On Day 3 of Incubation!!!!!

[Kakaruk]

I checked it today, still alive! I have 17 eggs still going. Some seem to be more developed than others, I'm not sure what that's about, but all are still alive right now 12 days in.

The cracked egg with masking tape on it, still seems to be alive! However, I have around 3-4 that aren't developing fast, but they aren't stinking, so I'm not sure what's going on with those.

 

[Kakaruk]

Update: Three have hatched and two pipping right now! Thank you LORD! I'm on lock-down at day 19. I'm sure my thermometer was not accurate because I lost so many eggs which stopped developing. I have seven total inside on lockdown. Praying for hens! Humidity is appx. 64% right now.

 

[Kakaruk]

When do you give up on eggs that haven't hatched? Here's some pics on the five that have hatched!

 

[Kakaruk]

I candled the last two again, one was 'floaty' looking, like an undeveloped yolk. In the other one I could see the beak but it wasn't moving. Sadly, it did not hatch but I confirmed that it was not breathing. Very sad! I didn't let the kids see it.

 

[Glory to His name]

Adorable! Did the one that was cracked end up hatching?

Sorry about the two losses, but congratulations on the five that made it!

 

[Kakaruk]

Adorable! Did the one that was cracked end up hatching?

Sorry about the two losses, but congratulations on the five that made it!

No Glory to His Name, sadly it became floaty looking too. I really think my thermometer was not accurate, so my temp wasn't calibrated correctly. Therefore I lost 80% of my eggs. I think the masking tape method would have worked.