HERE WE GO AGAIN Anyone SETTING Aug 30th - Sept 8th join me!!

[Brookhavens]

Okay, first here is the situation: I added two of my daughters eggs from her EE about 7-9 days after my others (have to look at notes), so mine go into lockdown sun/mon, but of course hers will need to still be on the turner for a few more days.

Question: has anyone ever left a couple rows on the turner to turn while taking the others racks out and placing the lockdown eggs on the grate? Is this just too dangerous for the chicks hatching out?
I'm thinking my son-in-law is going to buy another incubator today but just in case not, I'm not sure how to handle the two later eggs. At this point, I think maybe, I see veining. Hard to tell because they are blue.

I have to agree with Roxanne. Leaving the turner in could injure the other chicks. When you up the humidity for lock down you risk the two eggs getting too much moisture and then drowning. I would definitely try to find another incubator to put them in.

 

[Brookhavens]

I got 3 more pips!! tomorrow is hatch day. I hope they all pip tonight..

Lucky you. I still have a week to go.

 

[Brookhavens]

Very Exciting. Pip means they broke through the shell? For awhile I thought it meant you could hear them chirping!

When a chick externally pips you will see a little piece of shell broken away. Sometimes it's just a flap and other times the piece actually falls off the egg. It almost looks like a little "x."

 

[Lisa Pedro]

Lucky you. I still have a week to go.

I still have 2 weeks! When I first found out it only took 21 days for a chick to develop in an egg, I thought "wow, that is pretty fast" . Lol, now I don't think it is fast enough!

 

[ChicksinPR]

I still have 2 weeks! When I first found out it only took 21 days for a chick to develop in an egg, I thought "wow, that is pretty fast" . Lol, now I don't think it is fast enough!

i set these on the 25th. so I was before you guys. but I have a couple of pullet eggs in there too. set on the 30th.

 

[Brookhavens]

Hope it works out for you BUT if not...hatch some more dont let it get to you...Its a learning process.

Just candled my own eggs.
Shipped in heat and i had the humidity 60 the first 2 days whooops!!! then let it get to 22 more than once Whatever ...i only see 3 that look pretty good The rest of 18...Look bad. WAy too little inside to be so near day 18 which is tuesday BUT maybe i will get a couple chicks i hope .My last hatch for the year.Too cold here to have more now.BOO I'll miss everyone until Feb or March...Start again...

Hoping you get more than 3. I just put my 6 week old chicks outside today in their new run. Haven't finished the coop yet so I put a tarp over one half of the run and pallets around the outside for added protection. I am a nervous wreck. They were getting too big for the brooder and had to get outside. Supposed to stay in the 70's tonight so at least it won't be too cold for them.

 

[Brookhavens]

YOU WILL NOT BELIEVE WHAT I JUST FOUND???!!!!!! A completely, brand new egg turner that I had tucked away and forgot about .... so my new little shiny delight has been taken out of storage and matched up with my other little giant (I know, I'm a sucker!!!) and now I neeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeedddd some more eggs!!!!! Ha ha ha ha!!!! You know what I really want?? Some Wheaten Ameraucaunas ... anyone know of a reputable person I purchase some from?????

(me with my sunglasses on trying to avoid my husbands frowning face - LOL)

I found the people I bought my last set of eggs from on ebay. I saw they were from Florida and looked up the town on Mapquest and they were only an hour away. Wonderful people and very fertile eggs. Candled my Silkie eggs last night and I still have 12 chicks growing out of 12 eggs. The WellSummer has veining and movement and I could only see through a few of the Marans eggs and all the ones I looked at were moving around and I could see veining also.

 

[Brookhavens]

Got home from work and I have 1 pipping. Just put them in lockdown last night.

So excited for you!!!

 

[Brookhavens]

and they look IDENTICAL...I have no idea which is which.

I used food coloring because they all looked the same...LOL.

 

[picanins]

I found the people I bought my last set of eggs from on ebay. I saw they were from Florida and looked up the town on Mapquest and they were only an hour away. Wonderful people and very fertile eggs. Candled my Silkie eggs last night and I still have 12 chicks growing out of 12 eggs. The WellSummer  has veining and movement and I could only see through a few of the Marans eggs and all the ones I looked at were moving around and I could see veining also. 

Hey Brook. I would love their details to see what they have - could you PM their contact details? I could do a local pickup - yay!! I just found some super people local to me on the Florida thread who have laying Delawares - yay, been looking for them for ages! Things sounding good in your bator. And that's with shipped eggs hey?