Candeling and hatching diary.

[Lacrystol]

No, didn't poke them. I'll poke them when I place the towel in there.

I had to take the turner out, I think these eggs might be too big for it.

OH YEH, that's right were dealing with BIG eggs. LOL. Sounds good oxygen has to be able to get in from underneath.. LOL

 

[Lacrystol]

LOL waaaaaaaaaah, can you just come over and do this for me?

LOL, your silly, YOU GOT THIS, YOU CAN DO THIS... lol.

 

[pinusresinosa]

Update today, although it doesn't mean a whole lot. The goose eggs are so giant, I took them out of the container they were kept upright in and instead propped them up with a towel, which is working really well. I used two towels to make a channel, and all I do to gently turn these rouen and goose eggs is lean them back and fourth between each towel. They get to lean just slightly while still being mostly upright, without being precariously barely sitting in an egg carton made for chicken eggs, and they have more room and are easier to turn quickly, gently, and get them closed back up in the incubator faster.

I candled one goose egg really fast I can't see much inside but the color has changed, it's deeper orange. I candled the goose egg with the best air cell. I'm reluctant to touch the other two for a while aside from turning. Temps in this incubator are at 101, humidity has been around 50%.

Set two that goes into lockdown Friday looks fantastic. Lots of wiggly babies! Hard to see much in the chicken eggs but I do catch a glance at a turn and move a lot, fun to see! My one duck egg in there is doing fantastically too. Wiggly little duckling! Temps are now at 101 also in this incubator, humidity also around 50%.

Set three filled with my neighbors eggs and my duck eggs is confusing me. My neighbor said her chicken eggs were all very fresh and to give them a try (mixed eggs of barred rocks and RIR). I think her shells must be super thick- they look to be just as far along as my duck eggs today- my duck eggs, some of them have been stored for almost ten days, LOL (stored in the cellar). But not a single one is clear or streaking so, I'm happy overall. I've been keeping the temp in this incubator at 102 on the surface of the eggs.

Another mistake I made before. I believe I never had the temps high enough.

I'm now keeping a journal for my birds, just as I keep a journal for my gardens.

Hope all is well with everyone here. Looking forward to more updates!

 

[Sclark73]

I shared this on another thread and thought it may also help some of you with your hatches to keep track. My daughter made it for me last year to keep track of my numerous staggered hatches.

 

[sasimpson77]

LOL, what did you put on the egg? I usually use candle wax.

So the air cell was actually floating around in the shell? WOW, I have never had success with air cells floating around. What did you do with the egg once you go them and seen that they were floating?

I could only find my daughters Pink nail polish lol. When I see that they are floating I let them sit 48 hours befor I put them in the bator they are never laid down and I do not turn for the first couple days once I start incubating them and then once I do start turning it is only 3 times a day by hand I try to set the in a way to minimize the momement of the air cell when I turn them. the current batch has saddle air cells and everything they are due to hatch saturday I limit any kind of movement of the egg other then turning if I candle I candle them in the tray and now they are in lock down inside of egg cartons. I will be curious to see how these go because they are the worst detached I have ever seen.

 

[pinusresinosa]

I heard nail polish is fine for sealing cracks.

 

[sasimpson77]

yeah I have used it befor but normally clear and I had other eggs hatch that I used it on so I am not concerned about that the detached air cell is more concerning to me I wish you could see how bad some of the eggs are.

 

[pinusresinosa]

I'm incubating with a detached air cell in a goose egg, so I feel ya.

 

[chickster5003]

Duck eggs day 5
Egg 1

Eggs 2

Egg 3

Egg 4

Egg 5

Egg 6

Egg 7

Dies yesterday

 

[Lacrystol]

Update today, although it doesn't mean a whole lot. The goose eggs are so giant, I took them out of the container they were kept upright in and instead propped them up with a towel, which is working really well. I used two towels to make a channel, and all I do to gently turn these rouen and goose eggs is lean them back and fourth between each towel. They get to lean just slightly while still being mostly upright, without being precariously barely sitting in an egg carton made for chicken eggs, and they have more room and are easier to turn quickly, gently, and get them closed back up in the incubator faster.

I candled one goose egg really fast I can't see much inside but the color has changed, it's deeper orange. I candled the goose egg with the best air cell. I'm reluctant to touch the other two for a while aside from turning. Temps in this incubator are at 101, humidity has been around 50%.

Set two that goes into lockdown Friday looks fantastic. Lots of wiggly babies! Hard to see much in the chicken eggs but I do catch a glance at a turn and move a lot, fun to see! My one duck egg in there is doing fantastically too. Wiggly little duckling!  Temps are now at 101 also in this incubator, humidity also around 50%.

Set three filled with my neighbors eggs and my duck eggs is confusing me. My neighbor said her chicken eggs were all very fresh and to give them a try (mixed eggs of barred rocks and RIR). I think her shells must be super thick- they look to be just as far along as my duck eggs today- my duck eggs, some of them have been stored for almost ten days, LOL (stored in the cellar). But not a single one is clear or streaking so, I'm happy overall. I've been keeping the temp in this incubator at 102 on the surface of the eggs.

Another mistake I made before. I believe I never had the temps high enough.

I'm now keeping a journal for my birds, just as I keep a journal for my gardens.

Hope all is well with everyone here. Looking forward to more updates!

I think you temp should be at 101 not 102, temp will decrease as your putting eggs in there until those eggs reach temp then it should go back down to norm..