Strange air space in incubating silkie eggs?

[h2oratt]

Draw down

 

[WVduckchick]

I bought the incubator on Ebay. http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/New-59-Egg-Auto-Turning-Digital-Incubator-Automatic-Chicken-Duck-Eggs-Poultry-AU/222327488981?ssPageName=STRK:MEBIDX:IT&_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649

This is only my second batch of eggs, the first lot I left the turner in while they hatched and it was painful watching them trying to stagger around on it and getting stuck everywhere.
Chicks are due on Monday.

Are all 46 of them developing and due Monday??

 

[Ausdotte]

There are not 46 now, we have already thrown out 5 wyandotte eggs and a couple of the silkies that were obviously not going to do anything. But yes, they all went in at the same time.

 

[Butterflygirl50]

Excitedly waiting on your hatch

 

[Ausdotte]

Candled the eggs again before lockdown, thought we saw movement in four of the silkie eggs, which are the ones in the separate container, the pencil marks on them are where the air thing is, so feeling pretty optimistic about getting something hatching
Checked some of the Wyandottes and they were looking good too.

 

[Ausdotte]

Day 20: one Wyandotte completely hatched, three others have pipped including one silkie

 

[abraga]

Yes they were shipped, so even with this saddle thing some might survive?

I hatched a lot if shipped eggs this year. Had air sac saddles a lot to. I mark/draw around them with a pencil so i can keep track of the air cell position and come time for lock down, i put the eggs with those types of air cells upright in a egg carton for hatch. I have successfully hatched a lot of eggs with weirdo air cells. I try to position eggs at the lowest dip in the air cells up, at a slight angle, so that the chick has the best chance. I have a small brinsea w/a domed top..luv it..i fire it up and have it on standby for assisted hatches. Once the chicks in the carton placed upright start to pip they usually don't gave issues hatching. One thing I do now is incubate shipped eggs "up", small end down and gently hand turn from side to side. I have had much better success hatching that way.

 

[Ausdotte]

Oh no, we made a horrible mistake putting that plastic box inside the incubator, the idea was so that we would know which ones were the silkies. One hatched, and since it is day 22 and there is no signs of life from the others I held one up to my ear and it was very hot, I think we might have cooked them!
We have had a dozen Wyandottes hatch and it looked like there might be at least a couple more of them on the way but

 

[Leighe]

I bought the incubator on Ebay. http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/New-59-Egg-Auto-Turning-Digital-Incubator-Automatic-Chicken-Duck-Eggs-Poultry-AU/222327488981?ssPageName=STRK:MEBIDX:IT&_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649

This is only my second batch of eggs, the first lot I left the turner in while they hatched and it was painful watching them trying to stagger around on it and getting stuck everywhere.
Chicks are due on Monday.

Yes, you're supposed to turn the turner off at least 3 days before hatch. Some incubators do it automatically. I'm excited to hear what the outcome is as I have just purchased my first eggs. All the eggs i've hatched up till now have been my own hens eggs or friends eggs. Finally ordered some eggs, hoping they come in fine. So glad you posted this so I won't be alarmed if mine have the "saddle".

 

[Ausdotte]

I turned the turner off for the first batch but I left the racks in there, so when they hatched it was like an obstacle course for them