I mean I don't think it has to explode for bacteria to start growing on/from the bad egg. But yes I candle after day 3 I put them in to see if the embryo is developing, then again about a week later to see if they are still developing, I also check before lock down but again I have Easter Eggers... The olive eggs are hard to candle, so sometimes I can't tell with those.
Welcome. You are really good at chicken hatching math.Hi guys nice to meet ya. Happy to join the forum to gain more knowledge that will help me with my chicken farming.
I first bought EE the winter before last they started laying last summer so I started incubating some eggs. I have hatched two batches. My first batch are going on 4 months old and me second batch is several weeks old.
So, I also bought a bigger incubator that will hold 50 eggs. I had 30 In there but so far only 2 from day (5-9) have hatched, the other 4 haven't pipped and I'm on day 21 and they are not moving inside. Guess that's why they say don't count your chickens before they hatch. Hopefully I get most of my remaining 24!!!
The birds I have now are all mixed with several breeds. I hope to raise some pure blood stock too.
This made me laugh so hard lol.
What a handsome guy!
