Setting on Good Friday

[regina1994]

I'm getting so excited to see if my first hatch will turn out!!! Started with 24 eggs. I Candled at day 7 and saw large dark blobs in most of the eggs with good air sacks...(all med -dark brn eggs) and again day 9 and then decided 3 were infertile...was right cause i broke them open to check...yaya! QUESTION>>> can you move them too much?? I hand turn (egg turner I borrowed broken) 2 x a day and have candled 2 times... I have a couple I'm questioning but don't know if I should leave them or take them out as a precaution...don't want them to blow up and ruin the rest..what would you all do?

 

[Lynnk]

regarding...I know (=believe) that ultrasound is not good for human babies and that human babies feel being watched, which they don't like,

Yes, assuming that is true I totally hear you, but mine were performers on the ultrasound, and haven't stopped since! I'm not so sure that "being watched" is an issue for chicks or babies, but that's why I asked the question here. This guy had no information, only criticism. He was just an old bully.

That's what I love about this forum. I want information from those that have educated opinions whether pro or against candling. I wouldn't have asked if I didn't want to hear the opinion. so keep it coming!

 

[Lotsapaints]

I would love to hear what he had to say. I was thinking about it... I know (=believe) that ultrasound is not good for human babies and that human babies feel being watched, which they don't like and they to some extent don't yet feel like they are something "separate" from their mom. So I was thinking about egg candling too, that it is bright light that does not happen in natural circumstances when mother hen find dark and very private spot for this sort of thing... But incubator is already something not natural... can chicks even feel the light before they hatch? I know human babies can. So if it was me, I would have liked hearing an opinion on this from somebody who thinks he knows what he's talking about.

Some of mine when I candled them really moved around others didn't. Mine know my voice, my footsteps and don't mind my hands touching them at all. They don't care much for being picked up that's okay too I don't plan on picking them up a lot when they are grown either. So I think when you are incubating them they hear quite well. No comparison to bought chicks day old or older they know me now but they were not like these at the beginning. That's all I can tell you I don't know how they could see in the egg but I know they can hear. Heck maybe they don't like being held because they think I'm going to shine a big ole light at them

 

[Hope119]

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Well, that is not something I would enjoy to listen. Information - that what I would have liked

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hmmm... maybe I should start talking to mine

 

[Engteacher]

I definitely have 9 developing out of 15 eggs placed in the incubator. Now, I just cross my fingers that I have no temperature spikes or dips and that the humidity is right.

One more thing I've learned - a slide projector works GREAT when candling dark eggs. I could see EVERYTHING!

 

[chickenfried]

Hi everyone I decided that I needed a brighter light so I bought a mini mag lite and wow what a difference.

My wife and youngest daughter of 20 years old and myself had a blast candling the eggs you could actually see them moving inside some more than others. Out of 46 eggs 9 were discarded 1 stunk and 8 showed nothing inside. I'm really glad my daughter was there I needed her eyes to help me see the ones that didn't move as much as other ones did. I am so releived now I was afraid that I had lost a bunch, and these were mailed to me.

So now I think I will wait untill day 18 (5/20/10)and candle one last time.

Couple of questions, everyone says stop turning on day 18 so does that mean on the morning of day 19 I take them out of the turner and place them on the screen?
And when do I open up and take out the chicks that are hatched and if need, candle the eggs left to see if there are signs of life?
Thanks for any help.

 

[Lotsapaints]

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How cool you could see more I've been thinking of buying one I just might now. How stable has your temp been? Last time I quit on the afternoon of the 18th day and they started peeping the next day so this time I'm doing it in the PM of the 17th and if I put them in the morning ie:before noon I count that day as day one but that's me going by my last hatch. Many people count the first day as the day after they set them. Just do it how you think is right don't second guess just do it and keep notes and adjust the next time you do it. My last hatch was great and I left the first ones in there for 36 hours before I took them out there was only one left that hatched and it was pipped and almost all the way zipped and then I needed to help it get out because when I opened up the incubator it dried up too much.... so be careful when you decide to remove the chicks as it does lower the humidity no matter what you do....Good Luck I think hatching is a lot of fun.

 

[Mahonri]

ugh. I'm thinking that my turner in the hovabator has quit.

I hand turned all of them and added water to get humidity back up.

What a pain with forty two eggs!

 

[smfamf]

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Just unhook the pin from the motor on the turner. Then you can just slide the bar that connects all the racks back and forth. It allows you to turn 42 eggs in 1 second.

I candle my eggs every Sunday night. I wait until everyone has gone to bed, so I won't be disturbed. I don't keep track of percentages during a hatch. When I did, it only frustrated me. I am working on my first staggered hatch. I pull all the clears and bad eggs out. Then I replace with new eggs. I mark each each with the date that it is supposed to hatch. It helps me keep track of everything. It is a small gesture, but my work schedule is so hectic, I wasn't sure I was gonna be able to hatch this year. I have ducks, chickens, and quail baking at the same time. I have a separate hatcher that is ready for lockdown on the first batch tonight.

 

[Lynnk]

Cool!