march april and may hatch along

[randerson846]

Here is a link to the ducklings first swim

 

[TherryChicken]

This is kinda late lol, but how did it go @TherryChicken ?

I got rid of it. Didn't fit my needs lol

 

[TherryChicken]

I incubate nearly every year but this is my first batch this year. I have 52 eggs on Day 9. A lot of them are old and were collected in bad weather so I'm not hoping for a stellar hatch rate, but I see a lot of development in the ones I can see through.

I observed a strange thing today when turning. I have 2 Marans eggs that are thin-shelled with extra bumpy calcium deposits --- and quite light in weight, too. I have had my doubts about them developing. I can't see through the dark shell so I won't know until hatch day, but today when I turned them the small end of the egg tipped down like a magnet. They are on their side, but one end is much heavier than the other side. Not sure what this means. Haven't noticed it with any other eggs, just these light/thin-shelled ones. I wonder if it could have to do with humidity/the air cells. Has anyone ever experienced this?

Edit: Candled again. Couldn't see much but enough to see half the egg is dark/shadowy and the other half is taken up by a giant air cell.

I have with babies in the eggs

 

[TherryChicken]

Here they are, 4 chiltern whites, one mallard and one Rouen I think, I'm not sure. They were swimming in the paddling pool, they were 2 weeks old, not day olds.

Cuties

 

[randerson846]

Here they are today having peas, They are 4 and a half weeks old, and have grown so quick!!

 

[randerson846]

Oops done the wrong link ahaha

use this one!!

 

[TherryChicken]

They are too cute!

 

[randerson846]

Thanks they have gotten really big!

 

[TherryChicken]

Thanks they have gotten really big!

Yes they have

 

[randerson846]

I was planning on getting 12 silkie eggsto hatch after my two ( one going into lockdown tomorrow, 11 chicken eggs, and 1 duck egg, and the other going into lockdown next monday 5 geese eggs!) but after looking at the birds from a seller of the eggs online, now the 12 egg, have turned into 24 lol

5 white, 5 black, 5 gold, 5 splash and 4 cuckoo!! And i am going to be fixing up my pen soon, making it more secure etc, its all money at the minute

im going to be broke soon!! Plus my 11 chicken eggs and one duck egg are going into lockdown tomorrow, and my geese are going into lock down next thursday

im really hoping for a good hatch rate , for the silkie eggs, i am going to be using an octagon 20, advance, with the automatic turning cradle, im hoping with such a good incubator, it will help hith the hatch rate!!

i hear that a dry hatchs are good, at the minute i am hatching my geese in 30 % humidity, and its staying around that, with no water in the incubtor, would a dry hatch work better with silkie eggs, or should i keep it to about 40-45% and then put it up to about 60-65% ?