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[WVduckchick]

SideWing how high elevation are you? I never paid attention to where you are, Amy must not have either, because we have talked about higher altitude hatching on other threads.
Do you use higher elevation baking directions on a cake box? Lol If they work better for you, then hatching for higher elevations may be something for you to look into!

 

[chicapee]

Good morning Peep's!
I candled my eBay shipped eggs last night day 9. 5 out of the 6 royal palm turkey eggs are viable, had 1 clear that I tossed. The lady also sent me 8 bcm, I am having great difficulty candling them. I think I see 2 with blood rings, I put them back in and marked them with a question mark? I am really at a loss with them. Any advice is appreciated.

 

[scflock]

Good morning Peep's!
I candled my eBay shipped eggs last night day 9. 5 out of the 6 royal palm turkey eggs are viable, had 1 clear that I tossed. The lady also sent me 8 bcm, I am having great difficulty candling them. I think I see 2 with blood rings, I put them back in and marked them with a question mark? I am really at a loss with them. Any advice is appreciated.

On the BCM, if there is any question I would leave them in. Extremely difficult to candle, and it only gets worse. If they don't stink, I would keep my fingers crossed

 

[chicapee]

On the BCM, if there is any question I would leave them in. Extremely difficult to candle, and it only gets worse. If they don't stink, I would keep my fingers crossed

OK, will do. It also appears that most if not all the air cells are detached in the bcm eggs. I have them all upright and supported with shipping foam in the brinsea

 

[RubyNala97]

I don't have any bantams and wondered what folks did with the eggs. I assumed folks just ate them but it seemed strange to me. I was really surprised to read a few posts about bantams taking over at shows and very few LF being present. I thought about picking up a few just because they are cute, but never thought about keeping them seriously. What is the draw with them? My first goal for keeping chickens is eggs, but people love them so there must be something to it. 

I didn't even think about altitude. I'm at almost 5,000ft. What is the affect of altitude on hatching?

For right now I am planning on only having bantams. And I plan on having them for the eggs,...to eat! I've read that you just add an extra egg or 2, depending on size to any recipe. I have 12 in the incubator right now and some are very large, like the size of a regular egg and some are very small. I'm surprised how much they vary in size. Also, I have 3 kids, so I wanted a breed that would let them pick them up and play with them, etc. And mostly, you can keep more bantams because they are smaller!

Good morning Peep's!
I candled my eBay shipped eggs last night day 9. 5 out of the 6 royal palm turkey eggs are viable, had 1 clear that I tossed. The lady also sent me 8 bcm, I am having great difficulty candling them. I think I see 2 with blood rings, I put them back in and marked them with a question mark? I am really at a loss with them. Any advice is appreciated.

I've read to candle in a totally dark room with a very bright led light. I'm sure someone will have better advice. Good luck!

 

[WVduckchick]

For right now I am planning on only having bantams. And I plan on having them for the eggs,...to eat!

I've read that you just add an extra egg or 2, depending on size to any recipe. I have 12 in the incubator right now and some are very large, like the size of a regular egg and some are very small. I'm surprised how much they vary in size. Also, I have 3 kids, so I wanted a breed that would let them pick them up and play with them, etc. And mostly, you can keep more bantams because they are smaller!

I've read to candle in a totally dark room with a very bright led light. I'm sure someone will have better advice. Good luck!

My plan is for all bantams at home also! My LF will go to the farm eventually. Original plan wasn't to keep any at my house, but now I can't move them all and not have any left at home! So I decided on some bantam breeds for pleasure mostly, egg production secondly. Oh and the occasional hatching...lol

 

[scflock]

My plan is for all bantams at home also!  My LF will go to the farm eventually.  Original plan wasn't to keep any at my house, but now I can't move them all and not have any left at home!  So I decided on some bantam breeds for pleasure mostly, egg production secondly.  Oh and the occasional hatching...lol 

They're hard to beat as pets, and have a ton of personality

 

[scflock]

I wasn't asking why you didn't mark your eggs, I was asking why you collect certain ones daily and not the others. But I will refrain from looking into the world of sc if it burdens you that much.

