June Hatch a Long

[Alaskan]

Are you going to mark all of the eggs to make sure she is turning them?

 

[Wrightsx4]

Busted...haha! I numbered them. I have no idea why. She doesn't have a glass window I can stare at them through. Maybe so I can record progress when I candle.

 

[Wrightsx4]

Usually she wears a cute little apron (she's well loved by my roosters) but I took it off while she's brooding. Maybe I could rig the thermometer to that...

 

[Alaskan]

Usually she wears a cute little apron (she's well loved by my roosters) but I took it off while she's brooding. Maybe I could rig the thermometer to that...

Oh no!

I have given you another thing to obsess about! Eek!

 

[Wrightsx4]

Oh just wait - the lack of control in this whole situation will probably take me off the deep end sometime before hatch! No thermometer (let alone the fact last time I had five!) No hygrometer, no manual turners...I swear she doesn't turn them nearly often enough.

 

[AmandaGrace]

I have a broody hen sitting on an egg right now and it is really hard but I only let myself candle it three times just to see if there was any development. There was! Now I'm leaving it alone and letting momma do what she does best but sometimes I peek under her just to see if it hatched (I'm not actually sure what day she started sitting on it) maybe sometime this weekend will be the day! I figure the less I fiddle with it the more likely it will hatch but its so hard to do...

 

[Wrightsx4]

I know - that is the hard part for me too. I like to candle every 5 days and again on day 18, but I know I need to stop myself. I will quick candle them probably 2 or 3 times at most, first on day 7 just to see if any are showing veins. They're shipped eggs and I'm hoping she does better with them than I have. I really want a couple faverolles at least. My faverolle hen was killed this spring. I hatched one of her eggs - it's a little roo, mixed with EE. Cute little thing.

 

[comptonsgonecountry]

You all mind if I jump on the band wagon? I set 29 eggs on May 20th from my backyard flock and a neighbors backyard flock. Hatching for a friend who wants to start a flock of her own. My fingers are crossed for a good hatch.

Does anyone have a special technique they use while incubating? This will be my 2nd dry hatch and using egg cartons in the bator. I had great success with this the last hatch I had. So we will see if the luck continues.

When do you all candle?

 

[Wrightsx4]

Hi! My last hatch I did in cartons - dry - worked really well. I candled on days 5,10,15 and 18 - just because I couldn't resist. Welcome!

 

[Alaskan]

ARG!


So now you have me incubating some of my eggs while standing..... and now I am questioning what the proper humidity should be!


Sheesh!


(it is hard when you want to control the world, but it just wont listen

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