Candeling and hatching diary.

[Lacrystol]

I have one of my eggies where the air cell is actually in the middle of the egg. (Side) Not point/blunt end. The embryo seems to be growing in the short end of the egg.

Can this cause deformities?

Could but it as long as it's growing, I would just let it do its thing.. I've hatched some out with HUGE air cells caused by shipping.

 

[Dawnrenae]

Idk what happened, But today 6 of my air cells are all wiggly. Like liquified?

Can't tell if babies pipped internally and drowned, or?

Don't want to open them yet... I am going to stop turning the eggs I brought in from outside tonight, and call it lockdown for them. As Most of the eggs are completely dark now, except the air cell.

Thoughts and ideas?

 

[Lacrystol]

Idk what happened, But today 6 of my air cells are all wiggly. Like liquified?

Can't tell if babies pipped internally and drowned, or?

Don't want to open them yet... I am going to stop turning the eggs I brought in from outside tonight, and call it lockdown for them. As Most of the eggs are completely dark now, except the air cell.

Thoughts and ideas?

Humm were these shipped eggs? are you in lockdown?? If so what is your humidity at?

 

[Dawnrenae]

Humm were these shipped eggs?  are you in lockdown??  If so what is your humidity at?

Eggs were NOT shipped. My broody hen left them when our weather went from 80° to 40° over night. They were at about 2 week stage. I put them in the incubator with my hatch on Monday. They are about a week older than mine, I would guess, and should go into lockdown on Sunday.

My humidity is 30-35% right now, because all of my air cells seem HUGE!

Of course none of my other eggs made it in my first hatch, so, I don't know of its chicks moving, or, the air cells? When I was turning eggs, one felt like it was jello, so I candled it, and the air cell seemed wiggly, so...

I am leaving them off course, but...

 

[Gypsi]

Do broodies leave the eggs a lot? mine hatched 3 and sort of sit on 5 of the other 6 at night. I just moved those 5 to my nice warm humid greenhouse after cracking one and discovering living chick. Who is of course Not living anymore since I cracked the egg, but I was about to put them all in the trash.

 

[Lacrystol]

Do broodies leave the eggs a lot? mine hatched 3 and sort of sit on 5 of the other 6 at night. I just moved those 5 to my nice warm humid greenhouse after cracking one and discovering living chick. Who is of course Not living anymore since I cracked the egg, but I was about to put them all in the trash.

No they shouldn't unless it's a first time mommy, then I have seem them get off a lot because the Nature thing has not quite kicked in for them. But they surely make it up the second time around.

OOOO oh the cracked one. That's to bad. You should have candled them instead of cracking them opened. That probably would have helped...

 

[Lacrystol]

Eggs were NOT shipped. My broody hen left them when our weather went from 80° to 40° over night. They were at about 2 week stage. I put them in the incubator with my hatch on Monday. They are about a week older than mine, I would guess, and should go into lockdown on Sunday.

My humidity is 30-35% right now, because all of my air cells seem HUGE!

Of course none of my other eggs made it in my first hatch, so, I don't know of its chicks moving, or, the air cells? When I was turning eggs, one felt like it was jello, so I candled it, and the air cell seemed wiggly, so...

I am leaving them off course, but...

I have some HUGE air cells, I really don't worry about it. It only makes them come out quicker.. If it's liquid while your candling chances are its a bad egg or the baby stopped developing and it's dead... Are you locking eggs with different due dates all down at the same time?? or do you have two incubators?

 

[Dawnrenae]

I have some HUGE air cells, I really don't worry about it.  It only makes them come out quicker.. If it's liquid while your candling chances are its a bad egg or the baby stopped developing and it's dead...  Are you locking eggs with different due dates all down at the same time??  or do you have two incubators?

Same incubator. Unfortunately.

 

[Gypsi]

Lacrystol, They are first time mommies, but they haven't been sitting eggs much in daytime since the 21 day point when the first 3 hatched, last Saturday, and the eggs were almost cold. I candled to see if fertile, but I was told to throw away all 24 day eggs as not good, and I cracked one instead of throwing 6 in trash. The yolk was fully used up, chick was huge, but I think large intestine was outside of anus, so I am fairly sure it would not have hatched in any case. 5 more I haven't cracked in my hot humid green house. Suggestions?

 

[Lacrystol]

Same incubator. Unfortunately.

And they have different due dates?