- Apr 28, 2014
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Last weekend, my neighbor asked me to help him move some steers. And when we were moving them, they happened to trample an unseen hen under a pile of hay. Turns out she was sitting on 7 eggs. So he gave them to me to take home and hatch. I was going to use a make shift homemade incubator in a styrofoam cooler but after a day and a half I couldn't get the humidity close to being right, so I went out and purchased a Little Giant incubator. Here's my question. Since I don't know how long the hen was sitting on the eggs, how do I tell when to turn off the automatic egg turner. The one egg that was cracked, I cracked it in the frying pan and scrambled for my chickens. I could not see a blastoma in it or anything else. I did then candle the other eggs and it appears that 5 of the 6 have a "small floating" blob so I think they're viable. I'm thinking that I have to keep candling them and see when they reach a certain stage and then I can turn it off. Any links to candling stages? Thanks if advance for any help for the experts!
Rich in Central PA
Last weekend, my neighbor asked me to help him move some steers. And when we were moving them, they happened to trample an unseen hen under a pile of hay. Turns out she was sitting on 7 eggs. So he gave them to me to take home and hatch. I was going to use a make shift homemade incubator in a styrofoam cooler but after a day and a half I couldn't get the humidity close to being right, so I went out and purchased a Little Giant incubator. Here's my question. Since I don't know how long the hen was sitting on the eggs, how do I tell when to turn off the automatic egg turner. The one egg that was cracked, I cracked it in the frying pan and scrambled for my chickens. I could not see a blastoma in it or anything else. I did then candle the other eggs and it appears that 5 of the 6 have a "small floating" blob so I think they're viable. I'm thinking that I have to keep candling them and see when they reach a certain stage and then I can turn it off. Any links to candling stages? Thanks if advance for any help for the experts!
Rich in Central PA