Porous Eggs and Incubating

[rhino533]

I'm totally new at this. I have 3 RIR-RIW mix roosters and 1 hen. I bought 4 chicks around 5 months ago not knowing there gender and it turned out to be 3 boys and a girl. My Hen has been laying eggs since March 10th and hasn’t missed a day. I've decided to build my own incubator and hatch my own chicks. 15 eggs have been in the incubator for 4 days and today I though I would candle one. I noticed the egg was porous (not as porous as the example from "Candling Pics" forum on this site ). Will this egg still be good for hatching or should I get rid of it? I actually think most of her eggs look like this. What causes this? How to fix it? I have been checking her eggs for a month now to see if they are fertilized and almost everyone looks to be, there is a white dot with a ring around it. This means fertilized right?

My Homemade incubator seems to work fine. The temp stays between 37.4c - 37.9c. I have 2 small computer fans running inside the incubator and a tray with water. I also have a Digital Hygrometer/Thermometer and a Mercury Thermometer. I’m using a digital Thermostat with a 60w bulb for temperature control. If there is anything I should change please let me know.

I just left 10 posts so I can upload pics now

 

[jcfuente51]

hi you could upload pics from other sites like imageshack.us tinypic.com and many other then copy the forum code it gives u after it uploads and paste here on your post
because a pic would help alot altho at day 4 sometimes we dont see much of developing

i had 2 hens that were sex with the roo every day so i colected 4 eggs from her and even tho she sex with my roo the eggs were porous and were not fertile , after i found that at day 9 when i candle i decided to eat those hens i dint like them anyways they were cute but out of my breed i wanted to have..

they were yummy in my dinner plate.

 

[rhino533]

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I just left 10 posts so I can upload pics now!!

 

[rhino533]

Can anyone help?

 

[BrattishTaz]

Based on multiple posts I've seen here, porous eggs can hatch just fine.

I would leave it in the incubator. Make sure you are offering your hen enough calcium to prevent this in the future.

 

[CCourson05]

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Mine hatch. They also have ouster shells free choice... I get them often, so... Hen machinery is off in a few of my girls...

 

[jcfuente51]

looks like its got the tiny lil blood dot in the center so mostlikely its fertile try to candle on day 10 see what it gives us... where are u located?

 

[rhino533]

I actually feed her calcium tablets 2 times a week. I cook rice and crush up 4 tablets and mix it in with the rice. Should I feed her calcium more than I do. I feed her small fresh water shrimp, small fish, cooked rice, some greens we have left over, normal chicken food, rice in the husk, watermelon, snails, and bamboo shots crushed up. I mix animal multi vitamins in there water 1 time a week. I also give them dried egg shells for more calcium. Anything else you recommend?

 

[rhino533]

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I'm actually living in Thailand. I'm Canadian but living in Thailand.

 

[BrattishTaz]

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Mine hatch. They also have ouster shells free choice... I get them often, so... Hen machinery is off in a few of my girls...

I would be happy to settle for porous eggs...or any eggs for that matter. My first batch....all boys....second batch....boys....third batch....getting rooeyer everyday.