Incubating shipped eggs upright vs on side

[WVduckchick]

Totally detached or just loose? Do they move all around the egg, or just shift a little in the fat end?

And i meant to say earlier, you sure know how to start big! CL eggs aren't cheap, nor extremely easy to find!

But you can do this!!

 

[peepers93]

Just loose, I suppose. They stay in the large end, just shift around the top of the egg. I just assumed that was "detached" lol.

And my husband was only okay with me getting more chickens if there was a potential for making a little money off of them I'm hoping to get a decent hatch so I can sell some of my own eggs in the future. These actually weren't too expensive though, I bought them off ebay.

Fingers crossed I get a decent hatch rate!

 

[WVduckchick]

Yea we normally call those just loose or "wonky" lol. That's alot better than floating all around!

CL are on my dream list, but i don't have room for another breed at this point, so i have resisted.

 

[abraga]

Good luck...keep us posted

 

[peepers93]

Yea we normally call those just loose or "wonky" lol. That's alot better than floating all around!

CL are on my dream list, but i don't have room for another breed at this point, so i have resisted.

Oh okay good! Lol glad it's not too bad.

And I don't technically have room for any more right now either but my husband is about to get started building another coop for whatever hatches from this batch lol.

 

[peepers93]

Good luck...keep us posted

Thank you! I will.

 

[chickengeorgeto]

I'm about to begin incubating my first batch of eggs - I have 18 Cream Legbar eggs due to come in the mail tomorrow, and I'm going to pick up some Silkie eggs from a local breeder..... most of the information I can find seems to say to incubate them large end up.....

Incubating big end up tends to help SOME of the eggs develop that didn't get addled too badly during shipping. Mind you, NOT all of the eggs with a leaky air cell but some percentage of them. Also at this time of year you are looking at the absolute worst time to incubate iffy eggs. The parent birds' reserves of essential nutrients are at a 12 month low, and the weather is definitely at the low point of the year for egg viability.

 

[abraga]

I had to move to California to care for my mother in law for a few years and had to sell my own home. I used to tell everyone 1st thing I was gonna do is get more chickens when I had my own home again. My hubby made the mistake of telling me the feed store had chicks ( we've been in our own home a year). I ran to the feed store and happily picked out 10 RIR chicks. I was so twitterpated by them..i went back and got 10 orpington chicks( i couldnt decide earlier between the two). Then i lost my mind and bought 3 bators..i hatched cemanis, seramas and partridge bramahs. Meantime..while I've been fussing over babies..we put up two coops up and running! Now I'm planning a 3rd coop! My pour hubby! I been keeping him Really busy.

 

[peepers93]

Incubating big end up tends to help SOME of the eggs develop that didn't get addled too badly during shipping. Mind you, NOT all of the eggs with a leaky air cell but some percentage of them. Also at this time of year you are looking at the absolute worst time to incubate iffy eggs. The parent birds' reserves of essential nutrients are at a 12 month low, and the weather is definitely at the low point of the year for egg viability.

I understand it's a risk and chances are the majority of them won't hatch. But I'm going to try my best to get as many to hatch as possible. I just put them in the incubator this morning, so fingers crossed things go well.

 

[WVduckchick]

I understand it's a risk and chances are the majority of them won't hatch. But I'm going to try my best to get as many to hatch as possible. I just put them in the incubator this morning, so fingers crossed things go well.

Let the fun begin!!

Keep us posted, and good luck!