Fifth Day In The Incubator...

[jessica.anne]

I have 9 eggs in the incubator on their fifth day. I candled them all this morning and all are developing nicely! I'm so excited! I had to share!!

 

[Tracy the chick]

Thats great news, well done.. Im on day three of my first ever hatch, husband got me an incubator for xmas

. I candled this morning and couldnt see anything at all

mine are shipped eggs too..someone did say to wait till day 7 so ill stop been inpatient and wait lol..

 

[3forfree]

I'm on day 6, using a stryofoam cooler and a light bulb, things are going well, will candle in the next couple of days, and post results on my page. GL everyone.

 

[Tracy the chick]

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Good luck hun and do let me know what your candled egg looks like.

 

[BlueCamas]

Hey there, I'm a newbie and I have 7 eggs in a homemade incubator. They are on day 2. This will be my first attempt at incubating and I have a question. The first night I put them in the bator the temp spiked to 106 f when I was asleep, I don't know for how long, but I'm afraid that all the eggs are now dead. My thermomete keeps track of the highs an the lows of the day, so that's how I knew it went to 106. Is there any way that the eggs are still viable?

Sorry about the thread-jack

 

[3forfree]

I'm no expert but if the spike was only for a short time you may still be ok. You should candle soon to see whats going on.

 

[Tracy the chick]

Hope someone knows the answer, my temp in my brinsea 40 is at a steady 38.7 since day 1. Today it went up to 38.0 is this ok? I opend the air vent a touch and it went back to 38.7.. Also i candled an egg yesterday and i thought my husband was putting the lid back on cos he was right behind me, i candled the egg for about 1 min and noticed the lid was off! The temp dropped to 32.0

i hope there all ok.

 

[chickmanna]

I think you're o.k. Air temperature will change more rapidly than the internal temperature of the eggs. Hens leave the nests for 10 minutes, or more.

 

[nurse_turtle]

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Candle an egg from the fridge to use for comparison.