October-hatch-along 2019

[igorsMistress]

Dont get panicky yet. I dont like to remove eggs before day 10 for clears, unless its s definite blood ring.

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I'm only doing it to two different eggs once a day, but today was my last day checking every day. I'm waiting now until day 7 and I'll be doing them all to see which aren't developing. Then I'll wait until day 14 to check them again then it'll all be a surprise from there.

Candling can be addictive for sure. I'm hands off until Thursday night when I have 3 eggs on day 14.

 

[Maiahr]

The twin egg - I have not had a success hatching these. Hopefully it will go better for you.

Then compare to a chart to see if they're about right. You can adjust humidity if they're too big or small to compensate a little bit.
Some use a weight chart and gram scale to measure but I've never done it that way.!

I did use a scale and weighted the eggs. Then I realised my incubators cannot keep steady humidity and no point in that. So now I go by what I see when candling.
Well I just received my next batch of Light Sussex eggs. Never hatched this breed so I'm excited. 18 eggs - will candle tonight but will probably put in the incubator tomorrow morning.

 

[igorsMistress]

@Kat MacK They're beautiful, good luck!

 

[Gringa]

She's so pretty. What breed is she and what breed eggs is she sitting on?

@FortCluck I actually have no idea, some type of cross-breed that lays green eggs.

 

[Kat MacK]

@Kat MacK They're beautiful, good luck!

Thanks - we need it. Our first time hatching ODs, we only got two out of nine. Luckily we ended up with a breeding pair!

 

[Eliselove]

What's an OD again?

 

[ronkonkoma]

So I have three and now the fourth one has pipped. I am a little concerned about one of them. For a full 24 hours it did not open it’s eyes after hatching by itself. It doesn’t really stand up straight it mainly lays down. It does look a little smaller than the others. I really hope that it will be OK, but I don’t have a good feeling about it. At least it’s finally opened its eyes

 

[Muscovy Wunda]

24 hours into lock down... no pips, everything is normal and boring. Just posting to keep me from tinkering.

How's the no tinkering going?
I've still got 2 weeks to go and no tinkerings hard

 

[Compost King]

How's the no tinkering going?
I've still got 2 weeks to go and no tinkerings hard

I haven't even gotten a pip all day, I was expecting some today. Tomorrow is hatch day and usually the day before I get pips and a couple of early hatchers.

 

[Kat MacK]

What's an OD again?

What's an OD again?

Olandsk Dwarf. Notoriously tricky to hatch in an incubator.