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INCUBATING w/FRIENDS! w/Sally Sunshine Shipped Eggs No problem!
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gotcha!!! so lockdown good luck!!
I would stop yes, good on the CAMS! sweet!!Here is my lone phoenix egg. The dip isn't so bad on the other side, luckily the CAM seems to have filled in. @Sally Sunshine With this little bantam, do you think I should stop turning it a day early or not?
30 of 32 eggs still doing swell.
Good veins!
This bird is giving me the bird!
the only suggestion I have to keep that air cell from going too far on the banty is to do this...
put it in its own SMALL plastic tall sided container in the bottom where the heat is cooler and less air flow, put the egg on a tiny little lid on top of a damp sponge in the container. should be plenty for it to hatch, just dont drown it adding water and watch how much it changes humidity. keep candling a few times a day, when you see it draw down in the front or an internal then do it, but have it ready to go. keep checkin it with candles.
Lol!
I think I have had a bator running pretty much constantly for 6 years.
Turned the brinsea off in September and was feeling good till I got asked to incubate for a friend. Guess I fell off the wagon....
And this thread does not help with my "problem"
You're welcome to come up & admire all the snow you want. By this time tomorrow I'll be totally unimpressed by it.
have driven much further for it . just love winter call me crazy it won't be the first time
Just trying to create a little humor...
I know it'll pass soon enough, but I don't particularly care for days like today. It's been hovering around 32, but the wind-chill put it down in the low 20's. Been a strong wind coming out of the north all day and haven't seen a flake fall since the ultra-light dusting yesterday morning with zero accumulation!!! GRRRRR!!!!!!!!!!!
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Oh you guys are all hatching eggs! I really want to, but I have to wait until my 17 chicks I get in the mail are all grown up, which will be sometime in the summertime. I hate waiting! 
I am not there either. You need an annoyance category.Thanks MC saw your edit before I asked
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Aw! I bet she was really confused, "who turned out the lights?!" I found my girl with her head sticking out pitifully from underneath the tub.
Every place has it's advantages and disadvantages, I'll stop gloating about my 70 degree january by about june.That's o.k...I'll watch summer from MD
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PRUrbanFarmer broody momma chicks were due 13th did you add more eggs, and will this be staggered for her? @PRUrbanFarmer Day 25 1/17 and our first light Sussex hatched under mama hen early this morning in her nesting box and another is starting to pip
Fire Making bators too. A couple dozen BCM's and about 3 dozen out of our free range layer pen.
Sally set more ccl, project eggs set serama
Gimmie @gimmie birdies update please!
J&TRanch 1/12/16 12 self blue Cochin bantams (shipped) day 3 (going to candle today to see how many are viable).... And 18 eggs arriving in the mail tomorrow @J&Tranch My shipped self blue bantam Cochins are doing good. I had to throw out a stinker and a seeperSo out of those 10 remaining, 7 are developing nicely
They're on day 7. I ended up receiving 16 shipped from GA, they looked good considering the single digit temps- only 3 saddles and none cracked. They're on day 3 today, will candle Wednesday maybe.
Saris 29/30 barnyard eggs are doing great. 1/10 shipped eggs is still going. I've decided to order a dozen phoenix eggs from soggy bottom bantams.
sole bantam Phoenix eggs is still alive,
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Jessimom I just set 10 more silkies 1/20 ??
gotro17 Shellee lavender Orpington shipped egg issue,Papa's Poultry. Jeff- you rocked it! Not one crack! Thank you!!! We have Bielefelders, Crested CL, BBs Marans and Mottled Lavender Orpingtons, along with some surprises from the rainbow pen! Can't wait!!!5 Marans eggs were cracked. However, all frizzles and lavender Orpingtons were intact. Vital Farms eggs I got at Target, along with some silkies from our new friend from down the road, @Jessimom ... We are setting tomorrow for a Feb. 6th hatch day.
