Hatch-Along - Setting eggs week of Feb 4th..anyone else?

[TarheelBirdy]

Day 6, I just candled, and all 6 of my SLW were looking back at me and moving around! Still have questions about the eggs from my non-crested SFH. Gonna give them a few more days. The ones from my crested SFH are looking good.

 

[mendocinosunris]

I found a very good article on hatching humidity from Brinsea: http://www.brinsea.com/customerservice/humidity.html

"Most species of bird (with the exception of the ostrich family) need to lose between
13 and 15% of their weight from the time of setting the eggs in an incubator to hatching."

The article also helped explain why humidity was so important. Definitely worth a few minutes to read it.

 

[TarheelBirdy]

Candled today, Day 8. The ones from my non-crested SFH that I was concerned about are still developing! I love the way their shells are - they are easy to see everything when you candle them.

How are everybody's incubators doing?

 

[eggorthechicken]

I have 31 chicken hopefuls:0) and 5/6 ancona ducks developing. ill candle next week again.

 

[andertr]

Today is day 12 for us. We somehow went from 4 eggs down to 2 but with this being a test hatch and not so high quality eggs I'm excited for my 2! Hopefully I have better luck on my next hatch in march, these eggs will be from a breeder.

 

[mendocinosunris]

Today is day 13. I just candled my 22 eggs & pulled out 4 clears. There are several others that are iffy, so I'm leaving them for now.
Twelve are definitely growing and swimming circles inside the shells. Unfortunately, ten of those are grocery store eggs that I threw in there on a whim. Only two of mine look like they're developing. I'm wondering if my rooster has fertility issues...

 

[cochins1088]

Well it looks like my goose egg has stopped developing. I'll leave it in for another few days, but I'm pretty certain that the embryo died.

 

[TarheelBirdy]

Today is day 13. I just candled my 22 eggs & pulled out 4 clears. There are several others that are iffy, so I'm leaving them for now.
Twelve are definitely growing and swimming circles inside the shells. Unfortunately, ten of those are grocery store eggs that I threw in there on a whim. Only two of mine look like they're developing. I'm wondering if my rooster has fertility issues...

Wait....did you say GROCERY STORE EGGS?

 

[cochins1088]

Wait....did you say GROCERY STORE EGGS?

There's a whole thread dedicated to hatching grocery store eggs. I tried it once and only hatched out 2 chicks, but others have been much more sucessful. You will need to look for eggs labeled as fertile and then pick out the most recent carton. Sometimes (not always) eggs that are labeled free range are fertile too. It's always interesting to see what kind of breeds hatch out.

 

[Bangarang64]

whoa.