July 2017 Hatchalong

[td7590]

Bad air cells the rest? Or quitters?

a bit of both as some look clear and very liquidy and some with a small amount of veining but not much else.

 

[akorte]

a bit of both as some look clear and very liquidy and some with a small amount of veining but not much else.

Bummer. I am also hatching shipped eggs, and have had a lot of quitters, and a bunch of my Orpington eggs never developed. Now that we are at day 18, I can't really tell what is going on in there. Hopefully this means they see getting big enough to block out the light.At this point if I get one or two of each kind I'll call it a win. Big waste of money. But a learning experience.

 

[td7590]

Bummer. I am also hatching shipped eggs, and have had a lot of quitters, and a bunch of my Orpington eggs never developed. Now that we are at day 18, I can't really tell what is going on in there. Hopefully this means they see getting big enough to block out the light.At this point if I get one or two of each kind I'll call it a win. Big waste of money. But a learning experience.

I told my husband if I get 5 out of my 24 I will be happy

 

[akorte]

I told my husband if I get 5 out of my 24 I will be happy

It's my first time incubating. This doesn't help either:

 

[browntownfarm]

This is my first time incubating. Today is day 21! Yesterday I saw 3 eggs rocking but this morning no movement and no pips yet. The anticipation is going to kill me!

 

[akorte]

This is my first time incubating. Today is day 21! Yesterday I saw 3 eggs rocking but this morning no movement and no pips yet. The anticipation is going to kill me!

Awesome! How many eggs? I'm on day 18 1/2 for my first batch!!!

 

[browntownfarm]

Just 7 I collected myself from the coop. How about you?

 

[whychickens2]

Hooray! I have the 9 Ameraucauna bantam and 8 Golden Campine bantams that I set last Wednesday, and 7 assorted Orpingtons from My Pet Chicken. I had the incubators in my breezeway, which is air conditioned, but apparently not well enough. The first set of eggs got up to 104 twice. I was afraid they were all dead. However out of the 17, I saw embryos in 11!!!! I just set the Orpingtons last night. One had a detached air cell, but the others looked okay. I also have a dozen Rhode Island Red bantam eggs arriving tomorrow.

How do you know if the air cell is detached?

 

[akorte]

Just 7 I collected myself from the coop. How about you?

Of the ones on day 19, I started with 17 (12 ordered but extras sent). I'm down to 9. These got overheated a couple if times in the first few days so hopefully they don't come out with extras wings or anything.

 

[akorte]

How do you know if the air cell is detached?

When you are candling, you can see the air cell move around, like a bubble of air in a water bottle. It will move to stay at the top, instead of remaining at the fat end.