Second Time Hatching — shipped & backyard eggs

[cluckingheck]

So, I think I would’ve had an even better hatch rate if I had turned the eggs more while I was waiting to have enough to put them in the incubator. 3 of the DIS were real early quitters ( not sure if that’s better than a late quitter ) and I’m wondering if that had something to do with me forgetting to turn them in the carton for a day or two? The last embryo looked like it died around day 7-8 and I think it had some kind of deformity? I’m not sure, though, because I’m not sure if what I see is normal or not and I’m still new to this

 

[aart]

I’m wondering if that had something to do with me forgetting to turn them in the carton for a day or two?

Doubtful.

The last embryo looked like it died around day 7-8 and I think it had some kind of deformity?

Did you open up egg?

I’m not sure, though, because I’m not sure if what I see is normal or not and I’m still new to this

Takes time and experience....even then sometimes there's no figuring why an egg stops developing.

 

[cluckingheck]

Doubtful.


Did you open up egg?


Takes time and experience....even then sometimes there's no figuring why an egg stops developing.

Yeah, I took out and opened up all the bad eggs. At least it’s been better than last time. I rather have 4 DIS than 6

 

[cluckingheck]

13 eggs from local dude are a bust. They originally gave me 18 of their eggs and I only have 5 that are alive. The rest look like there wasn’t even any development at all, so I’m going to assume their rooster is REALLY slacking. I think I was able to catch the 2006 incubator fluctuations in time, because the eggs from my chickens were alive. It’s day 7 for them. How hard are blue eggs to candle? LD had given me 4 blue eggs and they were among the ones that didn’t look like there was any development.

 

[cluckingheck]

Yeah, none of LD’s 13 eggs were even fertile. So, I definitely got the incubator issue fixed before it came a problem.

 

[aart]

How hard are blue eggs to candle?

Some are easy, some are not.

 

[cluckingheck]

Some are easy, some are not.

I think they are a bust, too. It just looked like there was yolk in there and nothing else

 

[aart]

I think they are a bust, too. It just looked like there was yolk in there and nothing else

By day 7 you should be seeing veins.

 

[cluckingheck]

By day 7 you should be seeing veins.

Welp, that sucks. I was really excited to see what hatched out of those blue eggs

 

[aart]

Welp, that sucks. I was really excited to see what hatched out of those blue eggs

Hatching can be like riding a very steep roller coaster....
.....great joy and great bummerthatstinks.