Shipped egg newbie: documentation

[chix mama]

Mostly posting this for my own records! But maybe it'll come in handy for someone else in the future. To date, I've hatched one batch of my own eggs, with another batch of my own due on 4/3. This was all in preparation for hatching shipped eggs—it seems like there are as many opinions as there are actual eggs being hatched!

I ordered some Ameraucana and Ayam Cemani eggs from a breeder in Florida back in January, and she reached out about fulfillment in early March. The eggs shipped on 3/17 and reached me in upstate NY on 3/21. I had fully intended on letting them rest upright for 24 hours before setting them, but I was worried about risking a drop in viability by waiting another day. I candled the eggs when they arrived and a few of them had some pretty rough-looking air cells, some saddled and some completely loose.

I let the eggs come to room temperature on my counter for a few hours, and then loaded them up in my incubator. Turned off the turner for a day, then turned it back on on day 2. I just did my day 3 candle and I was pleasantly surprised to see some development in almost all of the eggs, but some problematic air cells as well. Will post updates as they continue incubating!

Attaching photos of some of the fun colors I might get from the random egg assortment:

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How very exciting! I'm looking forward to the exotic pics to come! Good luck

 

[hammyanne]

Some of the first few chicks!

 

[hammyanne]

My coolest one yet: a white Ayam Cemani!

 

[Not-so Slick Chicken]

Congratulations!
They're irresistibly cute~