Hatching Chicks With A Heat Pad And A Egg Carton Experiment

[Kiki]

It managed to stay at a steady temp recently.

What did?
The heating pad itself?

Are you able to measure the temp of an egg?

 

[DogAndCat36]

What did?
The heating pad itself?

Are you able to measure the temp of an egg?

Got a trusty thermometer and I can adjust the heating pads temperature when it gets too hot or too cold.

 

[Kiki]

Got a trusty thermometer and I can adjust the heating pads temperature when it gets too hot or too cold.

If the eggs are in an egg carton, elevated (off the heating pad?) In an open area...how in the world are the eggs getting warm enough?

I think I'm missing something.

 

[DogAndCat36]

This is the best picture that I could get. When I picked it up, I noticed that the darker parts sinked to the bottom of the egg, example when I tilted it left, it when to the bottom right. Is my baby dead?

 

[DogAndCat36]

If the eggs are in an egg carton, elevated (off the heating pad?) In an open area...how in the world are the eggs getting warm enough?

I think I'm missing something.

Page 16, message #156, has the picture of the egg carton.

 

[hysop]

This is the best picture that I could get. When I picked it up, I noticed that the darker parts sinked to the bottom of the egg, example when I tilted it left, it when to the bottom right. Is my baby dead?
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Oh no!! that is never good

 

[DogAndCat36]

Oh no!! that is never good

I think that we lost #1...

 

[Eelantha]

It is not in the air cell, just floating around it.

Liquid floating in the egg like water? That sounds like one of the eggs my broody didn't manage to hatch. Sounds like the yolk burst inside the shell and mixed with the whites to form a blended liquid. I don't know what causes that, but it's sad to see cuz that means the embryo inside it is dead

 

[Kiki]

This is the best picture that I could get. When I picked it up, I noticed that the darker parts sinked to the bottom of the egg, example when I tilted it left, it when to the bottom right. Is my baby dead?
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Sorry...but this does not look good.

 

[careeka22]

If the dark spot is free floating in one spot it is gone, so sorry! You should see movement in the more advanced egg. Do they have a smell?