Mamma gave up on eggs too early!

[igorsMistress]

Keeping fingers and toes crossed for a successful hatch!

 

[The Golden Egg5]

Keeping fingers and toes crossed for a successful hatch!

Thank you!

 

[WVduckchick]

Wow! 34 broodies! How many of them did you let hatch babies? I'm trying to breed a higher quotient of "good broody" into my mutt flock. Ideally, in future, I would love not to have to hatch in an incubator. I've been reading in the incubation threads and it terrifies me to try it.

They all hatched babies, except Carrie's first sitting. She gave up on day 16, and i finished hatching those. Of that 34, several hens went a couple of rounds (one hatched 3 sets!), so that is maybe 20-25 hens. They hatched anywhere from 1 to 10 chicks each, averaged probably 5. Lots and lots of chicks! Lol
* but i still love incubating!

 

[The Golden Egg5]

They all hatched babies, except Carrie's first sitting. She gave up on day 16, and i finished hatching those. Of that 34, several hens went a couple of rounds (one hatched 3 sets!), so that is maybe 20-25 hens. They hatched anywhere from 1 to 10 chicks each, averaged probably 5. Lots and lots of chicks! Lol
* but i still love incubating!

WoW!! That is a bunch of chicks, but it sounds like a bunch of fun. You must have a TON of hens to have 34 broodies.

 

[Jennifer Cappi Williams]

I have a BAD feeling my one egg is now dead. I looked this morning and it had two tiny dots of sticky drops beading on the bottom. From everything I read that means its dead. I candled it and you can easily see feathers outlined. I have never seen movement though. I don't see a bloodring but from what I read, the drops of sticky liquid means death. Maybe I should but it in a ziplock bag but don't seal it and keep going with the incubation until I am sure???

 

[sylviethecochin]

I have a BAD feeling my one egg is now dead. I looked this morning and it had two tiny dots of sticky drops beading on the bottom. From everything I read that means its dead. I candled it and you can easily see feathers outlined. I have never seen movement though. I don't see a bloodring but from what I read, the drops of sticky liquid means death. Maybe I should but it in a ziplock bag but don't seal it and keep going with the incubation until I am sure???

In every instance I've seen goo, the chick is dead. But in my experience, that also means the chick has been dead for a long time.

 

[The Golden Egg5]

I have a BAD feeling my one egg is now dead. I looked this morning and it had two tiny dots of sticky drops beading on the bottom. From everything I read that means its dead. I candled it and you can easily see feathers outlined. I have never seen movement though. I don't see a bloodring but from what I read, the drops of sticky liquid means death. Maybe I should but it in a ziplock bag but don't seal it and keep going with the incubation until I am sure???

Im sorry Does is smell? There ont be a blood ring unless the embyo died very early in incubation.

 

[The Golden Egg5]

I candled and after looking at pictures, she looks like she is on day 14 or 15. But the air cell looks much bigger. The other one, i still think is dead because I can see what looks like a foot through the shell and it does not move at all.
ETA: also, it hasn’t grown at all since I brought them in the house.

 

[The Golden Egg5]

What do you recommend my humidity should be?

 

[The Golden Egg5]

My humidity is at 44% should I raise it?