Hatching Chicks With A Heat Pad And A Egg Carton Experiment

[DogAndCat36]

Day 5- (Chicken incubation three days) The Jersey Giants egg has blood and veins!

 

[Happychi2019]

Update- Got a thermometer, the temp is around 99 to 100 and is keeping steady, I refill the half egg shells every afternoon and placed a half folded towel on the top. The heat pad is under the egg carton and is elevated with a plastic container. I might add more eggs at deferent times, but will the heat pad last?

At what number do you keep the hot pad?

 

[DogAndCat36]

At what number do you keep the hot pad?

Used to be 6 and now it is 3 because of the heat change were I am at.

 

[Tre3hugger]

This is an intriguing thread. Keep us posted!

 

[MGG]

Awesome! Good luck!

 

[Verge134]

I attempted this once in my closet as a child with my neighbor's chicken eggs, got to day 16 before my mother found them and threw it out. I'm excited to know you have a healthy crew so far!

 

[MGG]

I attempted this once in my closet as a child with my neighbor's chicken eggs, got to day 16 before my mother found them and threw it out. I'm excited to know you have a healthy crew so far!

Aw that's so sad! I wonder if they would have made it?

 

[Verge134]

Aw that's so sad! I wonder if they would have made it?

From the current results of this experiment I would have guessed that they were doing good! I can't wait till hatch day

 

[DogAndCat36]

I attempted this once in my closet as a child with my neighbor's chicken eggs, got to day 16 before my mother found them and threw it out. I'm excited to know you have a healthy crew so far!

Awww, that is so sad that your mother did that. That reminds me of a story though, I once tried to incubate store-bought eggs with a flashlight when I was 6 years old, my mom was not happy either.

 

[DogAndCat36]

Day 6 (Chicken incubation four days)- The Jersey Giant egg has now stuck to the eggshell (in a ok way) and now has a bunch of veins and a lump in the center of the veins (possibly a heart?), the EE is to dotted to tell and the meat one turned out to be a big Jersey Giant egg. if everything goes ok, they will hatch on Easter Sunday! Also thank you so much for the support!