EDUCATIONAL INCUBATION & HATCHING CHAT THREAD, w/ Sally Sunshine Shipped Eggs

[Chaos18]

Silly chickie.

 

[Sally Sunshine]

OK, I haven't read back yet, but I did by candling and weighing (Day 9), and I have a weight loss/air cell question. Humidity while I was gone was set at ~32-33%, and I have no reason to think that anything happened.

Of the 12 Tank x GNH eggs (normal brown pullet eggs), 10 with veins, 2 clears.

Most are pretty good with weight loss (a few a little more loss than expected on day 9, a few a little less, but nothing way off.

Of the 6 Marans eggs - I couldn't candle them well when I set them, but used two strong flashlights this time and could just see for most (though not all) - they are very dark, and spotted as well, so a bit of a nightmare to candle. I have at least one outright wiggler/dancer - and guess what? It's the oldest one I pulled out of the fridge at the last minute!!!! I also have another two with what I think are veins, and a third I'm not sure about. The other two are just too dark to see anything.

Here's the problem - the Marans eggs have lost a lot more % weight (I thought it would be less - why did I think that?) - perhaps those girls' egg shells are less strong or something. Anyhow, eggs were set 7PM on December 21, which makes this Day 9 by my calculations, and expected weight loss for Day 9 is 5.85%. While the TankXGNH eggs are hovering around that, with 5-6% loss, roughly (ranging from 4.84 to 6.50% weight loss), the Marans are ranging from 8.5 to a whopping 14.3%. The 14.3% is in one of the eggs with definite veins, and the dancer/wiggler has lost 9.2%.

I've rearranged them in the incubator - the Marans eggs were lined up along one outer row (I was thinking they would lose LESS moisture) - putting those that need less moisture loss in the center, and moving the few of the regular brown with weight loss on the low end to the edges. I also upped the humidity a couple points (I need to wait to see what it settles out at, but aiming for roughly 38%ish).

I realize the hazards of incubating different types of eggs - I put the marans eggs in for a lark. If I had to choose one set of eggs over another, I would choose the TankGNH eggs, which are part of a project of mine (and also have more in the way of confirmed viable chicks developing) - despite Goodwin being missing presumed dead, he is not essential to any specific breeding plans of mine. All that being said - anyone have any thoughts or suggestions?

- Ant Farm

I run into this at times with serama and LF in same bator

I wait until day 15 and I will add the serama to a container with holes burned in the lid, and add a small cut sponge to up humidity in just that container, I have never had issues doing that.

never took pics but these may help you get the idearrrrr

 

[BantyChooks]

If you go to someones profile, and then click on their avatar, you can see the entire history of every single photo they have used as an avatar. And there's a number at the top. Bubbles Banti has changed hers 193 times. 

 

[BantyChooks]

Love that poem!

 

[Sally Sunshine]

Quote: 193 times?

If you go to someones profile, and then click on their avatar, you can see the entire history of every single photo they have used as an avatar. And there's a number at the top. Bubbles Banti has changed hers 193 times.

ohhhh

 

[Sally Sunshine]

 

[Chaos18]

Two more of the Flower eggs have pipped.

 

[BullChick]

Two more of the Flower eggs have pipped.

 

[Sally Sunshine]

Two more of the Flower eggs have pipped.

I dont believe you

 

[Sally Sunshine]

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