First Time Hatcher Hatch-A-Long

[SB907]

I'm in! I set 18 shipped eggs (silkie and polish) last Thursday, but they got thrashed in shipping so I suspect most are not viable. After I candle and remove the duds tonight, planning to fill the open space in the incubator with Polish eggs from a local breeder that I picked up an assortment from the other day...some Blue, Buff, White, Chocolate, Silver Laced, Cuckoo, and a handful of Tolbunts Batch one (if any) should hatch 3/3, and I'm looking forward to the Polish party 6 days later on the 9th.

Just finished candling, and 9 of the 18 in the first batch actually look great (including two cracked that I patched with wax) with nice embryos and veining and air cells are stabilized. Added 19 new polish eggs and incubator is officially full! I guess I better build a bigger brooder...

 

[kurby22]

I just set eggs Sunday and Tuesday! This will be my first time hatching chickens and I’m nervous! I’m still learning the ins and outs of incubating and chicken eggs feel more precious than the quail I’ve hatched previously! I’ll just follow along here, I like learning from others and their experiences!

 

[3KillerBs]

Nothing to report yet. Temperature is holding, humidity is holding. I do have to keep an eye on the water level because my house is dry.

 

[3KillerBs]

I feel funny not posting much of anything on my own thread here, but the eggs are sitting there in the incubator being eggs and I'm not messing with them until the 7-day candling.

 

[Brooks_]

I feel funny not posting much of anything on my own thread here, but the eggs are sitting there in the incubator being eggs and I'm not messing with them until the 7-day candling.

Yeah, not much to really say. The turner turned?

 

[3KillerBs]

Yeah, not much to really say. The turner turned?

Exactly.

I suppose that a boring incubation is the best kind -- I'm not asking for power outages, bad eggs, or other drama!

 

[3KillerBs]

Candling Day!

But I have to keep my hands off all day because my 16yo wants to be part of the process and he's at school.

 

[citymeetscountry]

Candling Day!

But I have to keep my hands off all day because my 16yo wants to be part of the process and he's at school.

You have way more restraint than me! However I have found candling in the evening is better (because we don’t have light peeking in through the window and so we can see more). Good luck!

 

[3KillerBs]

You have way more restraint than me! However I have found candling in the evening is better (because we don’t have light peeking in through the window and so we can see more). Good luck!

That's a good point. I can make the laundry room quite dark in the evening, but not in the daytime.

 

[Sally PB]

Waiting for the results....