I've been hatching chickens for several years in a home made incubator. Learned a lot along the way. I just got an auto turner and a store bought incubator (hovabator) and this is my first time setting eggs in the auto turner. I'm mid day 5, and even though these eggs are darker than the ones I have incubated before, I thought that since I could see something by day 4 candling on other hatches I'd have a quick peek.
The yolk seems to settle on the bottom and the darker part (I'm guessing the embryo, these are Marans eggs) goes to the bottom too. I can't actually see any veining yet. I'm not sure if that is normal with a turner, or if the chalaza(umbilical) might have been damaged. All of the eggs I've set and turned by hand the yolk floats and the embryo, slowly floats to the top.
other information: I went and picked these eggs up myself from the breeder, it was a 4 hour car drive after I got them. I have the air cell end up in the turner. temperature has been pretty consistent though one side is a degree hotter than the other. (on one side 99.0 - 99.3, and the other 99.8 - 100.0 I have 2 trusted thermometers inside the incubator) the incubator thermostat says it is 100.0
The yolk seems to settle on the bottom and the darker part (I'm guessing the embryo, these are Marans eggs) goes to the bottom too. I can't actually see any veining yet. I'm not sure if that is normal with a turner, or if the chalaza(umbilical) might have been damaged. All of the eggs I've set and turned by hand the yolk floats and the embryo, slowly floats to the top.
other information: I went and picked these eggs up myself from the breeder, it was a 4 hour car drive after I got them. I have the air cell end up in the turner. temperature has been pretty consistent though one side is a degree hotter than the other. (on one side 99.0 - 99.3, and the other 99.8 - 100.0 I have 2 trusted thermometers inside the incubator) the incubator thermostat says it is 100.0
