September Hatch-A-Long

[Honora]

I just did my Day 14 candle. 7 eggs were looking good, lots of veining and a little bit of movement. They are not super active though. One of the eggs looked totally dark except the air cell; couldn't see any veining & it was the same at the last candle (Day 9). So I decided it was a bad one & I cracked it open. Unfortunately there was something alive in there. :-( Maybe it wouldn't have survived anyway but I felt bad.
But at least I have 7 that are looking good & I am looking forward to hatching some chicks in a week!

 

[ChickenMath101]

I just did my Day 14 candle. 7 eggs were looking good, lots of veining and a little bit of movement. They are not super active though. One of the eggs looked totally dark except the air cell; couldn't see any veining & it was the same at the last candle (Day 9). So I decided it was a bad one & I cracked it open. Unfortunately there was something alive in there. :-( Maybe it wouldn't have survived anyway but I felt bad.
But at least I have 7 that are looking good & I am looking forward to hatching some chicks in a week!

I'm sorry, that's traumatic! My biggest fear with taking away eggs I suspected were bad...I opened them all just to be sure of what I was seeing, but there's always the possibility.

 

[ChickenMath101]

I candled a couple of eggs today @ day 15. I think baby looks good so far. Air cell a good size?

 

[Cassie29]

Hello! I'm a little late to join but I have some September babies due as well. I put 16 Black Copper, Blue Copper and Splash Marans and two Speckled Sussex that I purchased from a local breeder in the incubator on 8/25 and then put 10 of my own barnyard mix in on 8/26, a bit of a stagger but I have two incubators to use. I'm just using little giant incubators. So far both of the SS have proved to be infertile but everything else has been developing well, I'll have to do another candle soon, I'm not able to see much with a few of the Marans eggs because they are too dark. Happy hatching!!

 

[Cassie29]

View attachment 1130845 View attachment 1130846 View attachment 1130847 I candled a couple of eggs today @ day 15. I think baby looks good so far. Air cell a good size?

Those air cells look perfect!

 

[Honora]

View attachment 1130845 View attachment 1130846 View attachment 1130847 I candled a couple of eggs today @ day 15. I think baby looks good so far. Air cell a good size?

Looks pretty much the same as mine.

 

[theuglychick]

Just dropping in.

This is my first hatch-a-long, but my 5th batch of bator -biddies.

Today is day 18, and due to everyone molting like crazy, it's a small batch hatch. We are going into lockdown tonight!

I'll let y'all know what I end up with

I am hatching a few purebred Cream Legbars(CL)a few Easter eggers (CL over Ameraucana)a green eggers, (CL over buff Orpington), and a few olive eggers (CL over Cuckoo Maran).

 

[theuglychick]

And happy hatching to everyone here!

 

[ScottandSam]

Well we are at 7 days as of noon today. We will candle them tonight. Im hoping to defy all odds and have a 80%+ hatch out on our shipped eggs. Even thought this is our first incubation. I will say our ovation 28ex is rock solid on temps. We have looked at it 100+ times and it's always 99.5 or 99.6.
Scott

 

[Honora]

And happy hatching to everyone here!

And to you too!