November/December "Hatch-a-Long"

[matt1jsh]

Candled my eggs yesterday, Day 12, and tossed 11. One was a blood ring. I had several that looked clear when I candled on day 7 but I wasn't positive - at day 12 there's no doubt they're clear. I cracked them open and 3 were quitters, 7 were infertile. The infertiles were 6 white and 1 black silkie eggs. The quitters were my 2 partridge LF Cochin and a BBS silkie. So, with this turn of events I have 26 out of 40 eggs left. NOT the hatch rate I was hoping for. On a positive note, the remaining eggs are doing great...so much movement! I have definite movement in 23. The other three are barred Cochins and the shell is really dark so I having a little trouble deciding what's going on in there.

So...I bought the silkie eggs from a BYC breeder who regularly sells eggs and lives close enough to me for local pick-up. I got a mixed batch of colors, 10 of which were white and marked by which of the breeder's pen they came from. All of the infertile whites came from the same pen and the 3 remaining good eggs came from the same pen. This being said...would you let the breeder know one of her pens has mostly infertile eggs? Opinions please.

I think it is a high risk we take when purchasing eggs... and i to have had really bad success rates with purchased silkie eggs, mainly due to infertility.

I would kindly let them know, but i would not expect any type of compensation...

sorry to hear the news...

fingers crossed for the remaining 26

 

[matt1jsh]

Looking forward to this hatch 12 Indian Runner Duck eggs on their way here ! Yeesssss!

whats your due date???

 

[matt1jsh]

Update: I just dripped some candle wax onto the crack, and hopefully that'll take care of it. After searching the forums on cracked eggs, it looks like a lot of eggs with much worse cracks make it through with wax or tape, so we'll see how it goes. The two broodies keep passing the eggs back and forth, and others still come into the nest, so I'm playing with fire here, but I think separating them will just make things worse. Wish us luck!

Good luck...

 

[matt1jsh]

This is my first time incubating chicken eggs. I have 15 due to hatch between Wednesday and Friday. I didn't know that you could store the eggs between 65-70 degrees until your ready to incubate. We have had some temp problems so I candled a few on day 15 and saw movement. My hubby is pretty sure he heard some peeping tonight. Hopefully we will have some babies very soon! I have 3 little boys who will be very disappointed if we don't! :-/

I assume u are in lockdown now....


good luck guys....

surely out of 15 you've got to get something...

when did u candle last???

 

[Heidisgran]

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[Heidisgran]

So who was it that warned me that hatching eggs is addicting? Lol!

Yep! I've got another batch cookin' since my first hatch did so well.
Those babies are over 3 weeks old now and so far, so good! I'm SURE this will have to be the last batch for this year. (don't laugh!)
It's gotta be. The hens are slowing down. It took me 2 weeks to gather up what I've got in the incubator now. I even grabbed 4 out of the fridge (just for chuckles) to fill up a row. What the heck. Can't wait to candle on Wednesday. Hoping my Light Brahama eggs do better this round. Last time ALL of the clears(4)/bacteria ring(1)/quitters(2) I had were from those eggs. They are pretty porous. The 4 that did hatch are doing awesome. The other eggs from the Lavender roo and RIR hens and the speckled hen were 100% fine. Mine are due Oct. 16!

Happy Hatching!

which one of us didn't warn you

 

[shannondee12]

Started lockdown today on my first ever duck hatch. So excited for these show quality birds to come into the world. It's like Christmas.

 

[matt1jsh]

which one of us didn't warn you

this is sooo true

 

[matt1jsh]

Started lockdown today on my first ever duck hatch. So excited for these show quality birds to come into the world. It's like Christmas.

I want duck....lol



good luck

 

[wewcz5]

I assume u are in lockdown now....


good luck guys....

surely out of 15 you've got to get something...

when did u candle last???

Yes, we have been on lockdown since Sunday. I candled a few on day 15 and that's the last time I candled. The eggs were pretty dark but I saw movement in three. I just hope they hatch. We have done all we can for the little guys so hopefully they will hatch fine. We're on day 20, 19, and 18. I really wish I knew about storing fertle eggs! Lol