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[SoccerMomof7]

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I am telling you from experience that you want at least 2 to hatch. I had somebody hatch some eggs when my roo died and only 1 hatched and 1 lonely hen was louder then 12, and I am not joking! It suprised me too.

 

[Chicky Tocks]

Question - Is a blood ring considered in-fertile? And if you chuck it, does it or does it not count against your hatch rate?

 

[ChickBond 007]

2kidsn'chickens :

Well, finally tally is:
Set 8 eggs, one infertile, one quitter before day 18, but only three hatched out of the six remaining. One chick died yesterday, I am not sure why exactly but that is for a different post...
I am not sure if I count the infertile egg into my percentage?
Sara

8 eggs set minus 2 culled eggs = 6 with 3 winners. 3/6 = 50%
Good job!​

 

[babsboys]

We clearly I cannot count either eggs were taken out of the incubator or vanished or I can't count not sure which. I thought I set 20 eggs. When it was all said and done I had 12 chicks hatch and 6 left in the bator. hmmmm.

Final outcome 60%

 

[AnniesEggFarm]

Well I am out.....

I had a serious ant invasion... and I mean TONS, from nowhere.... I am in Vermont, still have snow on ground.... But a trillion ants made their home in my incubator .... Truly no idea where they came from or what they wanted (no bad eggs, super clean incubator....) Decided since I was nearing the end of the road with these eggs, (day 16) I should tackle the ants and prepare the eggs for last mile.... Well I came up with the brainy idea of blowing my hair drier over the eggs wrapped up in a towel... I had the drier on low/low... It took me less than 5 minutes to fight the ant war... Came back to find the eggs so hot that I couldn't hold them.... hit Candled to see no movement... recandled ... nothing... decided to open a bantam egg, I thought if the little ones made it, then the big ones did too... The yolk and whites were cooked .... I knew it was over, cracked them all, dead....

Reasons I was so stupid to use a hair dryer
1. thought it would take me a while to battle ants & I would have to let incubator regulate again...
2. I had it on low just blowing warm air over them, NOT ON THEM
3. It was freezing in my house this morning...
4. In my stupid thinking I thought I was making a dry air incubator with a fan... I will state it again.. It was on LOW just blowing over eggs, completely dumbfounded that they got that hot that quick!!!

I am kicking myself for doing such a stupid stupid stupid thing
I haven't seen an ant since

Jenn

 

[xpButtercup]

Oh my goodness, I'm sorry to hear that ... yikes!

 

[Chicky Tocks]

I'm sorry annie

That has got to be major disappointing for you and I feel it.

For me, Day 11. I've been suspicious of these three eggs since day 5, but left them in cause I've seen others who didn't and were sorry for it. But tonight, day 11 I candled again and decided it would be cull time.

I started with 18 eggs (12 EE and 6 mutt) The 3 eggs I culled were EE's

But the good news is that all 15 eggs left in my bator are moving!

I has major wigglies! And some of the eggs are really starting to get dark inside and they're hard to see into.

Bye bye what could have beens. At least you never stunk!

 

[Hecate]

8 hatched out of 12 fertile eggs (4 were yolkers) - 66%

 

[cackle]

Day 20 we have 8 out of 24 and still going. Hopefully we will have more in the morning.

 

[ChickBond 007]

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