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[TheGeekySheep]

what are u using to candle? I have to find something to shine through marans eggs soon

I'm using a mini LED Maglite, 226 lumens, the lens is small enough for me to just set the egg on top on its side. It's super bright so I thought it would be enough, but the Welsummer shells are still difficult to see through. The speckles might be making it hard too. It shines through the blue Ameraucana shells just fine.

 

[bamadude]

Thanks

 

[Rocky Rhodes]

I am trying to order some marans, crested cream legbar, and blue isbar hatching eggs for my 2nd hatch. I feel pretty confident about trying shipped eggs. My garden is starting late. Finally got a tiller. I always stake my tomatoes. I have 2 oregon spring tomatoe plants this year. Ever hear of them?

I have to cage and stake my tomatoes. I use composted coop litter for fertilizer and my tomatoes grow over 6' tall. This year they are loaded with green tomatoes. I got a late start so none have ripened yet, but we will probably have fried green tomatoes this weekend!!

The second photo is a sweet 100 tommy toe in a 5' basket, my Crested Cream Legbar coop is in the background. My CCL rooster lost half of his comb to frostbite when the temperatures dropped to -2 degrees in Jan.

 

[only1bgirl]

That's great news Geeky! I would definitely let them continue on without culling, you might be surprised! I had 3or 4 iffy on my first candling about day five , two actually developed by day 8 or so. I've seen a bunch of people wait till day 10 to candle because of this. Also read a farm site that said no candling between day 11-14 which I wouldn't doubt because of what happened with my last batch. I'm not candling again till lockdown.
Good luck Bama with the shipped eggs, definitely think the carton method of incubation helps with these. I have never heard of that tomatoe will be interesting to see what they look like. I have Oregon blues, orange cherries and beef eaters. Messed around with growing different heirlooms the last couple of years, not this one! Chicken compost is the best for the garden!

 

[only1bgirl]

My mini jungle garden and crazy bird dog, I hope to god I can convince her the chicks are puppies, LOL!

 

[bamadude]

Ive paid for my eggs. Blue isbar, cream legbars, and a few different marans. Hopefully they will arrive next week. Cant wait to fire up the bator

 

[Rocky Rhodes]

Good luck with your new eggs, Cream Legbars are awesome chickens and lay beautiful eggs. I've never owned Isbars.

 

[TheGeekySheep]

Note: It hasn't rained here in a few days and the humidity dropped below 50% in the incubator. As only1bgirl noted, the temperature fluctuates more in lower humidity, but it still hasn't spiked dramatically up or down so I think it will be okay.

I'm glad the humidity dropped a bit, I was worried the eggs wouldn't lose enough moisture by hatch day.

 

[only1bgirl]

Did a quick candle last night, day 14 and found a quitter, down to 11 with three that have half saddle shaped air cells that almost reach the bottom of the egg. I've ran the incubator about three different days into the 40% humidity range. I'm going to try to keep it in the 50% range until lockdown. The air cells have developed nicely and are about 1/4 size of the egg now. Thinking that fan really dries them out. The three odd shaped cells I'm marking so I can keep an eye on them come hatch time, next Saturday! Anxiously waiting!

 

[bamadude]

Im anxiously waiting to hear how everything turns out. Keep us posted