Pip close to pointy end day 19

[Ugadano]

The rooster to this bunch is a Black SexLink, the brown egg is either from a Barred Rock hen or Production Red or possibly a Black Australorp, but I'm pretty sure I would have recognized her torpedo shaped egg! White shells are from my White Leghorns or my one Black Minorca so probably WL. The white shell chicks so far have a few tiny black flecks in their pale yellow fluff. The brown shell chick is an even honey gold color in comparison. It will be interesting to see how they feather out, whether male/female shows in coloration early, and really want to know what color shells the hens from the BSL/WL will lay! I'm mainly raising them this year for meat birds, but may cull some older hens and keep a few hens of these to take their place, if they are not all roos. That would be okay too.

 

[only1bgirl]

It's just a cardboard box, clamping reflector light, spray bottle of water and a combo temp/humidity gauge.  I need to rig a Styrofoam cooler up, will hold the humidity so much better.  I have paper bowls with clear plastic lids from Qdoba I am using upside down to contain the eggs in the box and try to contain the humidity, been spraying the inside of the paper bowls and putting them back on as lids. thinking it will hold some heat and shade them from the light.  Worst setup ever, but I've been able to finish out 3 eggs out of 4 left when the hen quit brooding.  They were laid in with her started clutch, so different ages by a few days.  Two were pipped last night and one was out and fluffy this morning and the other later today.  We have had such bizarre severe weather lately, I haven't made the incubator.  Gotta get busy and make it today.

It's ingenious really and it worked, good job!!! I've had worse hatched in a manufactured incubator!