First Incubation starts Tomorrow lol

[cmom]

I start off with my humidity between 40% and 50%. On day 18 I raise it between 65% and 70%. Works for me.

 

[mochicken]

I got the eggs late this morning since I couldnt seem to run my cousin down, had a GREAT time at her house, she has about 100 chickens, several turkeys, guineas, quail, goats, cows, ducks, and of course barn cats lol.


I ended up with about 40 eggs, they are mostly brown eggs from BSL chickens, there are 5 or 6 bantam eggs, and 3 or 4 white eggs, not sure what chicken they came from. They mostly have "barnyard mixes" so I am patiently awaiting my babies to see what I get

 

[mochicken]

2nd day of incubation is starting now, cant wait till day 7 so I can candle them

 

[Cherstin]

I started one day before you, and candled last night. What can I say ... I was bored! My husband was at the Alabama/Florida game, and my two boys were at Gramma's house for the night. I'm not used to being all alone, and that was the most daring thing I could think to try at my age.

Anyway, I did a Google search for "candling chicken egg day 3" and found a TON of great photos, so I felt like I knew what I was looking for: the "spidery veins" with a little black dot in the middle. And, lo and behold, I saw them in all three eggs! It gave me some confidence that I'm doing something right! It also gave me someone to talk to while all my guys were gone. I said, "Hi, eggs! It's your new mom!" I'm not sure if it's like babies where they tell you to talk and play music and read, but what the heck, right??!

All the information I read said that you can candle every day if you want to: you can keep them out of the incubator for a half-hour if you wanted, but on the downside it appears that the longer they are out (up to a half-hour), you run the risk of it taking longer for them to hatch. I don't want that!

Now that I've seen that there's definitely something in there, I'm going to try to wait until day ten. But I guess I'm just trying to say that if you want to candle, just do it. Just don't drop the egg!

Keep us posted, and good luck!

 

[mochicken]

yeah I tried candling them today, I can see the yolk and a couple had some distinctive red blotchy areas but nothing that I could make out as a vein really. I will probably leave them alone until 7 days now.

 

[cmom]

I wait until day 10 and again at lockdown on day 18 to see if there are any quitters.