First hatch of the year.

[Hope Frazier]

Mine dropped yesterday, too. I was taping uo holes on the batir trying to bring the temp back up, but mine only went down to 93. We candle tomorrow! Can't wait!

 

[ffachicken4h]

Watch the CO2 levels in the incubator with taping the holes. I had a problem with CO2 in my incubator and ended up not having any hatches.

 

[Heidisgran]

Cold weather lowered my house temp significantly, and the eggs got down to 97 degrees for several hours. I'm really hoping that they still hatch, but being small silkie eggs, and my first hatch, I'm a bit concerned. Stupid polar vortex.

79 is lethal
104 or above is lethal

 

[QueenofKings]

Wasn't able to candle today since I didn't have anyone around to help so I'll see if I candle later.

But I did a random candling before and I can attest that if the top of the egg in a still air is 104*F it will still develop however, I was able to catch my slipup in time and brought it down to 101*F just the other day.

 

[chatty kathy]

We have a new jersey giant hen sitting on 6 eggs. They r to hatch any day. She cracked one accidently. The baby was full grown but was dead. There still was quite a bit of yoke still in the egg. Soooo sad.

 

[Heidisgran]

We have a new jersey giant hen sitting on 6 eggs. They r to hatch any day. She cracked one accidently. The baby was full grown but was dead. There still was quite a bit of yoke still in the egg. Soooo sad.

 

[CayuseRanch]

We have a new jersey giant hen sitting on 6 eggs. They r to hatch any day. She cracked one accidently. The baby was full grown but was dead. There still was quite a bit of yoke still in the egg. Soooo sad.

Aww, sorry to hear that but the good news is your broody will still give you a better hatching ratio than an incubator.

 

[Hope Frazier]

We just candled all five eggs for the first time and they are all developing! So surprised and happy! We will be candling and weighing them Saturday! Can't wait!

 

[TwinArrowsFarm]

Looks like only 11 of my 30 silkies are growing. They had a rough ride to California. I hope the 11 that I do have hatch! =(

 

[QueenofKings]

I candled today. Could only see a dark mass in over 50% of the eggs even though it's only Day 10.