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

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Sally Sunshine said:
ok so I know I always tell everyone to settle.... seen internal pips early this am and still no externals
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do I go peek a candle or go to bed!!!!! arggggg
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I'd candle them.
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cochins1088 said:
Quote: I went to bed, and I will go look now, I had an early am appointment at the doc. I turned the eggs in the one bator very fast and hear chirping in the other but didnt take time to peak I was afraid I needed time to get out the driveway.... going now
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wish us luck! In less than hour we will be Certified Poultry Techs! pray for the birds when DH is drawing! lol

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This hatch is the first time I have weighed the eggs.previously I have always just trusted the incy .
My weight loss varies from 9 to 16% so I am hoping they are ok.
Interestingly though the green eggs are all nearer the 9 or 10% end, while the brown and white eggs are higher with 13 - 16%. Is this because the green shells are thicker? Or just coincidence? Has anyone else noticed this?
 
elliechooks said:
This hatch is the first time I have weighed the eggs.previously I have always just trusted the incy .
My weight loss varies from 9 to 16% so I am hoping they are ok.
Interestingly though the green eggs are all nearer the 9 or 10% end, while the brown and white eggs are higher with 13 - 16%. Is this because the green shells are thicker? Or just coincidence? Has anyone else noticed this?
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I actually was thinking this in the morning!! as my CCL are different than the Brahma!!!
 
elliechooks said:
This hatch is the first time I have weighed the eggs.previously I have always just trusted the incy .
My weight loss varies from 9 to 16% so I am hoping they are ok.
Interestingly though the green eggs are all nearer the 9 or 10% end, while the brown and white eggs are higher with 13 - 16%. Is this because the green shells are thicker? Or just coincidence? Has anyone else noticed this?
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having hatched eggs from 20 different sources at once I can speak a little on this as well as a bit more lol

I find that most eggs from a particular batch act the same way. It does not always follow that eggs with blue tint are always the slowest but the shell densities seem higher.

When it come to hatching, when the incubator is appropriately tuned, I find most eggs from the same batch will hatch within hours of each other. My last batch - 6 blues came out in 3 hours and after a four hour break, 7 marans did their thing. Dispersed amongst them were 8 other chicks from varying batches.
 
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