Natural Nest incubation(my attempt)

[foxvalleyfarm]

Egg #4 from the box got the crack last night as it was clear thee was a bad blood ring. So I opened it and not only did I find it must have died on day 2 or so, but sure enough there was a blood ring and the rest was all scrambled.

 

[Beekissed]

I'm not looking forward to the cracking of the bad eggs..they have a peculiar smell that I don't like. Not rotten...just...hot and almost a bleachy or snot smell.

 

[aart]

I'm not looking forward to the cracking of the bad eggs..they have a peculiar smell that I don't like. Not rotten...just...hot and almost a bleachy or snot smell.

I do it outside, right next to the garbage can in case its stinker.

 

[BlessedCountry6]

sorry you lost #4. That doesn't sound pleasant.

 

[foxvalleyfarm]

Yeah it wasn't fun but I needed to get it and check it. And I did it outside by the burnbarral. And its sucks I lost it but if I'm right I have atleast 4 groweing pretty healthy babies.

 

[Beekissed]

Yeah it wasn't fun but I needed to get it and check it. And I did it outside by the burnbarral. And its sucks I lost it but if I'm right I have atleast 4 groweing pretty healthy babies.

I'll be so excited if you have a good hatch on those chicks. If I cannot get this to work, I so want somebody else to do it with success because I have faith in the method, just not in my own abilities to use it properly due to my inexperience on hatching.

 

[BlessedCountry6]

good idea doing that by the burn barrel!! We can learn from all things. Glad you have 4 going so well! It is the best to count our blessings and learn from the rest.

 

[foxvalleyfarm]

  I'll be so excited if you have a good hatch on those chicks.  If I cannot get this to work, I so want somebody else to do it with success because I have faith in the method, just not in my own abilities to use it properly due to my inexperience on hatching. 

I have faith in your eggs and method Bee. In fact I like the box better then the dang LG I bought. Dang thing won't hold temp stable...

good idea doing that by the burn barrel!!  We can learn from all things. Glad you have 4 going so well!  It is the best to count our blessings and learn from the rest.  

Yeah I knew better then to do it anywhere else. And yep. I'm hoping I have more then 4 because most are very dark. I do have another blood ring and 1 clear, but the rest are dark that gets bigger! Did I mention #8 was in the fridge for almost 3 weeks? I put it in as a heat sink and it was supposed to end up with a hole in one end, but I lost track of it for a bit. Now it has a very active and sensitive baby inside. It moves from light!

 

[BlessedCountry6]

wow! That is exciting! I think that is how life is. Unexpected. Every time we think we know how things will go... we get another beautiful lesson in life.

 

[foxvalleyfarm]

That's the meaning of life. That is is beautiful and unexpected and changes. I'm actually enjoying this experiment and if it works I'm gonna keep using it.

Also my husband made a good point when I was trying to sanitize my LG, that hens aren't clean and dirt iisnt clean. So I can't help but thinking these babies will be strong then my LG ones.