MARCH 2021 HATCH-A-LONG 🌷🌸🌼

[LadiesAndJane]

I just couldn’t wait so I went ahead and candled all of my eggs last night. The 16 pita pintas are in an NR 360 set up in my study. They were set last Monday evening after resting for about 8 hours from shipping. They were in the post for 5 days and arrived with a damaged box. Several had saddled air cells so I did not turn them for the first 2 days.
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Despite their handling I think I have 12 out of 16 developing!!! There were 2 possible blood rings and 2 I just couldn’t see well enough.
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I have several that have great air cells, except they seem a little big for day 4. I also have at least 2 that are saddled. I am excited to see that many have survived shipping and are developing. Should I be concerned about them having larger air cells? This the average temps and humidity for the past 4 days. The low on Monday was when I set them.
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I would not worry about the air cell size this early on. If the eggs were a bit older, common is shipped eggs, they will have larger air cells. Your humidity and temps look good overall. I run dry incubation so my humidity is always a bit lower, but keeping in the 40s is just fine. Great that so many are developing.

 

[LadiesAndJane]

Air cells looking a bit big here day 16, upped the humidity to 48%. Moved the eggs over from the Brinsea to the NR360 as it is easier to regulate the humidity.
Still have 5 viable of these shipped eggs. Hoping one of the lavender hatches!

 

[FunnyfarmMidwest]

Got my first call duckling to hatch out today with assistance!

 

[The Cave]

I just couldn’t wait so I went ahead and candled all of my eggs last night. The 16 pita pintas are in an NR 360 set up in my study. They were set last Monday evening after resting for about 8 hours from shipping. They were in the post for 5 days and arrived with a damaged box. Several had saddled air cells so I did not turn them for the first 2 days.
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Despite their handling I think I have 12 out of 16 developing!!! There were 2 possible blood rings and 2 I just couldn’t see well enough.

Wow you are so lucky, a lot of those eggs actually had intact air cells, no movement at all !? I think Canadian shippers need a lesson from your companies....even coming from only 4 hours away I didn't have any intact air cells
Im hoping they survive half my incubator is in egg cartons....always worries me!

 

[jeapa]

Wow you are so lucky, a lot of those eggs actually had intact air cells, no movement at all !? I think Canadian shippers need a lesson from your companies....even coming from only 4 hours away I didn't have any intact air cells
Im hoping they survive half my incubator is in egg cartons....always worries me!

I was very worried when I saw the condition of the box. I do have some saddled egg cells and 2 of the eggs I can’t really see much so time will tell. I do think so far the majority are doing pretty well. I am praying most of these make it and hatch!!! I pray yours hatch too!

 

[Derangedplanet]

I was very worried when I saw the condition of the box. I do have some saddled egg cells and 2 of the eggs I can’t really see much so time will tell. I do think so far the majority are doing pretty well. I am praying most of these make it and hatch!!! I pray yours hatch too!

If you don't mind, how were they shipped? Usually a box beaten up means the eggs are in a bad way of not genuinely cracked. So curious if they know some packaging secret that I don't hah

 

[smfarman]

My American Breese are on Day18, candled all 14 and 2 look good and 4 I can't see and the rest look like they quit. I didn't do well with the hand turning the first week. Fingers crossed
Day 7 on the cornish/white rock cross 10/12 are developing. Day 7 on the Blue Amerucanas 8/9 are developing.

 

[AusHen]

Broody Bella hatched her two chicks. She's inside in a mini coop while weather is unpredictably wet so easy to pinch the chicks for photos. OE cross chick has a pea comb so that means all three do but it has leg feathers which is weird as neither possible parent does.
I think it's pretty cool these two look so similar with different mothers as do the two dominant white chicks and they were each hatched together

 

[Melontine]

Got 12 eggs in the mail today (thank you again Wolfwalker!), so I set up my incubator to pre-heat it and will be setting those and any extras I find tomorrow. So I'll be hopefully sharing some hatches on the 28th.
I am very excited to see how these guys do.
6 Speckled sussex,
5 Lavander Orpingtons,
1 Welsummer,
and rn I'm at 3 from my own mixed flock, so we could get some interesting barnyard mixes or some more buff Orpingtons. I'll see if I can collect another couple tomorrow to hatch along with this clutch.

 

[jeapa]

If you don't mind, how were they shipped? Usually a box beaten up means the eggs are in a bad way of not genuinely cracked. So curious if they know some packaging secret that I don't hah

Each egg was wrapped in paper towel and placed inside and egg carton. They had eight eggs positioned in the middle of the carton. Then the egg cartons were wrapped in bubble wrap. Two egg cartons in the box. Then packing peanuts surrounding the bubble wrapped egg cartons. I honestly thought I would have some broken eggs, but not even one crack!! Thank the shipping Gods lol .