Setting (Again) April 16th-18th...

[bburn]

Well....I set 41 eggs tonight....hatch day is May 8th....gee, Mother's Day and my sister's birthday!

 

[MjChickens]

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They say they come in 3's

 

[snazzyboots]

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Are you candling the eggs you just put in a couple of days ago????

yes. but on the candling progression thread it looks like i should be able to see veins by now. yesterday was day 4. i will for sure keep them in and check in a few more days. i'm just worried that my incubator is wonky. still having trouble with temps.

 

[dutchhollow]

I always wait till day 7 to pitch any clears. 4 is a little early and especially if your temps have been off, if they are low they will be late.

 

[MjChickens]

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Are you candling the eggs you just put in a couple of days ago????

yes. but on the candling progression thread it looks like i should be able to see veins by now. yesterday was day 4. i will for sure keep them in and check in a few more days. i'm just worried that my incubator is wonky. still having trouble with temps.

I have never been able to see anything until have day 7. I usually wait until about day 10. Day 4 is way to early to see anything but maybe a ball floating around.

 

[snazzyboots]

i was out for about 5 hours. when i checked on the eggs the temp was way high. one thermometer said 107 and one said 111. they were fine when i left. are they cooked?

 

[MjChickens]

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Leave the bator closed and and slowly get the temp back down. You should be ok since it was for a short time.

 

[snazzyboots]

i opened it to cool it down. i think something is wrong with my heating element. it is still trying to put the temps up.

 

[MjChickens]

Snazzy DO NOT open the bator. Slowly turn the temp down it is working fine. Its just that the temp is set too high. Turn it down. SLOWLY.

 

[snazzyboots]

k after i read that last post i haven't opened it. i didn't touch the turner so i'm not sure why it had the spike. i'm definitely going to get another incubator before i try this again. too much trouble with this one