PittyLova
Songster
Hey guys!
I'm really stressing over here! This is my second attempt at egg hatching.
First go around I made a home made incubator for some quail eggs. Needless to say the were way too hot and we had boiled quail eggs by the end of day 2. D'OH!
I decided to wait on the quail because during the wait for them being ordered I ended up with some ducks so had to put together what is going to be a poultry pen anyway. So...chickens now and the quail I'll do in the spring. That and I wanted to wait for a real incubator this time.
I got an incubator from my parents for an early Christmas gift. I was so excited I ordered a half dozen of barnyard mix eggs right away. They arrived perfectly wrapped and cushioned. I waited 24 hours and then placed them in the incubator that I had set at the exact temp and humidity for 4 days before they even arrived.
A few days in 2 of the eggs have that globby sap looking stuff on them. I look it up and realize they need to go asap (the pigs enjoyed them). After a week I used a flashlight and candled them. 2 weren't fertile at all...completely clear. I could see two others clear as day. Pigs enjoyed the non fertile eggs.
They went into lock down on Saturday, supposed to hatch Tuesday. Nothing. No sounds, no movement, no pips. I candled...could see birds but couldn't really see what was going on in there....no ring around the airsac I've seen people mention though.
So I floated them. Both are low floaters, no real movement though. They're dry and back in the incubator, but how long do I wait for them to hatch? I'm super bummed right now! Zero chicks out of 6 kind of stinks. I was so excited when I saw the chicks moving around before. I don't want to open them early if they may survive, but I also don't want any type of explosion happening either.
Is this normal with shipped eggs???
I'm really stressing over here! This is my second attempt at egg hatching.
First go around I made a home made incubator for some quail eggs. Needless to say the were way too hot and we had boiled quail eggs by the end of day 2. D'OH!
I decided to wait on the quail because during the wait for them being ordered I ended up with some ducks so had to put together what is going to be a poultry pen anyway. So...chickens now and the quail I'll do in the spring. That and I wanted to wait for a real incubator this time.
I got an incubator from my parents for an early Christmas gift. I was so excited I ordered a half dozen of barnyard mix eggs right away. They arrived perfectly wrapped and cushioned. I waited 24 hours and then placed them in the incubator that I had set at the exact temp and humidity for 4 days before they even arrived.
A few days in 2 of the eggs have that globby sap looking stuff on them. I look it up and realize they need to go asap (the pigs enjoyed them). After a week I used a flashlight and candled them. 2 weren't fertile at all...completely clear. I could see two others clear as day. Pigs enjoyed the non fertile eggs.
They went into lock down on Saturday, supposed to hatch Tuesday. Nothing. No sounds, no movement, no pips. I candled...could see birds but couldn't really see what was going on in there....no ring around the airsac I've seen people mention though.
So I floated them. Both are low floaters, no real movement though. They're dry and back in the incubator, but how long do I wait for them to hatch? I'm super bummed right now! Zero chicks out of 6 kind of stinks. I was so excited when I saw the chicks moving around before. I don't want to open them early if they may survive, but I also don't want any type of explosion happening either.
Is this normal with shipped eggs???