No need to candle if the eggs yell at you

[columbiacritter]

day 18 and in moving the eggs from the bator to the hatcher several were quite vocal in their dislike of being moved! Yeah! Early hatchers no doubt.

2 more definite fails and probably 3 others, but the rest looked fully occupied if not everyone was yelling.

 

[gryeyes]

Boy, that would be nice, if they all demonstrated that helpful behavior!!

 

[columbiacritter]

Wouldn't it be nice if you could use something like a voltage detector that would cheep when touched to a live egg? Candlign is great but it doesn't always tell you if the embryo is still alive.

 

[gryeyes]

I wouldn't ever candle again, if such a thing existed. I am only looking for proof of development and therefore hope the embryo is alive and will hatch. If all I had to do was touch eggs with a probe, I would be thrilled. Live? Yup. Live? Yup. Live? Uh oh. Live? Yup.

That would be wonderful. <*sigh*>

 

[crtrlovr]

was

at the title alone...

 

[clairabean]

What is the difference between a bator and a hatcher?

 

[cog402]

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Mee too also.......

 

[columbiacritter]

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generally not much. Both at the same set up minus an egg turner for the hatcher. It's nice to have a second unit set up with everything needed for the higher hatching humidity. Plus if you're doing staggered hatches you can move eggs ready to hatch to a hatcher while leavign the rest at a lower humidity and still on a turner.