January Hatch-a-long 2018

[Cynthia12]

I saw where you can add a silica pack still in the pack in there to lower the humidity

I just lift the lid up, then back down. Or, it goes down as I take chicks out.

 

[Cynthia12]

I finished the drawing this morning!View attachment 1231432

That is amazing!! What a gift you have!

 

[HeritageHenNut]

Day 7, candled the eggs. I have 13/18 with clear veining. There are a couple I wasn't sure of so I'm leaving those in until the next candling. I'm pretty pleased considering the temps these were collected in. (We hit -35F here that wee) and we weren't sure how hatchability would be on them.

 

[mrsdee]

View attachment 1231457 View attachment 1231456 This is my white egg Are these eggs fertile or are they just not growing I thought I seen a embryo but I can’t find it any more

Neither of those look fertile to me what you may have been seeing was just the yolk moving around.

 

[gimmie birdies]

Cynthia, as long as the veining is good! Unless you have really dark ones. My best layers are my leghorns, but they are not as interesting.

 

[mrsdee]

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You can see the air cell clearly in the bottom one and brown eggs can be hard to see in. I think the one on the bottom is fertile!

 

[mrsdee]

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And the top one on here looks fertile to me too!

 

[gimmie birdies]

Cynthia, I have a glass bulb type thermometer in my incubator on my eggs, seems the digital on the incubator is off, it is an older model. the lady who loaned it suggested that, I have a thermometer inside. I have seen people test those square digital thermometers against a glass one and it comes out diff.

 

[UThobbyfarmer]

I need some clarification. I thought air cell development only indicates moisture loss of the egg. This is independent of fertility. Is this incorrect? Air cells are important for many reasons but is indicating fertility one of them?

Always learning.

 

[UThobbyfarmer]

View attachment 1231457 View attachment 1231456 This is my white egg Are these eggs fertile or are they just not growing I thought I seen a embryo but I can’t find it any more

This egg does not look fertile to me. The other are to difficult to tell based on angle and lighting but look promising!