Friends for Jadwiga Hatch a Long!

[SemiSweet2391]

After searching high and low, I've finally found some Polish eggs to hatch!

Our white Polish chicken, Jadwiga, is too beautiful for her peers (see majestic pic of her in a tree) and so they bully her incessantly. We've separated her and built her a Palace of her own, and now it's time to hatch some new friends for her! We got 7 eggs. The goal is 1 pullet, so hopefully we get at least that!

Here are pictures of the parents. It will be exciting to see what the chicks look like. The rooster is the frizzled one.

I thought it would be fun to post the eggs' progress. I've read a lot of the pinned posts and forums here about incubating, so hopefully we get some chicks in a few weeks! I'm excited, and so is my son! He is 3 and can't wait to meet the chicks!

 

[GuineaMania]

So cool! Hopefully she gets some friends and good luck with your hatch!

 

[SemiSweet2391]

Well into day 2 and everything seems to be going well! I’m planning on doing a teeny tiny candling after 72 hours just to double check fertility; I’m just super excited! But if that’s a bad idea I can be patient too haha

 

[SemiSweet2391]

Had a big storm last night, and lost power for about 10 minutes. The ironic part? I had the incubator plugged into a backup power source, but due to user error it didn’t work fortunately I think only 10 minutes isn’t too bad for the eggs to be without heat.

 

[GuineaMania]

Had a big storm last night, and lost power for about 10 minutes. The ironic part? I had the incubator plugged into a backup power source, but due to user error it didn’t work fortunately I think only 10 minutes isn’t too bad for the eggs to be without heat.

Oh no! Lol, good thing it was only 10 minutes.

 

[SemiSweet2391]

Did a quick little candle to check for fertility, and we were excited by the results! It seems everyone is doing well. The only ones I’m unsure of are Fig and Maple (my son named them after characters in his favorite show!). Are they just a bit behind? Opinions welcome!

Also, the temperature displayed isn’t accurate. I’ve tested with an accurate thermometer that I trust and the true temp is about 100-101 range.

 

[Cheekychook12]

Did a quick little candle to check for fertility, and we were excited by the results! It seems everyone is doing well. The only ones I’m unsure of are Fig and Maple (my son named them after characters in his favorite show!). Are they just a bit behind? Opinions welcome!

Also, the temperature displayed isn’t accurate. I’ve tested with an accurate thermometer that I trust and the true temp is about 100-101 range.

I see two without a clear embryo but it’s very very early to say if they are bad or not so wait before making any assumptions

 

[SemiSweet2391]

I see two without a clear embryo but it’s very very early to say if they are bad or not so wait before making any assumptions

Ok, thanks! Maybe it will be more clear by day 7?

 

[Cheekychook12]

Ok, thanks! Maybe it will be more clear by day 7?

Should be but even then, unless they smell bad there’s no harm in leaving them till day 14 or so, by which point you’ll definitely be able to tell

 

[SemiSweet2391]

Should be but even then, unless they smell bad there’s no harm in leaving them till day 14 or so, by which point you’ll definitely be able to tell

Great, thank you so much!