Setting Eggs Sept. 24th-Oct. 4th-Last Hatch of the Year. Anyone care to join me?

[LakeBird]

Best to keep them straight up so that the air cell hopefully ends up where it is supposed to be. Read this article: Hatching shipped eggs lots of good information. You really only want the temperature to swing about a degree either way. Any more than that and it will affect the embryo. The first 7-8 days are most important at keeping the temp at a steady 99.5. When you first put yours eggs in the bator there will be a temperature decrease because the eggs are "absorbing" the heat to get up to temp. After a few hours you can start making small adjustments if the temp is still off.

Thanks for sharing the article. I checked the air cells of the marans I have, and I can't see them. Any suggestions?

 

[Brookhavens]

hey all from North Carolina,

just found this thread and was wondering if i can join in? i have quite a lot going on right now.....LOL. actually almost too much to handle. i have in my hatcher incubator: silver sebrights and golden sebrights due anytime.
in my other incubator i have: 6 mille fleur d'uccle eggs that was set the 19th, 6 mixed goose eggs, 10 call duck eggs, 4 more mille fleur d'uccle eggs, and 12 more call duck eggs ready to go in. i also have some more mille fleur d'uccle eggs on the way, a lady was so generous as to give me about 4 more d'uccle eggs.

i've not had real good hatching success lately with only 3 speckled sussex eggs hatching out of 12. but most of my eggs that i hatch come from eggs that are shipped. my temps are 99.5 +- , humidity is around 45-50% and then hatcher is higher humidity, temps are the same. seems like i have more quitters with air sacs larger than what supposed to be. am trying to get a fall hatch in ....
this past spring i hatched out ringneck pheasants, golden pheasants, valley quail, gambel quail, mexican speckled bobwhites, and various chickens; no problem with hatching, had some 90-95% hatch rates on shipped eggs. Fall hatching is harder for me (it seems).

could someone fill me in on the "sexing chicks by feathers"? never heard of this.

thanks,

don

Welcome aboard. This should be a really good hatch thread. Can't wait to see pics of baby ducks and geese!!!

Feather sexing can be done a chicks that are a few days old if they are fast feathering breeds. Take a look at the pic below:

 

[Brookhavens]

I set 12 shipped eggs (SLW) on the 27th and 2 homegrown for control. I have them in an egg carton because of the damaged air sacks, I checked them today (day 2) and the air sacks are getting much better in all except one. I am going to leave them unturned and upright for 7 days (except the control eggs, they are turned).

Sounds like you are off on the right foot with upright and not turning. So glad you joined us!

 

[LakeBird]

10 marans and 7 orpingtons are now in the incubator. I am going to try the 7 days w/o turning too since they were shipped eggs. Hoping for a better hatch rate than my last set of shipped eggs.

 

[Brookhavens]

Thanks for sharing the article. I checked the air cells of the marans I have, and I can't see them. Any suggestions?

I just hatched Marans eggs and with the homemade candler I built I was able to see inside but just shadows. Day 10 was when I used my homemade candler box as my base light and a Maglite flashlight on the top and I could really see inside of them. Using 2 light sources at once is the only way I have been able to see inside.

 

[LakeBird]

I just hatched Marans eggs and with the homemade candler I built I was able to see inside but just shadows. Day 10 was when I used my homemade candler box as my base light and a Maglite flashlight on the top and I could really see inside of them. Using 2 light sources at once is the only way I have been able to see inside.

Do you have a picture of your homemade candler box?

 

[Brookhavens]

I used a wooden cigar box (free from the cigar store in town), an extension cord and a light socket to make it. Lined the inside with aluminum foil for reflection. Total cost was around $4. The wooden piece in the second picture is an insert so I can candle smaller sized eggs. I watched a video on Youtube that showed me how to wire a lamp and I was good to go. I did use this type of bulb because it doesn't get as hot as a regular light bulb.

 

[MonsterClucker]

Hey everyone. Brookhavens sent me over here!

Im waiting for my shipped eggs to settle. This is going to be my second "REAL" hatch.
I'm super excited!!


Here's my rundown...

shipped eggs

2 Euskal Oiloa Basque
2 unknown Sussex
2 olive eggers
1 Lav Cochin
1 sizzle

and a dozen of my own eggs.

Heritage Rhode Island Red (Hen) x Euskal Oiloa Basque (Roo)
Golden Sex Link ( Hen ) x Euskal Oiloa Basque (roo)

20 eggs!

Hopefully we can get some bitties to sell!!

 

[MonsterClucker]

10 marans and 7 orpingtons are now in the incubator. I am going to try the 7 days w/o turning too since they were shipped eggs. Hoping for a better hatch rate than my last set of shipped eggs. 

Ive never heard of this no turn for 7 days with shipped eggs tip.
Sounds interesting. I wonder how my shipped eggs will do with fresh eggs being turned??

 

[Brookhavens]

Hey everyone. Brookhavens sent me over here!
Im waiting for my shipped eggs to settle. This is going to be my second "REAL" hatch.
I'm super excited!!

Here's my rundown...
shipped eggs
2 Euskal Oiloa Basque
2 unknown Sussex
2 olive eggers
1 Lav Cochin
1 sizzle
and a dozen of my own eggs.
Heritage Rhode Island Red (Hen) x Euskal Oiloa Basque (Roo)
Golden Sex Link ( Hen ) x Euskal Oiloa Basque (roo)
20 eggs!
Hopefully we can get some bitties to sell!!

Ive never heard of this no turn for 7 days with shipped eggs tip.
Sounds interesting. I wonder how my shipped eggs will do with fresh eggs being turned??

Glad you came over. If you go up a few posts you will see a link to hatching shipped eggs. Letting them sit for 7 days gives the air cell a better chance to settle back at the top. Most shipped eggs have a rough traveling experience and you want to try to get things inside the egg as close to being back to where they should be.