She said/He said Who's right? Who's wrong? No one!

[meganhundley]

Hahahahaha!!! I think personally...I would just take the smacking just so I could see.

Lol, yes I'll take the smack just so I can make sure they're still alive

 

[RubyNala97]

I thought I signed up for it too, but I may not have. Did you still have 4 that looked good for the 22nd?

No, I'm down to 1 that looks good for the 22nd and 2 that look good for the 24th. They are about a day and half apart. Honestly if any of them hatch, it will be a miracle. Those eggs were just too damaged! How many are you locking down? Hopefully your hatch will go great, maybe just a small delay because of the temp drops.

Yup!! But my boy has to be with me...he's still attached. lol

Well if you're bringing him then I should bring my two older ones so they can play. He's 7, right? Mine are 8 & almost 10.

Ok, been busy this morning. Didn't have time to give you guys the lockdown stats. Amy, go ahead and put the floats in storage until the spring...
The good news is, only 1 clear out of 24. The bad news is air cells are all over the place. I have 16 of the huge, dark Davis eggs that all have developed, but I can't tell to what stage. The air cells are about 2/3 of what I normally expect to see at this point, so I'm afraid I'm going to have a bunch of chicks that develop and never pip. I hope I'm wrong, and always hope for the best, but the air cells are small. Almost completely round and even with the top of the egg, not drawn down. I've incubated at 28-30%, and I refuse to go lower. I may have to try sanding eggs at some point, but it shouldn't be that hard. I may go the totally opposite direction and follow the article Ruby posted. Incubate at 55% and hope that the humid air will pull the moisture out of the egg through osmosis
The lighter, young hen eggs look like the air cells are too large. Good development on the chicks, but I'm hoping they aren't sticky chicks, or get shrink wrapped. This will be a good experiment to see which ones hatch and which ones don't, but I don't think I will get anywhere near 75% of 23. If I were judging by air cells only, I would say 8 or 9. I may be pleasantly surprised, but all I can do now is wait and

Maybe they are just a day behind and that's why you don't see any draw down yet. My peafowl eggs had really small air cells, that were a perfect little circle in the fat end and they did great. Just wait and see! I am running this current batch with higher humidity because the woman I bought the eggs from is only 3 hours away and she has the brinsea 20 and is getting good hatches at 45-55%. Maybe you should give that a try next, regardless, just to compare. I think you'll be pleasantly surprised with this batch, though.

 


How are your current eggs doing? 
Fall is a great time here.  I just can't believe its already September! 



Ain't it though?  LOL 
Kids are welcome too, of course!  I've got closets we can lock them in...  teasing!   All the kids love it out there.  Plenty to keep them busy.

I have development in 10/12! So they are looking good. The shells are really super thick, so I haven't been able to candle that well. I'm not even sure about the air cells but I think they'll be ok. And that sounds perfect for the kids!! How are the chicks doing?

Soooo... it is officially day 20! Hoping to hear some peeping later today from some internal pippers.

It should be soon!! Good luck. Did you see any draw down on the air cells when you candled?

Ok, me. I won't swing back
Women never forget. And look it up to prove your point
Is this where I'm allowed to run off and pout until you are forced to apologize because you belittled me?

 

[dan26552]

Exactly. Hate 'em. Shot six last weekend. Little fella crawled down the tree crying and came to me this morning. His name is George

George of the jungle!

 

[WVduckchick]

I'd have both hands in a cast all spring long....lol

Me too!

Exactly. Hate 'em. Shot six last weekend. Little fella crawled down the tree crying and came to me this morning. His name is George

Lol, yes I'll take the smack just so I can make sure they're still alive

 

[meganhundley]

If you still saw fluid around the chicks, they aren't ready to come out and need to cook a little longer.  That would lead me to believe your thermometer might be a bit low.  And if so, turning down early may not be a great idea.  I go by either peeping, pipping, or nothing but air cell and solid mass as starting the hatching stage.

Yes, I still fluid in most of them. Some more so than others. There were a few that were almost all solid mass except for a little bit at the pointy end.

 

[scflock]

George of the jungle! 

Not quite, BR. WV got it, though

 

[lazy gardener]

And, pray tell, what will be George's fate? The house squirrel we had when I was growing up was quite a hoot. He was huge. He got to stay until he developed a taste for buttons. He'd crawl in the washer, chew the buttons off my dad's shirts, and go hide them. But, the final straw was when he decided that the toaster cord would be good to file his teeth down.

 

[RubyNala97]

If you still saw fluid around the chicks, they aren't ready to come out and need to cook a little longer.  That would lead me to believe your thermometer might be a bit low.  And if so, turning down early may not be a great idea.  I go by either peeping, pipping, or nothing but air cell and solid mass as starting the hatching stage.

X2, sounds like they need a little more time. Were the air cells getting a lot bigger (drawing down) yet?

 

[meganhundley]

@Ruby: I couldn't really tell since the cells are so screwy. I think 1 or 2 may hatch tomorrow but I think several will take longer. There's still lots of fluid in some of them. And the #12 egg still has a loose section in the cell. He's the most underdeveloped. That egg is just huge though. I mean REALLY big.

 

[dan26552]

Not quite, BR. WV got it, though

Yeah, I noticed

And my sister is always saying that