color (despite being wet, it was still pretty dark).

I have a couple that should start hatching in a few days, then a whole group of duck eggs that go into lockdown this week. The last two chicken eggs from this batch that hatched haven't pipped internally yet, although they're still alive. I had them in my DIY bator (one of 2) and I think that both bators ran too cool- part of the hard lesson I learned from my other failures.

And finally, my cubalayas showed that I've been waiting for last week and yesterday they were on day 3 of incubation in the nice professional bator. They're ALL developing!

That's going to leave me with about 24 chickens in total, but I'm counting for rooster culls and part of the chickens are for meat. Should make a good flock by the end of the season!

CRAP, to late DANG IT..

 

[Lacrystol]

Nope nope don't put newsprint on him..

REALLY DID I JUST SPELL NEWSPRINT? WHAT THE HECK, AUTOCORRECTION, WHAT THE HECK???

 

[Dawnrenae]

What kind of Bator do you have?  Homemade?  That would explain the flexuation but those are the BEST.. 

It isn't homemade. It's a hova-bator. Styrofoam box with all the bells and whistles minus the egg turner. It was a gift. I wouldn't even know the first thing about making my own...

 

[Lacrystol]

It isn't homemade. It's a hova-bator. Styrofoam box with all the bells and whistles minus the egg turner. It was a gift. I wouldn't even know the first thing about making my own...

REALLY, wow, I wonder why your temps are flexuating? It should be steady... Does it have a fan?

 

[Dawnrenae]

REALLY, wow, I wonder why your temps are flexuating?  It should be steady...  Does it have a fan?

No fan, still air. My guess is because I can't keep my room temp steady. I do have it in the steadies place in the house.

The thermostat on the incubator is set for 100° and had held steady for the 4 days before I put my eggs in. And then for the first couple of days after. Now... I have no clue.

 

[Lacrystol]

No fan, still air. My guess is because I can't keep my room temp steady. I do have it in the steadies place in the house.

The thermostat on the incubator is set for 100° and had held steady for the 4 days before I put my eggs in. And then for the first couple of days after. Now... I have no clue.

Havor's are the best, Hum, perhaps you can try covering half of it with a shirt. Maybe that will help? if it's still you need that puppy at 101 do you know how to make the adjustment on it so that you can get it to 101?

Once you put the eggs in it will change but after a day or so once the eggs get warm, it should start reading normally again...

 

[chicken5656]

crockrail?  When is Hatching day???

We didn't have a boy to break its leg ,we just found it like it !!
Hatching day is this Sunday but eggs were not looking good :/

 

[chicken5656]

AWEE sorry about that, he ran out of air sounds like.  GRRR

I had one like that up side down feet over its leg we helped it just in time but was week and when a dog envaded the garden it didnt defend itself .
They rarely make it any way ,some people say if they don't make it through hatch they will not make it through life .But i never listen to this .Lol. Don't feel bad .

 

[Lacrystol]

I had one like that up side down feet over its leg we helped it just in time but was week and when a dog envaded the garden it didnt defend itself .
They rarely make it any way ,some people say if they don't make it through hatch they will not make it through life .But i never listen to this .Lol. Don't feel bad .

Well who ever said that is WRONG, Just because they are upside down or need some help out doesn't mean chances of survival is poor. I had to help ALL my call ducks out and today I have 13 of them and just added two more and they are just fine, my 13 are over a year old.

 

[Lacrystol]

We didn't have a boy to break its leg ,we just found it like it !!
Hatching day is this Sunday but eggs were not looking good

OK, I still don't under stand this? What is Cockrail? and what do you mean by "we didn't have a boy to break its leg". Why would you want to break it's leg? OMG, that horrible..

What does your eggs look like perphaps you can send a picture and we can narrow down what the problem is.