Remind me again... When do you start counting incubation days?

[Allie3513]

It's official. I have no idea what I'm doing! Ha.

Some I see veins, some nothing, some appear to be huge black blobs.
I assume this one is no good

 

[Allie3513]

Sorry same photo. Doing this from my phone.

 

[AmyLynn2374]

If you candle down into the egg from the air cell you can see better, but that looks like a green egg and they can be harder to see. It does look clear though.

 

[Allie3513]

It is. All my eggs are green/blue or dark brown.

 

[AmyLynn2374]

It is. All my eggs are green/blue or dark brown.

You got your work cut out for you where candling is concerned...lol I have 4 greens in right now and I have a real decent light, but after a week, I can just make out the veins and that's about it. I've never had a truely blue egg, so I don't know what candling them are like but the dark browns are as bad as the greens.

 

[Allie3513]

Just my luck for first hatch.
I sure done want any to explode!
My candler came with my incubator so I thought I would be a good one.

 

[AmyLynn2374]

Just my luck for first hatch.
I sure done want any to explode!
My candler came with my incubator so I thought I would be a good one.

Usually...and I say that with caution...lol, you'll smell a bad egg first. I had one in my very first hatch taht was smelly and turned out to be a green one. I sniffed it out and took it outside to crack it open. It was black inside and cracking it open wasn't the smartest thing I had ever done. Then I had one in my second hatch that didn't smell but almost exploded. Thankfully it had a tough membrane...lol

 

[Allie3513]

lol! I'm so not a sniffer.. I'll be like "honey, can you smell these for me?"
Lol!

 

[chickengeorgeto]

Today is June the 1st.

If your hen takes to her nest today at 12 noon,

then the first day would not be complete until 12 noon tomorrow June the 2nd and so forth.

hatching therefor should not be expected to start before 12 noon on June 22nt

which is the 21st day (inclusive)..

 

[AmyLynn2374]

lol! I'm so not a sniffer.. I'll be like "honey, can you smell these for me?"
Lol!

That works too...lol