Newbie - Day 10

[Helyro]

Hello,

I am new here, and have put eight of my own fertilized eggs in my incubator (HovaBator #1593 -anyone else have this one?). They are either RIR, or a Buff Orpington/RIR cross. I did this as a "trial-run" to get a feel for the process, etc. before I spend money on more expensive eggs.

I have candled the eggs - this is not exactly easy with brown eggs! However, I candeled yesterday, and I am pretty sure that at least 6 of my eight are growing! I saw lots of stuff in there - not much detail, but a definate spot and some veins in 6 of them. I MAY have seen movement - is this possible on day 10?

Needless to say, I am getting kind of excited! I did this thinking that NONE of them would develop, and I would end up doing this at least 10 times before I got it right. I like the incubator - the temp stays consistant. I have no idea what the humidity is - I am keeping the water in the chamber per the instructions, so we'll see - if all goes wrong, I may end up buying a humidity-checker (lol - I can't remember the name)

The 20th is when I will take the auto-turner out, and they are "due" on the 23rd - wish me luck!

I will keep you posted!!

 

[justusnak]

Welcome Heather....and good luck on the hatch! Sounds like you will have a great one. At 10 days, there should be movement. Candleing brown eggs is hard. I have BO, and RIR, and had a hard time with candeling untill about day 14. Can't waite to see the little ones!

 

[Basia]

you can keep an eye on the air sack to make sure your humidity is right. I'll see if I can find a pic or URL for you. (I use a pencil to draw a line around the air sack... and mark the day # on it for good judgment)

 

[Basia]

Here is the drawing from a good info site...

and the URL is:

http://www.ianrpubs.unl.edu/epublic/pages/publicationD.jsp?publicationId=62

Happy Hatching!

 

[Helyro]

That is great - looks like I am right on track for the majority of them!

Thank you!

 

[Tsagirl]

Thats very exciting! I have 14 due on the 19-20! I am so excited. Half are purebred orphintons and the others are of a mixed flock. Very excited! I really want the Orphs to hatch since my daughter who is 7yrs old, used to own a Buff Orph and that hen was her best friend! LOL!
Here are good vibes coming your way!!
Keep us all updated!