I told you, I'm a narcissist. I love talking about myself
It just makes it funnier if I fuss at you a at the same time

 

[AmyLynn2374]

Thank you for this post and thank you @BYC910 for bringing it to my attention. I have noticed that right at lockdown my "real' temp spikes about 1.5 degrees and I have been catching it after a day or so. I think this heat spike due to humidity is killing my hatch rate. I'm also wondering if the dry Utah air is a little too dry to not have any humidity in the incubator during the early part of incubation. I'm going to add a little humidity to keep it around 40% and turn the heat down about a degree around day 15.

Thanks all you folks are great!

You don't ever want "no humidity" in your incubator at any time no matter where you are. The difference between dry climates and climates with more humidity is we (higher humidity) can usually run (depending on the season) "dry" and still have a decent amount of humidity in the bator whereas you, or dry climates will have to add a touch of water or a wet sponge to get the same results. Low humidity incubation, in my opinion is anything between 25-45% percent. Anything higher than that, IMO is standard incubation process and for the most part sucks. Anything lower than that for the average of the incubation is risky to me. It is normal to see the heat raise a degree or two at the end of the incubation (if you aren't using an incubator with a thermostat, because the chicks have started to produce and give off their own body heat. People with thermostats don't see it because their incubator automatically adjusts for the heat, those of us that have to play thermostat ourselves have to adjust for it.

I don't have any bantams and wondered what folks did with the eggs. I assumed folks just ate them but it seemed strange to me. I was really surprised to read a few posts about bantams taking over at shows and very few LF being present. I thought about picking up a few just because they are cute, but never thought about keeping them seriously. What is the draw with them? My first goal for keeping chickens is eggs, but people love them so there must be something to it.

I didn't even think about altitude. I'm at almost 5,000ft. What is the affect of altitude on hatching?

Yes, elevation does matter and higher elevations actually need HIGHER humidity. http://www.thepoultrysite.com/articles/2908/incubating-eggs-at-high-altitudes/

SideWing how high elevation are you? I never paid attention to where you are, Amy must not have either, because we have talked about higher altitude hatching on other threads.
Do you use higher elevation baking directions on a cake box? Lol If they work better for you, then hatching for higher elevations may be something for you to look into!

No I did not. I usually do if they have it listed, (not that that means I know the topography of the area...lol,) but it's something that I don't take into consideration enough when talking about humidity.

On the BCM, if there is any question I would leave them in. Extremely difficult to candle, and it only gets worse. If they don't stink, I would keep my fingers crossed

xs 2

OK, will do. It also appears that most if not all the air cells are detached in the bcm eggs. I have them all upright and supported with shipping foam in the brinsea

My plan is for all bantams at home also! My LF will go to the farm eventually. Original plan wasn't to keep any at my house, but now I can't move them all and not have any left at home! So I decided on some bantam breeds for pleasure mostly, egg production secondly. Oh and the occasional hatching...lol

"Occasional" hatching......

 

[WVduckchick]

You don't ever want "no humidity" in your incubator at any time no matter where you are. The difference between dry climates and climates with more humidity is we (higher humidity) can usually run (depending on the season) "dry" and still have a decent amount of humidity in the bator whereas you, or dry climates will have to add a touch of water or a wet sponge to get the same results. Low humidity incubation, in my opinion is anything between 25-45% percent. Anything higher than that, IMO is standard incubation process and for the most part sucks. Anything lower than that for the average of the incubation is risky to me. It is normal to see the heat raise a degree or two at the end of the incubation (if you aren't using an incubator with a thermostat, because the chicks have started to produce and give off their own body heat. People with thermostats don't see it because their incubator automatically adjusts for the heat, those of us that have to play thermostat ourselves have to adjust for it.

Yes, elevation does matter and higher elevations actually need HIGHER humidity. http://www.thepoultrysite.com/articles/2908/incubating-eggs-at-high-altitudes/

No I did not. I usually do if they have it listed, (not that that means I know the topography of the area...lol,) but it's something that I don't take into consideration enough when talking about humidity.


"Occasional" hatching......

Agreed. Personally, I don't think of "Utah" as being so high. Colorado, yes. Its known for its elevations, but I'm geographically challenged! That was a class I slept through in school LOL

"Occasional" Figured you would catch that!...