Hatch-Along - Eggs set in November, due December, anyone?

[Candyman]

awesome 3D
and I feel cold just reading about your temperatures....

 

[Candyman]

Today I candled mine at day 7, out of 32 eggs set in incubator, 10 were infertile and 1 was early death (blood ring), I don't know if my Rooster is smoking too much nowaday

Actually he has just matured thats why some hens won't let him mount them, thats why less fertility and thats why I put 32 in there, I needed to get 2 dozen, so I get 21 till now which is not bad.
The remaining 21 chick are running inside

I hope they all come outta there all healthy.

Here are my candling pictures:

One of the infertiles:



The blood ring:



Now some of the fertile ones:

 

[chicknlove]

Great pics! I'll be candling in three more days. I'll try to take a couple pics myself since I may need help to make sure I'm doing it right

 

[chicknlove]

Speaking of Pictures.. Heres my set up.. and my incubating office.. the bathroom haha. I like it because there are no windows to let in light and i can keep the door shut to keep the room temp the same. Also I can keep the kids out with a lock on the door so the babies are nice and safe

My little note book for note taking and my home made candler.. It's a candle holder I put a flashlight in, instead of the tea light. I painted it dark blue and put a toilet paper roll on the inside so no light escapes. Can't wait till Sunday to candle!

 

[Lapaysannefarm]

Your eggs look nice, Candyman!

So when are everyones eggs due? My duck eggs are due the 18th and 20th!

 

[3Dchicken]

lol It is cold outside right now. It snowed for the first time this year, and that's a sign the Christmas is almost here! I love candling eggs- it is so magical and mysterious. If it didn't kill them, I would candle the eggs every hour just to watch their progress. But I guess then it wouldn't be so exciting. On Saturday, I will probably post a couple candling pictures, since it will be day 7 then. I can't wait. That last time I tried incubating eggs, this was the time that they died- day five or seven. I think they are okay for now. I hope they make it! I hope I'm doing better with this incubator than the last one. I am not sure what I'll do if all seventeen of them hatch... I only planned on around four or five hens... XD I'll figure out something when the time comes- who knows, maybe none will hatch at all! I can only hope and wait.

Lapaysannefarm, my chicks are all due to hatch on the 15th of December- on a Saturday, so I will be able to watch the itty- bitty peeps hatch! D

 

[3Dchicken]

Also, does anyone know what a mix between a white leghorn and a rhode island red would look like? I know that if the father is a boy, and the white leghorn is a girl, then it makes red sex links, or "stars." (also other names)... But in my case, all my eggs are from a white leghorn rooster, and a rhode island red mother(s). Would they look any different? Would you be able to tell the gender by the chicks' colour or no? just curious, I might start a thread about this...?

 

[chicknlove]

Heres a link to what appears to be the pullet of the RIR hen cross with W Leghorn Roo.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/...ssed-with-rir-hen-is-the-chick-male-or-female

https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/558025/white-leghorn-rooster-x-rhode-island-red-crosses

 

[katsdar]

I would have to candle them all and probably all the time, is this what a mother hen feels like, sooooo stressful

 

[3Dchicken]

Thanks sooooo much, Chicknlove!!! That picture is just so cute I think I just might explode! XD No matter where I looked, it only said that to make a red sex link, you needed the male to be a rhode island red, and the female a white leghorn. I couldn't find any pictures of a chicken (or chick) the other way around, so thanks a lot! I didn't think they would look any different...And I totally agree Katsdar! I am so excited! I am going to flip the eggs right now :3