ChickaLong Hatch day 1 February Black sex links mostly RIR rooster over BPR hens. Down to 33 eggs in the hova-bator 1602N with computer fan
Howfunkyisurchicken Nichole! hatching Silkies and Sizzles (2 under broodies and 2 in the incubator). how many eggs are set and when due? @howfunkyisurchicken
Hawk12 another batch of blue/partridge brahmas last night. Hatch day should be Feb. 4 or 5th. how many eggs in? @Hawk12
dolfi 6 on lock down. Running a test run before my eggs arrive in two weeks. Looks like I might have 100% hatch.I have 4 visible external pips, may have more that I can't see. I have only 19 eggs in there (all my ees were infertile, remember?
) so I need at least 16 babies!! Fingers crossed!!
mrleeroy Got the eggs candled last night (day 7). Had 2 quitters but 100% fertile again. The other 12 were squirmin'
deserteggs22Update on my eggs in the incubator on day 7: all 7 of the eggs have moving babies in them!!! YAY! I will do another update on day 14.
Mirajane 10 white leghorn eggs, as I've said, my dad will only eat white eggs, so I bought some white eggs for him, so I can hatch them and raise them for him. They were shipped, 5 are good, 5 have detached air cells. Sat out for a full day before being put in incubator. Also put in 11 of our eggs from...
Peachickie Candled my eggs this morning and looks like my sizzle and polish roosters are off the hook. Eggs from their pens developing nicely.I set 16 more eggs, a bunch of Orpingtons and some mixes. I'm doing staggered hatches pretty much weekly from here on out so lockdown every Thursday as long as the hens keep giving me eggsAnd good news, my hands got itchy to candle the eggs I put in the other day and of the 16 I set, 14 have some beautiful veins starting. The other 2 are darker brown shells and I couldn't really tell yet.
Auroradream26 Right now I have 79 Turkey eggs in and 19 BCM with 16 babies in the brooder
AmericanMom Day 17 on 36 eggs... barnyard mix.. I have a blue orpington rooster, and a blue orp/Cochin rooster coving a variety of hens.
macylee 1/19/second week of my first incubation attempt! I have 40 eggs, 3 Swedish Isbars and 5 Cream Legbars, 2 RIR/EE eggs, a few RIR/Golden Comet eggs and the rest are RIR/Black Sex Links.
ambe0487 33 eggs show up in my Bator and they are on day 5 1/19
Fire Ant Farm I set 16 Cream Legbar eggs yesterday afternoon. Looks like the shipped eggs (Alohas with some Naked Necks in the mix) will come next week, so the tandem hatches will be a week apart. (Brinsea Octagon), and the second one will be set up tonight (R-Com 20).
scottcaddy 2 different broodies on eggs at about day 10 1/20
slordaz Monday should have chicks, This time Haven't candled, only time I opened the incubator was if humidity got down to about 25%, so we added a bit of water then about 3 times was all. this figuring it out at high altitudes is driving me insane.
shahtir Just set 5 serama eggs. And I will set more on Saturday
Math I set backyard mix chicken eggs on Wednesday, January 20th.
bamadude Im on day 15 with chickens, khaki campbell, and muscoveys in my one and only bator. 1/21
abbeville oz Just set my very first eggs in the incubator last night. Praying we don't loose power due to the snow and ice storm. Silkies and BO crosses.
shahtir101 Just set 8 more serama eggs 1/23
S5apiotrowski incubator warehouse incubator. I have 3 welsummer eggs, 18 BCM, 2 easter eggers, and 5 mixed breed (BCM and Cochin cross, father is ??)
MotorcycleChick 24 Easter eggers due the 12th.
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I don't see my name, I set eggs that are due febuary 10th, barnyard mix! Also my dad is building an extension to the coop for ducks.
