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[hokankai]

So it's day 7 and out of 48 eggs I have 14 developing. 5 sizzles, 3 cochins, 4 bantam br, and 2 d'anver/silkies. That's a LOT of infertiles and 9/13 shipped eggs didn't fare well.

Here's a pic of my candling

 

[UrbanMamaHen]

So it's day 7 and out of 48 eggs I have 14 developing. 5 sizzles, 3 cochins, 4 bantam br, and 2 d'anver/silkies. That's a LOT of infertiles and 9/13 shipped eggs didn't fare well. Here's a pic of my candling

I have one that looks similar. Is this an example of a porous egg? I read that porous eggs don't do well. I am hoping that is not the case.

 

[hokankai]

This egg is relatively porous, but it's losing weight right on track so I'm not too worried

 

[DraigAthar]

I've hatched lots of porous eggs. So far I haven't noticed a difference between them and other less-porous eggs. Maybe if I was hatching on a much larger scale I would notice a trend? But honestly I don't worry about them anymore, they seem to develop and hatch just fine for me.

 

[maryhysong]

I candled everyone tonight; just couldn't wait and had to try out my new flashlight! 7 out of 7 Welsh Harlequin ducks are developing. Of the 11 buff Orpingtons, 1 might have a blood ring/be infertile, but I'm not sure. 5 have embryos for sure. The other 5 eggs are darker and somewhat porous, I just couldn't see good enough to say yea or nay on them. I might check those again on day 10.

 

[hokankai]

So my water wiggler has been reading 98.6 since I've taken out all of my infertile eggs, even though the air is reading 100. I decided to see whether the water wiggler was accurate or not...yes I might be a little obsessive. LOL

The thermometer inside the water wiggler now inside one of the fertile eggs I removed. Don't worry, it'll be removed in the morning after I see what the reading is

 

[frankensusan]

Now That's a DIY egg thermometer! I'm curious how it works out.
Has anyone here used the cloth bag with rice for humidity stabilization? I had one on my neck the other day, it was so warm and humid, but doesn't stay that way for long. I was wondering if it was in an incubator if it would stay warm and humid. Then I was wondering if it would be a bacteria nightmare...
Susan

So my water wiggler has been reading 98.6 since I've taken out all of my infertile eggs, even though the air is reading 100. I decided to see whether the water wiggler was accurate or not...yes I might be a little obsessive. LOL

The thermometer inside the water wiggler now inside one of the fertile eggs I removed. Don't worry, it'll be removed in the morning after I see what the reading is

 

[DraigAthar]

I bought on of these thermometers, I really like it:

http://incubatorwarehouse.com/eggometer.html

 

[hokankai]

Well that was interesting, it read 126 degrees...uh yeah right. I'm wondering if the probe doesn't do so well submerged in goop or if the fact there's a hole in the top made it wonky. Who knows! Oh well, back to the water wiggler to see what it says today.

That Egg o Meter is just what I need, I think I'll get one with my tax return.

 

[McPhersonFarm]

My Sportsman is here!! I'm so excited now I have to figure out if I'm moving things from the hovabator and little giant to the sportsman or just starting new eggs in there WOOHOOO