- Jun 11, 2014
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So we bought my childhood farm. Horses, dogs, and cars have been a staple. I wanted chickens. So I did research, and now we have 8. 6 RIR and 2 amiericana chickens (all doing well). We then collected eggs for a friend who told us to fill the bucket with water, the ones that floated were bad......(she has had a very sick husband and did not fully explain this....) so long of the short we broke the first floater and killed a chic. It was horrible. So we ended up with 60+ eggs of unknown age in the incubator. I left and turned them all for a week. 2 hatched surprise!! Then we started candling disregarding ones with no sign of growth (and breaking them open to confirm they were empty before continuing). These eggs had been out anywhere from fresh to 3 weeks. Now I have 19 still cooking! They all have movement and about a week to go (Wed-Thurs). I have become a mother hen for sure! We lost power and i rushed the incubator to my parents who had power! I now have backup houses that can help. This has been a real project! This website has been great (and made me feel better).