Hi everyone, this is my first time ever incubating anything, and the people on this site have helped me and given me advice through all of it. Now I need some more of your amazing advice.
Today is day 19 of incubation. I started with 19 possible ameraucana cross eggs. 5 were not developing by day 14, so I threw those out. So I have fourteen left. Late on Day 17, when my mom and I were getting the incubator ready for lockdown - taking the eggs off the rack and putting them in a padded cardboard box, increasing the size of the water supply, candling them a final time, and in soft graphite pencil putting the number on the back of the egg, and drawing in the outline of the air sack to minimize drowning. When we were putting the loaded box of eggs into the incubator, my mom's hand slipped on the cardboard, and the eggs started to roll. Luckily she has pretty good reflexes, and caught the box before it made impact. One large egg fell out and cracked pretty bad, but there was no leakage, so we propped it up so that the air sac would stay at the top. The other eggs were rocked around pretty good, but didn't have any visible damage, so we arranged them again so that the air sack was at the top. Since then, no has really wobbled, whereas before the rollercoaster ride, they would roll on a regular basis, even more so if I played my music box. I have seen 71 move, (cracked one) but that was on day 18 and I haven't seen anything since. Did the fall kill them, like from shock or a sudden jerk when mom grabbed the box after it slipped? Or is it that they're already positioned for hatching so there is no need for rocking and rolling? Does anyone think 71 will make it? We have the hole faced downward, and there are only a couple days left, so here's to hoping. I think you might also need to know that the guy we bought the eggs from said that when he hatches the eggs, they sometimes take up to 25 days to hatch, which makes me even more worried! If there is anyone out there who can calm my frying nerves, please don't hesitate to do so!!
Today is day 19 of incubation. I started with 19 possible ameraucana cross eggs. 5 were not developing by day 14, so I threw those out. So I have fourteen left. Late on Day 17, when my mom and I were getting the incubator ready for lockdown - taking the eggs off the rack and putting them in a padded cardboard box, increasing the size of the water supply, candling them a final time, and in soft graphite pencil putting the number on the back of the egg, and drawing in the outline of the air sack to minimize drowning. When we were putting the loaded box of eggs into the incubator, my mom's hand slipped on the cardboard, and the eggs started to roll. Luckily she has pretty good reflexes, and caught the box before it made impact. One large egg fell out and cracked pretty bad, but there was no leakage, so we propped it up so that the air sac would stay at the top. The other eggs were rocked around pretty good, but didn't have any visible damage, so we arranged them again so that the air sack was at the top. Since then, no has really wobbled, whereas before the rollercoaster ride, they would roll on a regular basis, even more so if I played my music box. I have seen 71 move, (cracked one) but that was on day 18 and I haven't seen anything since. Did the fall kill them, like from shock or a sudden jerk when mom grabbed the box after it slipped? Or is it that they're already positioned for hatching so there is no need for rocking and rolling? Does anyone think 71 will make it? We have the hole faced downward, and there are only a couple days left, so here's to hoping. I think you might also need to know that the guy we bought the eggs from said that when he hatches the eggs, they sometimes take up to 25 days to hatch, which makes me even more worried! If there is anyone out there who can calm my frying nerves, please don't hesitate to do so!!
