Putting eggs in the bator on July 25, does anyone wanna hatch along???

[Jferlisi]

Candled tonight and out of the 10 eggs she is sitting on, 9 of them are still developing, the 10th quit. Cant wait, i love seeing her with babies.

 

[thejohnsie]

Congratulations! I can't wait either.

 

[litljenarey]

Boooo

Just tossed 5 out of my 7 cochin eggs. I candled and now its very obvious which have something and which have nothing. I broke them open just to be sure and it looks like a few weren't even fertile. One had a very small dot of blood but nothing else.

So two cochins left. One is the lightest egg of the 7 and you can clearly see him rocking and rolling. The other is the darkest egg of the bunch and its tough to see but I can see veins and something. I can't see movement but it seems like maybe it's a few hours behind the other one. I moved it closer to the first in the incubator in case it's in a cool spot or something.

 

[XxPandaxX]

I gotta start all over again with new eggs, darn it ! I might make a foam incubator this time, though, so probably better hatch rates.

 

[dandydoodle]

Boooo

Just tossed 5 out of my 7 cochin eggs. I candled and now its very obvious which have something and which have nothing. I broke them open just to be sure and it looks like a few weren't even fertile. One had a very small dot of blood but nothing else.

So two cochins left. One is the lightest egg of the 7 and you can clearly see him rocking and rolling. The other is the darkest egg of the bunch and its tough to see but I can see veins and something. I can't see movement but it seems like maybe it's a few hours behind the other one. I moved it closer to the first in the incubator in case it's in a cool spot or something.

I am sorry that stinks. But hey, you still probably have 2!!!

Do you have anything in the bator other then your Cochins?


I have already tossed two. I think I started off with 25. With my Tolbunt/ Marans I think 3 out of 5 aren't any good ( one is the one with a chip) I haven't tossed them though cause, the shells are so dark. I don't want to toss one and be wrong about it. I am pretty sure one of my Wheaton Marans is a goner. Again, though I don't think I will toss cause, of the color of the shell. The air sacs on my White Ameraucanas is bigger then it should be. I really don't know how well this hatch is gonna go. I guess since they were shipped eggs plus, I had that one dip in humidity.
I guess all I can do is cross my fingers and wait.

Good luck ya'll,
MIchelle

 

[dandydoodle]

I gotta start all over again with new eggs, darn it ! I might make a foam incubator this time, though, so probably better hatch rates.

Sorry, what kind of bator were you using? Are you gonna throw some more in?

 

[litljenarey]

I am sorry that stinks. But hey, you still probably have 2!!!  
Do you have anything in the bator other then your Cochins?


I have already tossed two. I think I started off with 25. With my Tolbunt/ Marans I think 3 out of 5 aren't any good ( one is the one with a chip) I haven't tossed them though cause, the shells are so dark. I don't want to toss one and be wrong about it. I am pretty sure one of my Wheaton Marans is a goner. Again, though I don't think I will toss cause, of the color of the shell. The air sacs on my White Ameraucanas is bigger then it should be. I really don't know how well this hatch is gonna go. I guess since they were shipped eggs plus, I had that one dip in humidity.
I guess all I can do is cross my fingers and wait. 

Good luck ya'll,
MIchelle

I was SURE before tossing anything. I know what you mean, I almost kept those in "just in case" even knowing for sure I had nothing.

I put 11 mixed breeds in today and I have 14 various eggs set on Saturday.

I just finished building a hatcher bator. So I'm just going to keep adding eggs until I've hatched the amount of chickies I'm wanting.

 

[cluckitall]

Oooh, oooh! I started mine on the 28th, is that close enough??? First attempt ever, please bear with me -- I'm all excited!

 

[cluckitall]

My first time too!! This is gonna be fun!!

Oh yay! Lots of newbies!!!

 

[cluckitall]

My tracking number finally came. The order from MPC left the hatchery on the 26th. Coming from Arkansas, so my guess is Monday. Also getting some local barnyard mixes on August 1.

So, I'll have:
7 Red Cochin- set 7/26
12+ assorted breeds- set 7/30
12 mixed- set 8/1

Using a LG still air with automatic egg turner. Dry incubation (which is currently 48% humidity)

What is everyone else's setup?

I'm using the Uglybator, completed about a week and a half ago. Eight days of futzing with temperature controls and etc and I finally set eggs last Saturday. Because I couldn't get the fan working before I gave into temptation, it's still-air which means I could only put in eight eggs instead of 16 (too much temperature variation between row 1 nearest the lightbulb and row 4 furthest away for my peace of mind). I rotate them back and forth between rows as I turn them. I'd constructed a semi-automatic turner (hee! What a concept...) to turn by hand from outside the incubator, but because of its size, that REALLY brought the eggs too close to the light, then too far away. I'll need a larger cooler (or at least a working fan assembly) before I attempt that.

I've got a motley crew: one white rock, two partridge rocks, two barred rocks, and two NH reds with a big handsome cuckoo marans daddy. Four white rock eggs set (she's my only absolutely-every-day-without-fail layer, plus her eggs are HUGE), definitely one partridge rock egg, and the other three could be any of the above

I'm kinda looking forward to seeing what a partridge rock/Marans mutt chick looks like!