INDIANA BYC'ers HERE!

[christybmom9802]

I need to know when I should pitch the clear eggs in my incubator?! I'm on day 10, what does everyone else do? I have one that may be a blood ring too but it's my first time and I would hate to throw away a good egg!

 

[SIMZ]

I need to know when I should pitch the clear eggs in my incubator?! I'm on day 10, what does everyone else do? I have one that may be a blood ring too but it's my first time and I would hate to throw away a good egg!

It still scares me to take eggs out!! We just candled at day 17 and I felt pretty confident throwing out the clear eggs. It's pretty easy to tell for sure at that point. Really, if you aren't sure, and the eggs don't smell, you can probably leave it in for a few more days until it's obvious.

You'll be able to tell sooner as you gain experience.

 

[CluckAcres]

It still scares me to take eggs out!! We just candled at day 17 and I felt pretty confident throwing out the clear eggs. It's pretty easy to tell for sure at that point. Really, if you aren't sure, and the eggs don't smell, you can probably leave it in for a few more days until it's obvious.

You'll be able to tell sooner as you gain experience.

x2

 

[SallyinIndiana]

what happens if you don't take out the dud eggs? Or what reason is there for taking out the duds?

 

[CluckAcres]

well they could start to seep. Also could smell. Some times eggs are known to explode as well.

 

[SallyinIndiana]

Smelly eggs, yep I guess it would be a good idea to take out the duds. Still I'm not sure I would do it right away as I being inexperienced at hatching eggs might toss a good one by mistake.

 

[bloonskiller911]

on day ten if it is clear you will know!! the light shines straight through. i pitch all clear eggs at day ten, on the same token i agree with the above. if they don't smell you are fine up until lock down. i wouldn't keep any after lock down for the fear of an explosion.


speaking of incubating eggs who all is incubating rightnow and what do you have. my 27 eggs go into lock down tomorrow evening with a projected hatch date wednesday 2/13/13. mixed mutts is what i'm hatching!!! my favorite kind!

 

[pbirdhaven]

I have silkies ready to pip any day. This week I put more silkies and wcb bantam polish in the incubator. Still waiting for some of the others to start to lay.

 

[Chaneys Ranch]

MY incubators arrived!!! Wohoooooo!! gonna get one assembled and do a test run. Pics shortly

 

[bradselig]

Good luck on the hatches!

So I stopped back in Big R today to see if they would price match on TSC sale price for egg turners (which they will NOT do!) and noticed they already sold out of chicks! Less than 24 hrs is all they had those chicks!

Well I think I maybe going crazy with buying hatching eggs! Not only do I have blue laced wyandottes, and Easter eggers chicks coming, I also have ordered 12 silver birchen Marans eggs, 6 splash marans eggs, 12 silkies eggs, 6 true araucana eggs, and hoping to get crested legbar eggs, LF dark cornish eggs, and possibly light brahmas eggs! I'm HOPING this will curb my need for more chicks this year and am wanting to be able to brood them all together (chicks I purchased as well as eggs ill hatch) since the eggs will be due to hatch the same day as the chicks arrive.