First Time Egg Candler Scared!

[firsttimehatch1]

So we ended up with 11 out of 12! Yay

 

[WVduckchick]

So we ended up with 11 out of 12! Yay

Super egg-cellent! Congrats!!

 

[sideWing]

adorable!

Love it! Congrats on the hatches.

Thank you both!

 

[sideWing]

So we ended up with 11 out of 12! Yay

That's excellent! Congratulations.

I'm still waiting it out on 9 of my eggs. One of them I did not expect to hatch, but I just don't know why the other 8 would not since they candled perfectly and the other 6 seemed to hatch with ease. Either way, I super happy with 6 and I can't wait to get hatching again after working out the kinks.

 

[AmyLynn2374]

That's excellent! Congratulations.

I'm still waiting it out on 9 of my eggs. One of them I did not expect to hatch, but I just don't know why the other 8 would not since they candled perfectly and the other 6 seemed to hatch with ease. Either way, I super happy with 6 and I can't wait to get hatching again after working out the kinks.

No more pips???

 

[sideWing]

No more pips???

No more pips so far. I candled one egg when I took the chicks out and it looked solid. No peeping or beak in the air cell though. I'm in day 22 right now so I'm sure the % chance of survival is dropping rapidly. If I candle them tonight, what would I be looking for?

 

[AmyLynn2374]

No more pips so far. I candled one egg when I took the chicks out and it looked solid. No peeping or beak in the air cell though. I'm in day 22 right now so I'm sure the % chance of survival is dropping rapidly. If I candle them tonight, what would I be looking for?

Internal pips. If there are no internal pips after 24 hours of the last hatcher, I wouldn't hold out too much hope. If there's any movement, I would give them more time, but I'm doubtful if there's no pips after 24 hours.

 

[scflock]

No more pips so far. I candled one egg when I took the chicks out and it looked solid. No peeping or beak in the air cell though. I'm in day 22 right now so I'm sure the % chance of survival is dropping rapidly. If I candle them tonight, what would I be looking for?

I don't candle any more after hatching, so I couldn't tell you. I will say that in all 5 hatches this year, I have had at least 2 pip and hatch on day 22/23. I never shut down until day 23, but I do shut down on day 23. I've had bad experiences with late hatchers

 

[WVduckchick]

I don't candle any more after hatching, so I couldn't tell you. I will say that in all 5 hatches this year, I have had at least 2 pip and hatch on day 22/23. I never shut down until day 23, but I do shut down on day 23. I've had bad experiences with late hatchers

I guess after you hatch enough, you get to an easier point of "long enough". I waited till end of day 24 before I convinced myself that my last 2 were gone. I had 3 day-21, 6 day-22 and one day-23 hatchers.

 

[scflock]

I guess after you hatch enough, you get to an easier point of "long enough". I waited till end of day 24 before I convinced myself that my last 2 were gone. I had 3 day-21, 6 day-22 and one day-23 hatchers.

Deformed day 24 chicks gave me a cold heart. Not joking, that's why I shut down on day 23