Halloween Hatch-A-Long 2017

[MNChickMom]

Hello! I am on day 21 of my hatch....so far we have 7 silver duckwinged yokohamma's and 1 Buckeye. There are 3 more buckeye left to hatch (2 have pipped), 1 buff orpington (not pipped) and 2 mixed breeds/cornish cross breed. (not pipped), 1 silver duckwinged yokohamma (pipped). I was having some low temp fluctations on this hatch so I will not be surprised if this hatch takes a few extra days.

As soon as this hatch is over I will be cleaning/disinfecting as I have another group of 18 or so Buff Orpington Eggs to set. (They are my daughters favorite breed and they are so docile....so Mom caves pretty easily.)

 

[venymae]

Hi. I'm new and a few days late for the game, but i have a hen that is broody so i just set a few eggs under her today. They should hatch by nov 5... I've never hatched eggs (or had a hen hatch them lol) so I'm hoping to soak in some info over the next few weeks.

Broody incubation is pretty easy. Leave them alone! That being said You want them to be separated from the other hens so they don't sneak eggs in or bully the broody off the nest. I usually also candle the eggs around day 14 so I don't have any baddies explode and ruin the others.

 

[HattieScratchy]

Good to know! Thank you!

Broody incubation is pretty easy. Leave them alone! That being said You want them to be separated from the other hens so they don't sneak eggs in or bully the broody off the nest. I usually also candle the eggs around day 14 so I don't have any baddies explode and ruin the others.

 

[Twinsnchickens]

So today was hotter than usual, so I checked the temp in my bator. It was at 101.9 solid on all my thermometers. Will that harm my eggs?

 

[jay873]

Are eggs fertilized by a young roo ( buff Orpington) safe to hatch without any negative side affects ?

 

[Lazy Farmer]

Are eggs fertilized by a young roo ( buff Orpington) safe to hatch without any negative side affects ?

 

[venymae]

So today was hotter than usual, so I checked the temp in my bator. It was at 101.9 solid on all my thermometers. Will that harm my eggs?

Nope. Up to 102 is fine, though 99.5-100 is more ideal, Sally Sunshine swore her larger eggs did better at 101...

 

[venymae]

So, I've been trying to find out more about whether you can see the bullseye around the germal disk after the eggs have been incubated and this is what I've found so far, they are not peer reviewed scientific articles, but:

ThePoultrySite.com: "Fertility can also be assessed in eggs candled clear between 10 and 14 days of incubation. It is not advisable to try and assess fertility on eggs candled any later than this because post mortem degeneration of the embryo makes it difficult to distinguish infertile eggs from those with very early embryonic development." (THIS ONE HAS PICTURES!!!)

MotherEarthNews: "When cracked open upon completion of incubation, you can see by close visual inspection that these nonviable eggs were fertile and became nonviable from exposure to extreme conditions."

MyPetChicken:"It is not possible to see the fertilized blastodisc, or blastoderm, on the yolk of the egg after 21 days of incubation, as it will have deteriorated by then."

FinchInfo.com: "In most cases, early embryonic death cannot be visualized by candling of the egg. Instead, an egg necropsy should be performed to determine if the egg was infertile or if it in fact suffered from early embryonic death. The presence of a white blastodisc is indicative of an infertile egg, whereas the presence of a blastoderm and/or a blood ring (as pictured to the right) is indicative of early embryonic death. Your avian veterinarian should be able to perform the necropsy at your request." (finch eggs, so different species)


I think I'm going to assume after reading a couple articles that you CAN indeed tell if a egg was fertilized after it has been incubated, as long as it is less than 14 days incubation. (Sorry Mother Earth News) Since my eggs were under 14 days incubation, I'm pretty confident in my assessment that the three were indeed infertile, and the fourth probably was fertile.
@mlm Mike @BantyChooks @WVduckchick @Farmer Connie what do you guys think?

 

[BantyChooks]

So, I've been trying to find out more about whether you can see the bullseye around the germal disk after the eggs have been incubated and this is what I've found so far, they are not peer reviewed scientific articles, but:

ThePoultrySite.com: "Fertility can also be assessed in eggs candled clear between 10 and 14 days of incubation. It is not advisable to try and assess fertility on eggs candled any later than this because post mortem degeneration of the embryo makes it difficult to distinguish infertile eggs from those with very early embryonic development." (THIS ONE HAS PICTURES!!!)

MotherEarthNews: "When cracked open upon completion of incubation, you can see by close visual inspection that these nonviable eggs were fertile and became nonviable from exposure to extreme conditions."

MyPetChicken:"It is not possible to see the fertilized blastodisc, or blastoderm, on the yolk of the egg after 21 days of incubation, as it will have deteriorated by then."

FinchInfo.com: "In most cases, early embryonic death cannot be visualized by candling of the egg. Instead, an egg necropsy should be performed to determine if the egg was infertile or if it in fact suffered from early embryonic death. The presence of a white blastodisc is indicative of an infertile egg, whereas the presence of a blastoderm and/or a blood ring (as pictured to the right) is indicative of early embryonic death. Your avian veterinarian should be able to perform the necropsy at your request." (finch eggs, so different species)


I think I'm going to assume after reading a couple articles that you CAN indeed tell if a egg was fertilized after it has been incubated, as long as it is less than 14 days incubation. (Sorry Mother Earth News) Since my eggs were under 14 days incubation, I'm pretty confident in my assessment that the three were indeed infertile, and the fourth probably was fertile.
@mlm Mike @BantyChooks @WVduckchick @Farmer Connie what do you guys think?

Lines up with the misty knowledge I had about two years ago on the topic.

 

[DwayneNLiz]

So today was hotter than usual, so I checked the temp in my bator. It was at 101.9 solid on all my thermometers. Will that harm my eggs?

it shouldnt

Are eggs fertilized by a young roo ( buff Orpington) safe to hatch without any negative side affects ?

so long as he got the job done