"Louisiana "La-yers" Peeps"

[bugglesmommy]

I have never incubator hatched blue eggs before so I have no idea what's happening in my legbar eggs.

 

[sdm111]

I have just left eggs I wasn't sure of and never had an egg blowup or ooz in an incubator. I'd just let it go and whatever happens happens.

 

[CackedNut]

I have never incubator hatched blue eggs before so I have no idea what's happening in my legbar eggs.

Oh...

I hope all goes well for you! I want some of that breed so badly! I hope to get some in the spring. You will have to take pictures and keep us updated.

 

[Angelicisi]

Almost 29,000 posts this probably has been seen! Buuuut I died watching it so have to share
The hazards of backyard hens

 

[foreverlearning]

Almost 29,000 posts this probably has been seen! Buuuut I died watching it so have to share

The hazards of backyard hens

Soo true!

 

[Angelicisi]

Oh my goodness! You give me blue egg hatching fever now!
Ug.
Haven't even gotten a colored egg out of my girls yet! Lol
I cant wait to see those blue egg babies you're hatching!

I have never incubator hatched blue eggs before so I have no idea what's happening in my legbar eggs.   

 

[LemonMeringue]

That video is hilarious!

 

[CackedNut]

Almost 29,000 posts this probably has been seen! Buuuut I died watching it so have to share
The hazards of backyard hens

 

[TerriLaChicks]

Good Morning
I am attempting to incubate eggs for the first time and I need a little help please

I ordered some Splash Maran eggs and stupid me wasn't thinking about them being a dark egg and how well I would be able to see development when candling them. It's day 12 what should I see? I can't see any veins at all but I'm thinking that is because they are are a dark egg. I tried candling on day 7 but wasn't comfortable tossing any of the eggs since I have no experience with this. I have looked at a few threads on here with great pictures but they are all using light eggs unless I skipped any dark egg examples. In all but 1 egg there is a dark mass inside. But the size varies in each egg. I set the pointed end of the egg on the candler to look up through, I'm I doing this wrong?

I am the World's Worst Candler. No kidding. If they gave Olympic gold medals, I'd bring home platinum.
What I do, is whenever I lift the bator lid to add water for humidity, or, if not - once or twice a week, I lift the lid & give a quick "sniff test" -- I quickly run my nose over each egg & sniff it -- if I don't smell anything "off" then they all stay. I have once or twice smelled "really bad eggs" -- trust me, you will know it if they are going rotten -- and I very carefully and quickly remove those & take them out to the field. Those eggs have always been dead - bad - rotten.

Not every egg left has always hatched - but, I've never had one explode in my bator. So. trust your nose.

 

[foreverlearning]

I am the World's Worst Candler. No kidding. If they gave Olympic gold medals, I'd bring home platinum.
What I do, is whenever I lift the bator lid to add water for humidity, or, if not - once or twice a week, I lift the lid & give a quick "sniff test" -- I quickly run my nose over each egg & sniff it -- if I don't smell anything "off" then they all stay. I have once or twice smelled "really bad eggs" -- trust me, you will know it if they are going rotten -- and I very carefully and quickly remove those & take them out to the field. Those eggs have always been dead - bad - rotten.

Not every egg left has always hatched - but, I've never had one explode in my bator. So. trust your nose.

Thank you for the info for those of us that can't seem to candle. I think eggs stink normally (yes I love eating them), so knowing that they will smell completely different puts me at ease. I was hoping that it wouldn't be a slight difference that I wouldn't notice and then have a problem.