I'm probably crazy but I'm going to try hatching a egg with my body heat. Hatch-Along

[nicalandia]

I'm considering turning through lockdown cause I have read that hatch rates are better, should I?

Don't. Only hens can do that. Hens can get away with things we can't. like taking a poop on the eggs, they don't need no wet sponge for humidity control, they don't care when they turn the eggs or when to step on the eggs. That is hundred of millions of years of evolution for you.

 

[LavenderDaFlerf]

Don't. Only hens can do that. Hens can get away with things we can't. like taking a poop on the eggs, they don't need no wet sponge for humidity control, they don't care when they turn the eggs or when to step on the eggs. That is hundred of millions of years of evolution for you.

okay I won't, but I also won't go out of my way to make sure it doesn't tip at all when I sit down either.

 

[LavenderDaFlerf]

So... I had to run to catch a dog and it was on a wet grassy spot,and I went voooop I didn't hit the ground hard cause i was on a slope but then egg got slightly shaken up as far as I can see while candling the yolk did not break, should I get a new egg or give this one a chance??

 

[TheCluckyClucker2]

So... I had to run to catch a dog and it was on a wet grassy spot,and I went voooop I didn't hit the ground hard cause i was on a slope but then egg got slightly shaken up as far as I can see while candling the yolk did not break, should I get a new egg or give this one a chance??

What day is it in? Did you see any veins?

 

[LavenderDaFlerf]

What day is it in? Did you see any veins?

Today was the third day I did not see any veins.

 

[LavenderDaFlerf]

Should I start again?

 

[TheCluckyClucker2]

I say leave it until you know if it is alive or dead. Candle on day 5 and you should be able to see veins. No veins and I would start over. Yes veins than I would keep it in.

 

[LavenderDaFlerf]

I say leave it until you know if it is alive or dead. Candle on day 5 and you should be able to see veins. No veins and I would start over. Yes veins than I would keep it in.

Okay, thanks so so so much for replying so quickly I was really worried.

 

[LavenderDaFlerf]

Still no veins, I don't think eggy was ever growing. should I crack it open to do a eggtopsy?

 

[NatJ]

Still no veins, I don't think eggy was ever growing. should I crack it open to do a eggtopsy?

What day is this?

If you have previous experience with hatching eggs, think about what day you usually candle and see veins, and continue for that long plus one more day to be sure.

If you don't have experience hatching eggs, I would continue until at least day 5 and maybe day 7 before giving up on the egg.

Your body heat is probably a little below normal incubator temperature, which could make the egg develop more slowly. And some eggs just show visible veins earlier than some other eggs-- it can differ by how bright your candling light is, how thick the shell is, how dark the shell is, how good your eyesight is, and probably other factors as well.

Of course it's your choice because it's your egg-- but if you crack it open, you can be sure that egg will never hatch!