just to thank you all especially sally.
i present a recap of what i tried and the stats i got.
personally, i think the stats show that the strategies to help busted air sacs helped.
to me, it seems the great majority of the eggs just didn't fully develop and it had nothing to do with the air sac.
i had 45 eggs shipped from about 5 states away each. i live in cold new england. the eggs got to me in about 2-3 days.
15 eggs sat for a week on the cool cellar shelf and i turned them each day 3-5 times
these eggs hatched at the same rate as the other, fresher eggs
the other eggs sat for 24 hours before incubation
i placed them in the turner, but turned them by hand for about 5 days. then i turned on the automatic turner.
i stopped turning at day 16. i candled 3 times, including day 18, which was a mistake--too late in my process to be messing around. my bator tends to turn out chicks on day 20.
i hatched upright in cut-down styrofoam egg cartons.
busted air sacs total 9
clears/early quitters 14 3 busted
hatch:
number of eggs locked down 31 6 busted
quitters suspected at lockdown 2 (one started to weep)
not fully developed 10
fully developed, looked dry 2
fully developed, looked moist 3 2 busted
malpositioned, looked dry 1 1 busted
malpositioned, looked moist 3 1 busted
internal pip, looked moist 1
internal pip, looked dry 2
hatched successfully 7 2 busted 1 malpositioned
needed help 3 1 busted 1 malpositioned
i present a recap of what i tried and the stats i got.
personally, i think the stats show that the strategies to help busted air sacs helped.
to me, it seems the great majority of the eggs just didn't fully develop and it had nothing to do with the air sac.
i had 45 eggs shipped from about 5 states away each. i live in cold new england. the eggs got to me in about 2-3 days.
15 eggs sat for a week on the cool cellar shelf and i turned them each day 3-5 times
these eggs hatched at the same rate as the other, fresher eggs
the other eggs sat for 24 hours before incubation
i placed them in the turner, but turned them by hand for about 5 days. then i turned on the automatic turner.
i stopped turning at day 16. i candled 3 times, including day 18, which was a mistake--too late in my process to be messing around. my bator tends to turn out chicks on day 20.
i hatched upright in cut-down styrofoam egg cartons.
busted air sacs total 9
clears/early quitters 14 3 busted
hatch:
number of eggs locked down 31 6 busted
quitters suspected at lockdown 2 (one started to weep)
not fully developed 10
fully developed, looked dry 2
fully developed, looked moist 3 2 busted
malpositioned, looked dry 1 1 busted
malpositioned, looked moist 3 1 busted
internal pip, looked moist 1
internal pip, looked dry 2
hatched successfully 7 2 busted 1 malpositioned
needed help 3 1 busted 1 malpositioned
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you know your game!!!
