I got my olive eggers from"Ruth" today. They were packaged great, included a thank you note (handwritten), two extras and none broken. They are resting until I set them tomorrow in the Brinsea ECO 20. Here they are! I also got a dozen FBCM and GCM (6 each) today. I had to discard one that was weeping. Makes me nervous. Here they are: I was a bit disappointed by the color but I hope this was the end of their laying cycle, not the beginning. Anyway, I'll set em and see what I get!
Hi Warden, good luck on your hatch! I got my eggs today too. My DH picked them up from the PO this morning. So tomorrow I will set them. I set up my brinsea. This is my first hatch 10 BCM and 16 silkies if I can fit them in. I thought the silkie eggs would be smaller. They sent extras. A lot of extras, but they all look good. Great packaging job. I candled them - no cracks in the silkies. The BCMs were to dark to see anything. Silkies have a shorter incubation period - so I was thinking of adding them 12 hours later. Is that a good idea? I'm so excited!
I'm with ya, sister ... LOL I set mine at midnight! I hope you get some dark egg layers, and nice Olive Eggers! Let's see, I should hatch ... Jan 24, Jan 28, Feb 4, and then whenever the Orp eggs get here, I will set those! YeeHaw! <<<off to build more brooders>>> Oh, and the Buckeyes from JamesA ... I can hardly wait to get those from prize winning stock! Then, the Rhode Island Reds (to die for beautiful) from Pine Grove. OK, then, I will be done! (Well, except for the ... yeah, you know) ....
I set mine today, the BCMs at midnight and the silkies at 2 this afternoon. Temp is holding at 99.6 and humidity at 43. I fit 27 eggs in the Brinsea, now I can't wait to candle again. Amazing 21 days can be a long time.
Day 3, temp is holding perfectly, but the humidity is staying between 41 and 44 degrees. Is that to low?
