Candeling and hatching diary.

[sasimpson77]

I have never seen my eggs move until after day 21 and a fan does affect the humidity quite a bit

 

[pinusresinosa]

Took me by surprise. I watched it shake a bit.

 

[mortie]

I've seen a few of mine moving today, too. What day are you on? Mine are 18 days and a few hours.

 

[pinusresinosa]

Day 13/14 here. Maybe I saw nothing.

You should be getting to lockdown, right?

 

[mortie]

I locked down this morning.

 

[purplesquirrel]

Awesome guys

Yeh I'd have to agree about your eggs, Chloe, but unless they start to smell I'd leave them in there unless you're REALLY SURE. Sometimes shells are so thick you can't blood vessels and very pale or yellow babies are hard to see, once I thought one was empty but left it, turned out to be a small white baby!

I have 8 eggs that are on day 16. My bator has been fluctuating at the high end so I think they may hatch a day early, I really hope they'll be alright...

I have 4 mutts from the farm down the road (just for a bit of excitement of what I'll get and to fill the incubator, but I suspect one may be empty)
and 4 from my hens, 2 of which are from my hen that I incubated 6 months ago and has only been laying for a month or so! I chose 2 eggs with the best looking shell as I know it can take hens a while to develop a decent egg, but I'm selling my beautiful black Jersey Giant cockerel so I was desperate to carry on his genes.
My hen is a Buff Sussex but she is very small, I think she may not be purebred and her dad was some sort of white bantam as she looks exactly like a BS just a third the size!
The other 2 eggs are from my Goldlines who lay massive, dark brown eggs, I'm expecting huge fat chicks!

I'm 25 and live with 4 guys who have 9-5 jobs and think I'm utterly insane...

I KNOW naming chicks that aren't born yet is risky, but I can't resist.
I'm thinking; Betty, Olive, Pigeon, that's it so far

SO EXCITED I keep going in my office to have a look, and then I think 'oh wait, they just look like eggs' and then walk out again.
I will candle them tonight and post photos if visibility is good

 

[mortie]

craptastic. I just pushed the hi/low button on my thermometer and it said 105? When did that happen? How long was that spike? I am hoping the probe just came into contact with the element or something...the incubator has been at 99 solidly for 2 weeks without going over 100. I don't know why it would suddenly go to 105....what the heck?

 

[pinusresinosa]

Is it an accurite that measures the last 12 or 24 hour highs and lows?

That's odd... it may have touched the element or something.

 

[mortie]

It gives the high/low since you last reset it but I'm pretty sure I checked the high within the last 48 hrs and it said 100 so it was some time in the last 48 hours. Yesterday I took the turner out and when I was done I poked the probe back in through the hole to get it back where it belongs. I'm hoping it just touched the element or something because if anything, the temp in the bator has been a little lower since I took out the turner.

Still has me concerned

 

[pinusresinosa]

Nothing much you can do now... just wait and see. Just a couple more days on them. Hoping the best over here!