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

[horsiefly53]

I had a sad day, one of the eggs under my broody banty cracked-from the outside, not the inside, probably from the hen stepping on it. The chick was fully developed but too soon to hatch I guess and it died in my hand, a perfectly formed little black chick, probably from my Australorp or Barnvelder. But it was another learning moment for me and hope that the other eggs are developing and may hatch too.


mama banty sitting on eggs and taking care of chicks too.

 

[Candyman]

horsiefly sad to hear about the little one. I hope the other do fine... Cute family in the picture

 

[3Dchicken]

I am very concerned. Someone accidentally moved the heat lamp a few inches away from the hole in the side of the incubator when they were trying to get to my closet, and it had been like that for five hours. Should I turn my eggs, or leave them to heat up after five hours of lack of heat? I'm so sad now. What do I do? I hope it didn't hurt them! I just want to rage!!

 

[3Dchicken]

Candyman, those pictures are great! In the second one, you can really see the veins!

 

[3Dchicken]

That's terrible, horsiefly53. How many has she hatched so far? :3?

 

[Candyman]

oh 3D I don't think any harm would have been done as they are on day 9? They say less than day 6 chicks can be harmed IDK.
I think let the temperature settle first then turn them.

rebelcowboysnb (Posts: 10,064) posted in a thread: "They should be fine. I have had outages up to 24 hours with no mortality."
post # 4[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif] of 29 on [/FONT]https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/581565/power-outage and he is a senior member with a lot of experience.

 

[3Dchicken]

They are on day 11, Candyman. I will turn them now. It freaked me out a bit.

 

[chicknlove]

They are on day 11, Candyman. I will turn them now. It freaked me out a bit.

Hope they are okay!

 

[chicknlove]

I candled today but couldn't get a decent picture.. I think it's pretty easy to tell the clear form the ones with big dark masses though. It's day 7 for them I had 2 dozen eggs and pitched 2 right off because one was really dirty and the other had a thin shell with a light crack. So I was down to 22 when I set them. After careful candling I came up with 5 eggs either clear or with a light shadow of a yolk that was floating, so I guess that means not developing. So I have 17 left with a large dark mass and on most of them I can see veins and an embryo and on about 7 I saw movement! YAY! It's so fun

I left what I think are the 5 eggs in one corner of the incubator and will candle them again on day 10. Since I'm new I want to avoid a mistake. Non of the eggs smell fowl and I will watch out for that. I will open them on day 10 to see if I find what is expected. Let me try the picture thing again to see if I can get a visual.

 

[chicknlove]

Here are my crappy pictures.. I'l try to explain what I saw lol.

Pic 1 Clear

Pic 2 Blood Ring

pic 3 same egg w/blood ring (it's around the bottom of the dark mass, hard to see in pic)

Pic 4 Viable, little chick in there doing somersaults

Pic 5 viable, movement from the little black dot in the middle of the dark mass and veins

Pic 6 clear