- Nov 10, 2013
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So, I have been so excited, ordered some lavender, blue/black and buff O's (arranged to have shippers send so eggs arrived on same day). Borrowed a foam bator, bought a turner. Monitored temp with 2 thermometers and a humidity reader. Read lots of BYC threads, recalculated 21 days 2100 times. Candled last night and probably only 25-30% eggs are measuring at a viable date. Most look as though they were fertilized but never progressed. Had a couple days where humidity dropped and I added more water humidity jumped up to 70% for a while. Think I drowned them? Several may have not been fertile or damaged in shipment. So disappointed, was hoping for a better hatch rate. Now hoping for one chick! Noticed the eggs I ordered close to home all had what looked like viable gestational ages when I candled them, it was also terrible cold when my eggs were shipped....