Diary & Notes ~ Air Cell Detatched SHIPPED Chicken Eggs for incubation and hatching

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bantamfarm said:
sorry yes, both are fan operated.. eggs are small end down and are in turners but the turner is not on. I thought I read that I should put them in the incubator and let them sit there for the first 7 days and then start the turner up. Thank you I will read the article and if I have anymore questions I will post here..
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If the air cells are loose or rolling you can do the NO turn for 24-48 hours, some go longer, I don't. If the air cells are good its better to turn them even if you need to turn the few good ones by hand. The article can explain why to turn and such. If you candle them just keep them upright and candle from above, don't go rolling the eggs around because the air cells can reattach. Most of us use a plain old LED flashlight, its easy depending on the color shell of eggs, cochins you should see fine. Hardest are some green blue and chocolate eggs. Candling is so cool to do as well, esp day 7 its my fav! and white eggs ROCK to candle! so amazing to see that little bird growing inside!

Again, Welcome to the thread! I hope we can help you get an awesome hatch! And praying that your eggs weren't to abused enroute!
 
silver1313 said:
sally can i hide in your suitcase lol
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LOL you would fit too, we just shoved all of our stuff into one! LOL its STUFFED! for one overnight trip with kids to the sandy dirty WET salty beach with probably RAIN! Should be exciting!
maybe you don't want to hide in the case!
 
Ok. here's a shipped egg hatching question. I have some shipped eggs. Most seem "ok"...some have saddle cells I believe they're called...and those seem way bigger...so here's my dilema...up humidity so the saddle cells "hopefully" slow down some...but wouldn't that make all the rest slow down, too? Or...keep humidity where it's at since the majority seem to be the right size for where they're at incubation wise? I have read the article btw...a few times! lol but just keep thinkin to myself.."To up the humidity or to not up the humidity...this is the question".lol
 
mikkles said:
Ok. here's a shipped egg hatching question. I have some shipped eggs. Most seem "ok"...some have saddle cells I believe they're called...and those seem way bigger...so here's my dilema...up humidity so the saddle cells "hopefully" slow down some...but wouldn't that make all the rest slow down, too? Or...keep humidity where it's at since the majority seem to be the right size for where they're at incubation wise? I have read the article btw...a few times! lol but just keep thinkin to myself.."To up the humidity or to not up the humidity...this is the question".lol
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Do what is right for the majority, you can prol bump just a tad and be ok. Sometimes terrible saddles cant be fixed at all and the chick cant turn or even pip. Nothing really you can do for that but keep an eye on them.
 
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