Day 14 egg moving and making tapping sounds

[Hensforbrains]

Next question: How long can someone stare at an incubator for before it is considered an unhealthy fixation?
Just asking because where ever that line is I'm pretty sure I crossed it.

 

[mustangrooster]

ETA: Any progress? Have you seen any more rocking?

 

[Hensforbrains]

ETA: Any progress? Have you seen any more rocking?

Lots more rocking from all 8

 

[Hensforbrains]

As proof that i have descended deeper into this incubation driven madness, here is some chicken math I did.

Here are the chances on the gender outcome:
0 female : 8 males ---> 0.4%
1 female : 7 males ---> 3%
2 female : 6 males ---> 11%
3 female : 5 males ---> 22%
4 female : 4 males ---> 27%
5 female : 3 males ---> 22%
6 female : 2 males ---> 11%
7 female : 1 males ---> 3%
0 female : 8 males ---> 0.4%

I'm can only keep one rooster out of this lot.

If anyone is interested I used the formula (p!/((p-r)!*r!)/(2^p) where 'p' is the number of eggs/chicks and 'r' is the number of females desired.
For example (8!/((8-4)!*4!)/(2^8) = 0.2734375 ≈ 27% chance of having exactly 4 out of 8 of them be female. If you want to try it out for your self you can copy the equation straight into google and change the 'p' and 'r' values to suit your situation.

 

[Hensforbrains]

It Day 19 so I think my worries of extremely early hatch time were unfounded. All 8 are still moving around and should hatch in a couple of days.

 

[Hensforbrains]

7 of them hatched today.
The 8th one didn't make it (malpositioned).
10 shipped eggs to 7 healthy chicks

 

[BYCforlife]

View attachment 1197663 7 of them hatched today.
The 8th one didn't make it (malpositioned).
10 shipped eggs to 7 healthy chicks

That's great! Sorry about the 8th one.