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I use a pencil to mark my eggs, and it works great. It won't rub off, but it can be slightly smeared to other areas of the egg. Barely noticeable, but thought I'd mention it. This is how my eggs looked after candling and marking with a pencil:All quiet day 3 of my first hatch (we count the first day AFTER setting eggs as Day 1, right?). Unfortunately, my fancy schmancy incubator (R-Com) was having issues turning the medium to medium-large sized eggs (50-56 grams) from my girls with the "universal" tray, and turning wasn't happening properly (big window, so I can see the Xs and Os). Seriously?!(For those of you with cooler-bators that work rock-solid, please refrain from making fun of me...)
While I didn't want to have to mess with them, I knew I needed to get on that, so I ordered an insert chicken egg thingie to improve turning (no, it didn't come with the incubator - sigh). Arrived yesterday (God bless Stromberg's and their super fast shipping when I noted why I needed it fast). So early this AM I moved all eggs to the other incubator that was already at temp waiting for those shipped eggs (wasn't THAT lucky that's I'm that compulsive?!), inserted the insert and let come back to temp, then moved them back. After a little fiddling, it's turning properly now. (I put it in a good spot - draft free, rock solid 72F, and I walk by it all the time, and I obsessively check temp/humidity and look through that window each pass!) I washed my hands and was as gentle as I knew how, hated to handle them in that early period, but I figured early poor turning would be a bigger problem. Here's hoping they'll be ok. (I honestly don't even know what to expect fertility-wise, and the girls are still a bit young at 38 weeks, but when Dumbledore got hurt, I decided it was worth a try.)
Current plan is to candle and weigh on Day 7, including marking air cells (I've been practicing candling on fresh and fridge eggs to see the air cell through that blue green shell). I know some have said to weigh at day 5, but other places I've read that it's best not to mess with them until day 7. (Thoughts?) Ambient humidity near incubators is running between 38-50%, and humidity holding very solid at initial setting of 45% (default recommendation for this incubator) - yes, I know humidity is not a number, but I started at that recommended % (Gail Damerow and other sources) and will adjust as needed (will probably ask for input here...). Is a wax china marker ok/good for this (it's how I numbered the eggs)? I worry the pencil will be too light or rub off. Then candle/weigh day 14 and again 18 right before lockdown. (Though if air cell indicates need to adjust humidity upwards, would probably also weigh day 10).
(Open to any comments/suggestions on any of the above! It's my first time, so in the end I may just need to go with one thing and then learn from there, but open to input.)
Off to re-read Hatching 101 AGAIN (that's a lot of info to take in!)... And take more detailed notes on that shipped eggs section. I'm sure I may have questions or request reassurance when the shipped eggs arrive next week depending on how bad they look - incubator for those has a better set up for incubating with large end up, depending on condition of air cells when they arrive. They're coming from Arizona to here in South Texas, so at least they shouldn't have to deal with any of this snow craziness. Recent discussions have certainly helped me understand what NOT to do with shipped eggs...
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Quote: I already posted all of them, you missed the post me guess
@fire370 I didnt catch a suggestion from you on a candler, got one? thanks!
sweet!!! chicken addiction!! good for you!!
I feel that humidity is too high, especially since I incubated tons of legbar eggs over the past three years. my reasoning is all in the links..... I start off around 30-35 and see what it takes me to day 7 candle.... again read ..... I wish you the best! and you have calibrated thermo/hygros correct? I also run temps at 100.5 there is a temp section at the bottom link tooAll quiet day 3 of my first hatch (we count the first day AFTER setting eggs as Day 1, right?). Unfortunately, my fancy schmancy incubator (R-Com) was having issues turning the medium to medium-large sized eggs (50-56 grams) from my girls with the "universal" tray, and turning wasn't happening properly (big window, so I can see the Xs and Os). Seriously?!(For those of you with cooler-bators that work rock-solid, please refrain from making fun of me...)
