INDIANA BYC'ers HERE!

[SallyinIndiana]

if i candle my eggs today(7th day) what will i be looking for?

if your eggs are brown, you may want to wait till day ten. The darker the egg shell the harder it is to see the veins and early stuff. But when you candle if you can't see any lines for veins or a mass kind of wrapped around the middle like a ring, don't toss the egg right away, instead mark it and wait 3 days to see if maybe it is not a dud.
Another thing to consider is keeping the incubator warm. Many people remove a few eggs at a time, close the incubator, candle, put those eggs back and wait for several hours before doing the next batch.

 

[Crafty chick]

Maybe I was gathering eggs when she was eating once a day... I left the golf balls under her too. I'll just keep adding eggs to her and see how many can/will a B.O. sit on?

 

[pipdzipdnreadytogo]

I think they usually say no more than 15 for large fowl? Not sure on that. I wouldn't add too many more eggs after she's been brooding for a few days, 'cause she will have to leave the nest and abandon any unhatched eggs a couple days at the most after the first chick hatches.

 

[Crafty chick]

Yesterdays eggs are the only ones she has had... I'll just let her have todays too. So that's only 7-8 eggs total

 

[pipdzipdnreadytogo]

Here's hoping we'll get see momma and chicky pictures in 3 weeks.

 

[Crafty chick]

Definitely!

 

[animallover2202]

i hope i have goods eggs

 

[Crafty chick]

I hope you do too animallover

 

[animallover2202]

its just my practice hatch so im not upset if they dont hatch but if they do then .....i got babys lol

 

[Crafty chick]

How many eggs?