March hatch along

[johnderosa1]

We got our shipment of eggs, 18 bantam Wyandottes, on Monday. I set them yesterday afternoon (Tuesday). Most of them had detached air cells so their not turning at the moment. One looked like it had 2-3 floaters in it, not sure if this is blood spots/meat spots or bubbles in the Albumen. At any rate I don't expect that one to hatch, which is a shame since I only got 5 of that variety. I sure hope this goes better than the last hatch all of those turned out to be duds   Not sure if they were infertile, I opened 3 of them and couldn't tell if they were very early deaths or not.

Dumb question: Do I count yesterday, the day they were set, as day 1, or today as day 1?

Thanks

Oh... And by the way... Good luck with this batch!

 

[johnderosa1]

Your eggs should be just fine. At the worst, you may have delayed your hatch by a few hours. Here is a link that explains a range of temps and how they can affect your hatch. It's a useful chart. It takes a lot of the stress out of fluctuating incubator temps.

http://www.brinsea.com/customerservice/poweroff.html

Great article!

 

[johnderosa1]

Thanks! I got 1 splash copper maran out of it to! Awesome!!!!!!!:yiipchick

Jp... What was your final count??

 

[carcar80]

Woke up from a dream this morning that I had one pip.. Then next time I looked ALL my eggs had hatched and I had no idea which chick came from which egg.. One was a TINY black fuzzball that moved at lightning speed.. I kept thinking, "OMG I'm NEVER gonna catch that!"

And I couldn't even get a pic to ask you guys what the heck it was bc my camera wasn't fast enough to get the pic as it moved.

LOL

 

[jphendrix]

Jp... What was your final count??

I have a total of 17. Not as good a hatch as my last 2 but they are so cute! Only 1 splash copper maran out of all of them.

 

[johnderosa1]

I have a total of 17. Not as good a hatch as my last 2 but they are so cute! Only 1 splash copper maran out of all of them.

17 sounds pretty good to me... Congratulations!

 

[johnderosa1]

Woke up from a dream this morning that I had one pip.. Then next time I looked ALL my eggs had hatched and I had no idea which chick came from which egg.. One was a TINY black fuzzball that moved at lightning speed.. I kept thinking, "OMG I'm NEVER gonna catch that!"

And I couldn't even get a pic to ask you guys what the heck it was bc my camera wasn't fast enough to get the pic as it moved.

LOL

Sounds like a bad case of hatching fever.... I think the only treatment is a full brooder...unfortunately that usually only provides temporary relief!!!!

 

[jphendrix]

Thanks!!!!!!!! How is your eggs doing?

 

[jphendrix]

Sounds like a bad case of hatching fever.... I think the only treatment is a full brooder...unfortunately that usually only provides temporary relief!!!!

and an empty incubator to fill back up!

 

[matlock585]

I've been without power for 7 hours now... I have blankets wrapped on my bator but haven't looked to see how cool the eggs are yet. Think I'm in some sort of denial about it.