Store bought eggs hatch along anyone? I'm buying regular organic.

[WinklerFarms]

95 won't kill the eggs but it isn't good for them either. Any weaker embryos will die and any that do survive could be very late and most likely weak and small

 

[what did I do]

2 weeks down, one to go. The chicks seem smaller but moving - I don't know what they should look like at this age. But on Thursday or Friday they go into lockdown.

 

[WinklerFarms]

Good luck. Keep,us posted. I still have to candle my batch in there due in less than 2 weeks. I am hoping to get to that tonight or tomorrow night. Whenever I do I will let ya all know the results.

 

[clucknpeck]

I HATE CANDLING!

I just candled some more eggs to see if there was any change from the last discouraging look I took. But you want to know something? I have no idea what the heck I am looking at! Maybe its because my tiny flashlight with a toilet paper roll bigger than it, taped precariously over it, is no good. Or maybe I have not much to look at? Or maybe, I just have no idea what I am doing!

In some eggs there is a large dark mass, takes up about 1/3 of the egg. But from what I've read, at this stage, it should take up more than that. In some eggs it is so dark I can't see anything, but there is about 1/4 of the egg that is clear. I turn the egg, the dark part of the egg just stays put. I SEE NO MOVEMENT. Some of the eggs feel heavier than the others. They all seem different though!

I wish so much I knew an expert that could come over here and look at my eggs and tell me what I am looking at. This is the worst. I am just sick not knowing wether or not I have screwed them all up. I have to wait 6 days to hatch day, and they may not even hatch. I will be so incredibly disapointed.

 

[clucknpeck]

Ok... You re all going to think am a nutcase but here is one last update on my eggs before they hatch...
They are so totally fine. Ya. I know. I just ranted like crazy. Heres what just happened- looked at the candling pictures again and realized I have been putting the tip of the eggs in the toilet paper tube rather than holding them on their sides. So I tell dh to look at the pics, and look at some eggs while I candle to get a fresh eye. On their sides, like in the pics, they look just like the eggs in the pictures! Dh agreed.
So I am going to leave those poor eggs alone and be at peace now.
I think almost all, if not all, of my store bought eggs have chicks in them.

 

[Haloclimb]

This sounds like a great idea, but sadly I don't think I've ever seen any fertile eggs for sale outside our chicken auctions ): Great thread though! The chicks your all hatching out look so lovely

 

[WinklerFarms]

Ok... You re all going to think am a nutcase but here is one last update on my eggs before they hatch...
They are so totally fine. Ya. I know. I just ranted like crazy. Heres what just happened- looked at the candling pictures again and realized I have been putting the tip of the eggs in the toilet paper tube rather than holding them on their sides. So I tell dh to look at the pics, and look at some eggs while I candle to get a fresh eye. On their sides, like in the pics, they look just like the eggs in the pictures! Dh agreed.
So I am going to leave those poor eggs alone and be at peace now.
I think almost all, if not all, of my store bought eggs have chicks in them.

I was just like you when I started incubating, but once you really know what to look for it is easy, and a person can candle fast. When I candle now I leave the eggs in the trays to candle. It only takes a couple seconds each egg, unless it is a questionable one.

 

[WinklerFarms]

So I just candled and this batch there were more early quitters with a couple of stinkers in there. I still have 76 out of 96 in there so it coule still be a decent hatch. I am hoping for a couple little brown ones. They are the only ones I will keep out of this hatch. Happy hatching all!

 

[clucknpeck]

I am glad that the candling learning curve is normal and im not just stupid lol.

 

[clucknpeck]

Hey everyone, tomorrow is lockdown day for me! I have read what that entails, but I would love it if someone could give me a check list or something to make sure I am not missing something.