SEPTEMBER HATCH-A-LONG!!!

[Muscovy Wunda]

14 have hatched. I'm pretty sure the last 6 failed, but giving another 24hrs to be sure. All in all for a first time in a decade, with ducklings and shipped eggs, I'm pretty happy with the hatch. Next up will be 5x silkiexflavorellexsilkie, 5x RIWxAustralorp and 3xblack australorpxblue australorp

 

[wolfwalker]

just finished an article from the Brinsea website that actually states that a daily cool off period will increase hatching rate. the premise is that in nature a hen will get up from the nest for up to half an hour to an hour and the eggs will cool slightly.

Interesting theory and the study results seem and I do say seem to validate the premise. So I am not going to be so anal about setting an 8 minute timer to rush through candling anymore.

On another note, as I was hand turning the extra CCL eggs sent to me that are kind of stuck in weird spots in the nurture right 360, I decided to candle one of the extra ones.

And I have an embryo at day 4.

I am so itching to candle them all now, but will wait until day 7 when I will weigh and candle each of them.

I don't want to jinx myself, but for shipped eggs, after a 24 hour rest, I had intact air cells in 21 eggs and the other 3 the shells were opaque and I could not see past the shell to verify what if anything was inside.

 

[Mixed flock enthusiast]

So I just went and checked on my mutt eggs that i gave an extra chance to, they were supposed to hatch last saturday, but i just had a feeling bc they developed so well, and one of the 2 is pipped!!!!

Wow! Day 24???

 

[Mixed flock enthusiast]

14 have hatched. I'm pretty sure the last 6 failed, but giving another 24hrs to be sure. All in all for a first time in a decade, with ducklings and shipped eggs, I'm pretty happy with the hatch. Next up will be 5x silkiexflavorellexsilkie, 5x RIWxAustralorp and 3xblack australorpxblue australorp

Wow! Awesome hatch of shipped duck eggs!!! What does a silkie x Favorelles look like??? Sounds cute!

 

[john_wrightson2003]

Wow! Day 24???

Yup, thats just my luck.

 

[slordaz]

OK this is a first for me, none of the eggs were double yokers but in one of the new layers a RIW there are 2 distinctive movements when candled at day 8. Removed 3 interfiles and still have a questionable one looks like might be just slower developing no blood rings or anything so 12 are still in the incubator.

@Ridgerunner

or anyone else that's hatched ever see this? I am not usually candling until next week at this stage of development just before lock down

 

[aliciaplus3]

My whole property is about an acre. But it is long and wedge shaped with the narrow end in front of the house which makes the back of the property much wider. I have 2 coops and another breeder complex with 5 units. I'm dismantling an old grow out coop that turned out not to be completely predator proof. I'm replacing it with 2 small versions of a wood's style coop. Each will be 99 sq. ft. and divided into 3 units each. (Building permit required for anything over 100 sq. ft.)

I completely understand the building permit thing. Here anything over 120 sq feet requires one

 

[Muscovy Wunda]

Wow! Awesome hatch of shipped duck eggs!!! What does a silkie x Favorelles look like??? Sounds cute!

I can't be 100% hes half favorelle, thats just going off how he looks(you know how when you have chickens everyone gifts you their unwanted chickens? Thats what happened). But he definitely has silkie legs and the fluff under those regal feathers. So what ever cross he is, he went over his silkie lady friend who he came with.

 

[Muscovy Wunda]

just finished an article from the Brinsea website that actually states that a daily cool off period will increase hatching rate. the premise is that in nature a hen will get up from the nest for up to half an hour to an hour and the eggs will cool slightly.

Interesting theory and the study results seem and I do say seem to validate the premise. So I am not going to be so anal about setting an 8 minute timer to rush through candling anymore.

On another note, as I was hand turning the extra CCL eggs sent to me that are kind of stuck in weird spots in the nurture right 360, I decided to candle one of the extra ones.

And I have an embryo at day 4.

I am so itching to candle them all now, but will wait until day 7 when I will weigh and candle each of them.

I don't want to jinx myself, but for shipped eggs, after a 24 hour rest, I had intact air cells in 21 eggs and the other 3 the shells were opaque and I could not see past the shell to verify what if anything was inside.

That does sound interesting! I know alot of duck incubators swear by cooling eggs daily along with the misting but had wondered why chickeners didn't do the cooling part

 

[Mixed flock enthusiast]

I can't be 100% hes half favorelle, thats just going off how he looks(you know how when you have chickens everyone gifts you their unwanted chickens? Thats what happened). But he definitely has silkie legs and the fluff under those regal feathers. So what ever cross he is, he went over his silkie lady friend who he came with.View attachment 1898835

Awwww! Adorable!!!