january hatch-a-long

[Ginmary]

I just candled the 4 Serama eggs that I put under my broody silkie last Saturday. 3 of them have spiders. 1 of them looks weird. It has an uneven air sac and what looks like a large red ring instead of a spider.

 

[BlueBaby]

I just candled the 4 Serama eggs that I put under my broody silkie last Saturday. 3 of them have spiders. 1 of them looks weird. It has an uneven air sac and what looks like a large red ring instead of a spider.

The large red ring is called a blood ring. It won't develop.

 

[muddy75]

The lid got left off my incubator for a few hours! The temp was about 60f when I found them. I think it was three or four hours. I hope they're okay. They'll be a week this Sunday. The kids aren't allowed to touch until retraining happens.

unfortunately that is one of the biggest “cons” to using the janoelle incubator.....the lid is very difficult to deal with. i’ve had something happen nearly every hatch. (power outage, lid off, or inadvertently unplugged). and i don’t have young children!! low temps/humidity this early shouldn’t hurt your hatch overall. and imo chicken eggs are more forgiving. temp spikes and humidity problems during lockdown are more of a concern.
once you candle it will reassure you!

 

[Kiki]

The lid got left off my incubator for a few hours! The temp was about 60f when I found them. I think it was three or four hours. I hope they're okay. They'll be a week this Sunday. The kids aren't allowed to touch until retraining happens.

 

[Kiki]

I just candled the 4 Serama eggs that I put under my broody silkie last Saturday. 3 of them have spiders. 1 of them looks weird. It has an uneven air sac and what looks like a large red ring instead of a spider.

Can you get a picture of the weird one?

 

[aliciaplus3]

The lid got left off my incubator for a few hours! The temp was about 60f when I found them. I think it was three or four hours. I hope they're okay. They'll be a week this Sunday. The kids aren't allowed to touch until retraining happens.

My dh managed to trip over the cord to my nurture rite 360 and unplug it for at least an afternoon..... yeah eggs were 60ish degrees.... that's why we are still waiting for the last egg to hatch, they were due the 8th....

 

[aliciaplus3]

They are starting to catch on over here in AZ. There are a few of us that will be going strictly to doing the NN's, because they work out so well as a desert hot summer's bird. I'm even trying to sell off my fully feathered necked hen's now.

I can't talk myself Out of any of them.... I love my colored eggs , I was impressed with my Delaware crosses, the black australorp seem to be a great egg layer so far.....ahhh oh and dd loves the Nn.... I still enjoy seeing the large white eggs my white leghorn lays

 

[Ginmary]

Can you get a picture of the weird one?

We will be back there tomorrow nite (Friday). I will try to get a pix. Thanks.

BTW what is a blood ring?

 

[Tatuana]

unfortunately that is one of the biggest “cons” to using the janoelle incubator.....the lid is very difficult to deal with. i’ve had something happen nearly every hatch. (power outage, lid off, or inadvertently unplugged). and i don’t have young children!! low temps/humidity this early shouldn’t hurt your hatch overall. and imo chicken eggs are more forgiving. temp spikes and humidity problems during lockdown are more of a concern.
once you candle it will reassure you!

I hope they forgive me. The poor things will be strong survivors if they make it through this! I need to find a way to candle the dark colored eggs. Luckily the eggs are in my damp basement so humidity was pretty stable.

 

[aliciaplus3]

We will be back there tomorrow nite (Friday). I will try to get a pix. Thanks.

BTW what is a blood ring?

A blood ring is when the embryo started to develop but then dies and the blood vessels dissolve forming a red "ring" that you can see during candling.... sometimes the embryo was large enough to be seen as a black "spot" or floating "thing" in the middle, depending on how far along it was before it stopped.