I Am An Idiot

[MagsC]

I am not the greatest at candling either, especially the darker colored eggs.

So you are definitely NOT an idiot.

 

[walkswithdog]

Hey Ninja - we're of an age - try it with your reading glasses on... chuckle... And hugs for good luck.

 

[tfpets]

Just checking in on your hatch

Going to be first time Araucana hatch attempt soon, with shells like yours, too...

Have you tried a smaller LED flashlight? The bulb on the larger flashlight is hard to narrow down to candle an egg for me. I have 3.5 watt or lumens or whatever flashlight from walmart, it's great for the darker marans eggs, I wonder if it would work on eggs like yours?

Any update on your babies?

Tina

 

[ninjapoodles]

I got the humidity as high as I could, and placed tape over the hole I made in the one egg, after verifying that the chick inside was still alive.

STILL NO CHANGES. I double-checked, and today is actually Day 22, so that's not so bad, is it?

I upped the temp on the other incubator containing Jody's Buff Orp eggs, which are on day 12.

 

[Henrietta23]

Keeping my fingers crossed!

 

[Opa]

That's the trouble with becoming a chicken addict, now I can't wait for the next post to find out if your chick make it. Keep us posted.

 

[steffpeck]

Even with a surefire flashlight, the Ameraucana eggs are extremely hard to candle. I hope your little ones hatch!!!

 

[Poulets De Cajun]

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[ninjapoodles]

Still nothing. How long should I wait before giving up? Today is Day 23.

ETA: At least I know that at least one was alive on Day 21, so I hadn't wrecked things yet at that point. No matter what I do, I can't get the humidity to read higher. If I press the "min/max" button on the hydrometer, it shows a "maximum" humidity of 65%, but on the regular setting, it's just reading 45%. The water channels are full.

 

[Mrs MIA]

Are you getting any moisture buildup in the incubator? They CAN hatch at 45-65%, it just may take a little longer. I had a couple of Bobwhite eggs that I had forgotten to mark when I set them... they hatched in the incubator, in the turner, at 45%.
Is it a still-air? You might quickly take out one egg and candle it to see if there is still movement, but I would wait one more day. If the trays are full, you should have plenty of humidity in there.