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RavynFallen said:
Gee... I wonder...
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The antagonistic married couple are back...
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scflock said:
Oh, hey, I forgot I actually had some pertinent information for this thread. My last AM hatch was 75% of lockdown eggs, and the air cells looked kind of small after incubating at 42% humidity, so I dropped the next set to 35%. Only 7 eggs made lockdown, but all eggs hatched, and closer together, not like the drawn out hatch last time. The 14 going into lockdown tonight were also incubated at 35%, so if these have a high hatch rate, I think that's going to be my number for the AMs
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Good numbers! I'm glad you found exactly what works with these particular eggs! Today is day 14 for me with eggs from a new hen. So I have never hatched these before, but so far I'm doing exactly what I've done with my other eggs (I packed the mini full) so I'm curious to see if what I've been doing works on these too. Very shiney shells on these. Hoping for a great hatch for you on Thursday!

BantyChooks said:
Hello again, I did a day 14 candle- some of you have already seen results- and ran across a problem, I was hoping someone knew what went wrong.

Out of 15 eggs I set, 4 have been definite deads. (Suspect I will be removing 10 more at day 18) 2 had blood rings, and 2 did not. The strange thing is, on all 4 the yolks have been ruptured! I spotted 2 of the ruptures on candle, and 2 were that way when I broke them open after seeing a blood ring.

The farthest these eggs have been shipped is from the coop to my house, I had them stored for 8 days, turning once a day or whenever I added another egg. I have no idea what could be causing this. It has been suggested that it might be a bacterial infection, but there was no smell. I do have pictures if needed. Thanks!

-Banti
(Formerly Bubbles12345, for those of you on mobile ;) )
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Ravyn gave a great explanation. I was going to say that any eggs I've pulled and cracked after the first week, either blood rings or clears have all had a scrambled yolk.

BantyChooks said:
Must be.... My roos are silkie and sultan, so a little bigger than the average bantam. They certainly have no trouble doing their job though. ;)
-Banti

ETA: they are only 10 months old though.
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Are your females silkies? Silkies can have low fertility due to all the fluff. A lot of breeders trim them up to help with fertility. That's why I'm asking. :)
 
RubyNala97 said:
Ravyn gave a great explanation. I was going to say that any eggs I've pulled and cracked after the first week, either blood rings or clears have all had a scrambled yolk.
Are your females silkies? Silkies can have low fertility due to all the fluff. A lot of breeders trim them up to help with fertility. That's why I'm asking.
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Nope, the girls are BSL, EE, and OEGB, but the OEGB aren't laying right now. Think trimming the roo would help?
-Banti
 

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