Jelibaen
Chirping
Alright!! So the incubator is GREAT. I got the Nuture Right 260 and love it.
Though I'm a little bit too handsy. I'm candling once daily because I want to see how everything is developing, but I'm just taking the lid off and shining my phone flashlight on the egg to check for veins - not actually moving the eggs. I haven't been spraying or allowing to cool down too much. This is only my second incubation ever, so I'm kind of trying some things out.
We started off with 20 BYM eggs. 1 was cracked when I got it. Accidentally dropped another when I was filling the incubator. RIP egg.
March 16th - Day 1 - Put 18 eggs in. Temp set at 100F, humidity controlled around 50%
Day 4 - 17 eggs have veins and tiny things!! 1 didn't develop, so it was removed. Added 5 khaki eggs.
Day 7 - Thought the khaki eggs weren't developing. Removed them. Candled again 12 hours later and there was development. Put them back in. So they're roughly 3-4 days behind the others. 2 early quitters today - removed.
Day 10 - 2 khaki eggs quit. Probably from my mistake of moving them around and losing heat for 12 hours. My bad.
Day 14 - 2 more quitters. One looked like one of the blood vessels had burst when it was opened and the embryo was still very small. The other was more developed - maybe around day 12 it quit?
**Today** Day 16 - 2 more quitters. One was adhered to the shell. My friend will come get them and open them for me - I can't do it myself, it makes me sad. Down to 13 eggs - 10 from original batch and 3 from khaki mix. Approx 50% survival rate so far.
Lockdown - April 10
Hatch day for batch 1 - April 13
Hatch day for batch 2 - April 16-18?
Still happy with everything though! Even if I get one duckling, it will be worth it. I'm going to be hatching most of the summer, so I will be trying out which incubation procedures work better. My next batch is going to be some high quality purebred eggs, so I may try spraying and cooling at that point.
Thanks for reading!
Though I'm a little bit too handsy. I'm candling once daily because I want to see how everything is developing, but I'm just taking the lid off and shining my phone flashlight on the egg to check for veins - not actually moving the eggs. I haven't been spraying or allowing to cool down too much. This is only my second incubation ever, so I'm kind of trying some things out.
We started off with 20 BYM eggs. 1 was cracked when I got it. Accidentally dropped another when I was filling the incubator. RIP egg.
March 16th - Day 1 - Put 18 eggs in. Temp set at 100F, humidity controlled around 50%
Day 4 - 17 eggs have veins and tiny things!! 1 didn't develop, so it was removed. Added 5 khaki eggs.
Day 7 - Thought the khaki eggs weren't developing. Removed them. Candled again 12 hours later and there was development. Put them back in. So they're roughly 3-4 days behind the others. 2 early quitters today - removed.
Day 10 - 2 khaki eggs quit. Probably from my mistake of moving them around and losing heat for 12 hours. My bad.
Day 14 - 2 more quitters. One looked like one of the blood vessels had burst when it was opened and the embryo was still very small. The other was more developed - maybe around day 12 it quit?
**Today** Day 16 - 2 more quitters. One was adhered to the shell. My friend will come get them and open them for me - I can't do it myself, it makes me sad. Down to 13 eggs - 10 from original batch and 3 from khaki mix. Approx 50% survival rate so far.
Lockdown - April 10
Hatch day for batch 1 - April 13
Hatch day for batch 2 - April 16-18?
Still happy with everything though! Even if I get one duckling, it will be worth it. I'm going to be hatching most of the summer, so I will be trying out which incubation procedures work better. My next batch is going to be some high quality purebred eggs, so I may try spraying and cooling at that point.
Thanks for reading!