Early February 2016 Hatch - Who's In?

[CoopDeDoo]

What days did you weigh them?

The day I put them in and at the first candling.

 

[ambe0487]

The day I put them in and at the first candling.

I plan to only candle them before putting them in, day 14 and before lockdown.

 

[ambe0487]

I hope everyone is having an egg-cellent day.

 

[LilChickens2]

Great notes @coopdedoo@. That is what I did on my last hatch. Does anyone here weigh their eggs as well for weight loss? I think that is something I am going to do this round since I'm not dealing with shipped egg air sac issues.

I plan on weighing the eggs. I'll probably just do a sampling of eggs to see any trends.

 

[LilChickens2]

I hope everyone is having an egg-cellent day.

Very cute! What breed and how old?

 

[ambe0487]

I plan on weighing the eggs. I'll probably just do a sampling of eggs to see any trends.

Great idea on the sampling. I'll be sure to candle all but weigh certain ones on the 3 dates.

 

[ambe0487]

Very cute! What breed and how old?

This is Mozart and he is just over 5 weeks old. He was hatched as an Ameraucana but his feather coloration isn't breed standard. ={ He's one the the 3 Roos that hatched this last round.

 

[LilChickens2]

No word on my shipped eggs so I collected six from my own these last few days and put them in the incubator. I'll move these to my back up incubator at lockdown. Sorry for the poor lighting, my flash wasn't working.

I also weighed each egg, marked them with a pencil date, and logged my data.

 

[CoopDeDoo]

No word on my shipped eggs so I collected six from my own these last few days and put them in the incubator. I'll move these to my back up incubator at lockdown. Sorry for the poor lighting, my flash wasn't working.





I also weighed each egg, marked them with a pencil date, and logged my data.

It's going to be interesting to see your data since you are going to track weight.

 

[CoopDeDoo]

USPS tracking says the Cochin eggs arrive today

The incubator temp and humidity are holding steady. My plan is to candle them and rest them over night, then set them all tomorrow morning - yay!

I found a "pop-up" mesh laundry basket that fits perfectly over the incubator as a cat deterrent - so far they are uninterested

Unfortunately the only place I have to place the incubator is the room with the litterbox.... will be temporarily moving the litterbox to another room during hatch so that I can keep the door closed.