Setting some eggs 5-13-15. Looking for some folks to hatch a long with me.

[NTBugtraq]

I had one of those days today...you know the type, where you are checking the bator every 15 minutes and nothing happens...8 hours since my last hatch; why did I get so many on day 20 and so far "none" on day 21....

I candled a couple of the remaining eggs and they looked fine, and then I asked myself why I was being so anxious....just chillax and give them time. So I jumped into the now empty brooder and cleaned it out. Wow, talk about an ugly job!...but at least its done. I've collected 34 or the 41 eggs I need for my next set in 2 days, and am going to look for a hatch-long-thread starting around then.

 

[FridayYet]

Congrats on the ones you have so far, hope you get a few more!

 

[NTBugtraq]

Congrats on the ones you have so far, hope you get a few more!

Thanks!

If anyone is setting more soon, I created another hatch-a-long thread.

 

[RubyNala97]

for your turkey eggs.  I had six and were 3 super late quitters but 3 hatched and look good.  I still have my one shipped peafowl egg and about 22 duck eggs that are on day 25...  Oh how I want that peafowl to hatch!!  I did get 4 more eggs last week and looks like 3 are fertile and developing!

Darkbluespace,
I was given 6 peafowl eggs a few nights ago! I'm wondering what do you keep your humidity at for them?? I keep reading mixed answers! And on what day could you see veining? Thanks!

 

[darkbluespace]

Cool! I incubate mine like chicken eggs, mine are around 30 % humidity. I candled mine on day 5 and could see development. I am trying to remember to turn mine 2 or 3 times a day. I have gotten a bit lazy about it : )

 

[RubyNala97]

Cool!  I incubate mine like chicken eggs, mine are around 30 % humidity.  I candled mine on day 5 and could see development.  I am trying to remember to turn mine 2 or 3 times a day.  I have gotten a bit lazy about it : )

Ok, thanks! I'm just going to run dry then. Because my humidity is running 40% with no water in the incubator. I keep reading people swearing by 60% for the peas but others on the dry end. I turn 3xday. I'm only on day 3. Half the eggs are light and the other half are dark with speckles. Hopefully I'll see some bringing soon.

 

[NTBugtraq]

Day 22 update: No hatches, still 12 unhatched. If it stays like this I will have a 53% hatch rate. Very disappointed, I thought I'd done everything right this time. Waiting till tomorrow at 3:00pm to call it quits on the rest. There's no sense in the data on the ones who have not hatched. Some are at 18% weight loss, others are at 8%, but then there are the few who are at 13%, or 16%, and still haven't hatched and, convinced me they were viable. I honestly feel the problem is me not being able to candle through my brown egg shells.

Had one chick die in the bator overnight...sigh.

 

[cppeace]

It isn't as nice as being able to see into the shells, but water candling will let you know if chicks are still alive in the shells.

 

[bantam brood 17]

I was going to suggest the float test to see if they are still viable fingers crossed they hatch

 

[NTBugtraq]

Day 23 Update: DISASTER. Woke up and found 10 dead chicks in the bator. 2 more died shortly after I transferred them to the brooder. None of the eggs have pips. One I inspected popped when I cracked the shell (so it had died some time ago), another looked perfectly fine but no heartbeat. Very frustrating as it would seem I must have made a number of mistakes...so no simple answer to learn from this effort. I'm left with 9/41, a worse hatch than my 1st attempt. In case you think I left them in the bator too long, the longest any chick was in there was ~72 hours, temperature did not fluctuate, and humidity was 53% today (down but still reasonable). I have had 2 days of thunderstorms overnight, but none died during the storm on Saturday night, so why just last night?