Setting today who's with me?!?

[scooter16]

I have been enjoying myself and learning---keeping up on all the hatches to come. I was trying really hard to not candle till day 10, because they were shipped and scrambled. Couldn't wait and at day 6, had some viable eggs. About 5 had veins and a few with the black eye. That is out of 15 eggs total (one broken on arrival). One is so dark tan I can't tell and one is so very porous. Keeping my fingers crossed. I was advised to cull at day 10. Due date is May 16th @ 0900

Good luck everyone. Lynn Marie

 

[VannahRAe]

I hope so. They will feel warmer than your body temp. Maybe that just feels hot to the touch for you? You have a thermometer in there, so it is probably fine

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I have my bator running 88-90 during the day and they feel the normal temp now when I go to turn them so maybe it's just getting to hot in there?

 

[VannahRAe]

I have been enjoying myself and learning---keeping up on all the hatches to come. I was trying really hard to not candle till day 10, because they were shipped and scrambled. Couldn't wait and at day 6, had some viable eggs. About 5 had veins and a few with the black eye. That is out of 15 eggs total (one broken on arrival). One is so dark tan I can't tell and one is so very porous. Keeping my fingers crossed. I was advised to cull at day 10. Due date is May 16th @ 0900

Good luck everyone. Lynn Marie

I'm glad to hear that! Good luck with your eggs. I've been having a few problems with mine lately too.

 

[VannahRAe]

Alright here's an update ya'll. I just put two more eggs in my bator so that totals it up to 15. If none of them hatch out I've decided i'm going to go buy me a Little Giant bator .

 

[18Peeps]

I have my bator running 88-90 during the day and they feel the normal temp now when I go to turn them so maybe it's just getting to hot in there?

Shouldn't the temp inside be more like 99.5? Do you have a thermometer in there? Maybe 2 thermometers...sometimes those digital ones can be way off. Not sure how to calibrate them though, but I'll bet there is a thread here about it somewhere!!

 

[ldmoseley]

Started with 15 eggs from my EE girls in the bator on April 23, candled today and culled two. One had a ring of death and the other was not fertile... down to 13 and excited for my hatch day of May 14!!!

 

[18Peeps]

Alright here's an update ya'll. I just put two more eggs in my bator so that totals it up to 15. If none of them hatch out I've decided i'm going to go buy me a Little Giant bator .

What incubator are you using right now? Is it one you have built? My husband built a really great one...If you weren't so far away we could just give or loan you ours

 

[Stevenson]

A double yolker

...can't wait to see how that one turns out. That's great! Can one have too many chicks? Wait, no, don't answer that

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Well, I candled tonight and the double yoker had a blood ring...so I tossed it out. I was hoping to get twins...but I suppose it is not meant to be this go round.

 

[VannahRAe]

What incubator are you using right now? Is it one you have built? My husband built a really great one...If you weren't so far away we could just give or loan you ours

Yes it's a homemade one! Dang if only if only

 

[Stevenson]

Tonight was day 8 for my 59 eggs. I candled them all and found that I had 6 blood rings and 10 that weren't fertile. That being said, I now have 43 in the incubator that are developing well. Last year I had about a 95% hatch rate for the ones that I could tell were developing by day 10 (not including ones that I tossed due to blood rings). I expect to see about 40 chicks hatch in 13 days!

As far as my broody hens, I haven't built a box to separate the broody hens...so they have been just in the coop and they keep forgetting which nest they are supposed to be sitting. As a result, I am not too confident in them.

I did put 13 more Delaware eggs in the incubator tonight.