While I didn't want to have to mess with them, I knew I needed to get on that, so I ordered an insert chicken egg thingie to improve turning (no, it didn't come with the incubator - sigh). Arrived yesterday (God bless Stromberg's and their super fast shipping when I noted why I needed it fast). So early this AM I moved all eggs to the other incubator that was already at temp waiting for those shipped eggs (wasn't THAT lucky that's I'm that compulsive?!), inserted the insert and let come back to temp, then moved them back. After a little fiddling, it's turning properly now. (I put it in a good spot - draft free, rock solid 72F, and I walk by it all the time, and I obsessively check temp/humidity and look through that window each pass!) I washed my hands and was as gentle as I knew how, hated to handle them in that early period, but I figured early poor turning would be a bigger problem. Here's hoping they'll be ok. (I honestly don't even know what to expect fertility-wise, and the girls are still a bit young at 38 weeks, but when Dumbledore got hurt, I decided it was worth a try.)
Current plan is to candle and weigh on Day 7, including marking air cells (I've been practicing candling on fresh and fridge eggs to see the air cell through that blue green shell). I know some have said to weigh at day 5, but other places I've read that it's best not to mess with them until day 7. (Thoughts?) Ambient humidity near incubators is running between 38-50%, and humidity holding very solid at initial setting of 45% (default recommendation for this incubator) - yes, I know humidity is not a number, but I started at that recommended % (Gail Damerow and other sources) and will adjust as needed (will probably ask for input here...). Is a wax china marker ok/good for this (it's how I numbered the eggs)? I worry the pencil will be too light or rub off. Then candle/weigh day 14 and again 18 right before lockdown. (Though if air cell indicates need to adjust humidity upwards, would probably also weigh day 10).
(Open to any comments/suggestions on any of the above! It's my first time, so in the end I may just need to go with one thing and then learn from there, but open to input.)
Off to re-read Hatching 101 AGAIN (that's a lot of info to take in!)... And take more detailed notes on that shipped eggs section. I'm sure I may have questions or request reassurance when the shipped eggs arrive next week depending on how bad they look - incubator for those has a better set up for incubating with large end up, depending on condition of air cells when they arrive. They're coming from Arizona to here in South Texas, so at least they shouldn't have to deal with any of this snow craziness. Recent discussions have certainly helped me understand what NOT to do with shipped eggs...
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HUMIDITY Humidity is NOT a set number!
Its a tool to get the correct weight loss in the egg! post #8924 see Hatching Eggs 101
WHY do we need less humidity to get the best weight loss for colored hatching eggs during incubation? post #36320
Maintaining high humidity in an incubator during hatch click HERE
KEEPING MOLD and BACTERIAL from growing in water WELLS during incubation post #1644
SHIPPED EGGS
REQUEST HOW YOU WANT YOUR eggs SHIPPED PEOPLE!!!! post #1050
COLD? REQUESTING HEAT PACKS discussion post #32219
SHIPPED EGGS = CHANGE OF PLANS! Hatching Eggs 101 & post #1087
Shipped Eggs = Change Of Plans! post #23032 & Hatching Eggs 101
SHIPPED EGGS DELAYED EGGS GETTING OLD length of time en-route requires another change of plans! post #31779
SEVERELY Shipped and DAMAGED POLISH EGGS! post #30250
DETACHED AIR CELLS & LOOSE/Saddle AIR CELLS how to incubate? post #34107
UPDATE:
I have pulled extremely helpful NOTES, LINKS &
Informational Post Links from this entire thread
for EVERYONE'S convenience and will continue to put them HERE:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/incubating-w-friends-helpful-notes-links-informational-post-linksKKKKK hope you are well!
well you can give them the plans and images yes??? of this fantastic candler of yours! you have never shared it with us!
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hatch some and sell them on CL I dont see an issue? everyone needs practice and you need to get more photography in too! sounds like a plan to me! @CherriesBroodOh you guys are all hatching eggs! I really want to, but I have to wait until my 17 chicks I get in the mail are all grown up, which will be sometime in the summertime. I hate waiting!
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