So, i candled my cclb, and LO eggs last night, and there were 2 that were really soiled, and i couldnt see through, but theyre were 9 others that were clean, and out of those nine, 7 looked AMAZING!!!! 2 i could not really tell what was goin on in them. so of the nine that i candled, there are 7 really great looking ones!!
Oh wow! I must have missed the part about the staggard hatch! It's really hard to do that without an extra incubator handy but it can be done.
If you're using an automatic turner then I would take them out of the turner on 7/2 to stop turning your first batch of eggs so that they can start getting into position for hatching but continue opening the incubator to hand turn the other eggs until you see external pips. Stop opening the incubator once you see external pips so that you don't risk shrink wrapping them. That would only leave a couple of extra days without turning for the last couple of eggs which should be just fine.
If you decide not to hand turn the other eggs and just put them all on lockdown together on 7/2 they may still be just fine. I haven't done it myself but I have a friend that has put her chicks on lockdown several days early and they still hatched successfully.
Fingers crossed for a great hatch!
I think that Enigmius has two incubators, with one that will serve as the Hatcher. Maybe he should put some of the next few eggs in early, with the 6/7 eggs for the 7/2 lockdown? Or maybe he will need to be in and out of the Hatcher so much that it won’t matter... For my ducks, I had one egg set a week later than the rest (because I washed it and accidentally left it in a towel!). So that egg went into lockdown early, but I separated it from the rest by setting it from the others so the hatching ducks wouldn’t crash into it. My understanding was that turning is not as important late in development?Oh wow! I must have missed the part about the staggard hatch! It's really hard to do that without an extra incubator handy but it can be done.
If you're using an automatic turner then I would take them out of the turner on 7/2 to stop turning your first batch of eggs so that they can start getting into position for hatching but continue opening the incubator to hand turn the other eggs until you see external pips. Stop opening the incubator once you see external pips so that you don't risk shrink wrapping them. That would only leave a couple of extra days without turning for the last couple of eggs which should be just fine.
If you decide not to hand turn the other eggs and just put them all on lockdown together on 7/2 they may still be just fine. I haven't done it myself but I have a friend that has put her chicks on lockdown several days early and they still hatched successfully.
Fingers crossed for a great hatch!
Awesome!!! Best of luck on your hatch!Welp, today was lockdown for the CCLB and LOs!!! So excited, i have been dying for these two breeds for so long! Hatch day is Saturday! So exited!!!!
