The Fathers Day Hatch-A-Long!!! The Last Day To Set eggs Is June 3rd!!!!

[Arielle]

I am so excited! I walked into my room where I have the incubators and heard something.. it is my very first turkey egg hatching!!

Now I have 3 turkeys hatching. Yeah!!

Love the turkeys!! Go babies go!

 

[Arielle]

So I set my eggs at about 6pm on Saturday the 26th. I was not going to candle them until later tonight, but when I walked by the incubator last night the flashlight was just sitting there, begging me to pick it up. I have 8 shipped eggs in there. I just couldn't resist. So I thought well I will just randomly pick one from each row. Well the first one I picked looked kinda odd, no clear shape was visible. So I did the second one and I could for sure see the a clearly defined yolk in there. So I thought well I would try one more, and then one more and...well you know, before it was done I had done all 8 of them. So it appears that first one, egg number 7 is clearly different than the rest. Now I am pretty new to candling and hatching, but I am really hoping that it is a quitter and the other 7 are all going along smoothly and not the other way around. I think I will wait a few more days now just to lessen the handling. I am so afraid of dropping one.

I usually do drop one despite the best of intentions to pay attention. Butter fingers. As for your candling-- I hope the 7 are cooking!!

 

[Arielle]

Originally Posted by Arielle
Figured she had such a good hatch on her first try, I would try it too. I can fit way too many into my cooler. I really must contain myself.

 

[Tripp16]

I usually do drop one despite the best of intentions to pay attention. Butter fingers. As for your candling-- I hope the 7 are cooking!!

I hope you mean her 7 eggs are cooking in the best way possible!

 

[Arielle]

Quote: Absolutely! Tthe only difference between chicks and boiled eggs is the temperature.

 

[MMB53]

When you use an egg turner, how often do you move the eggs around in the bater to make sure they don't get to hot or cold in one spot. I moved them when I candled at 6 days, do you do it again before lockdown?

 

[WyoChickenMamma]

Absolutely! Tthe only difference between chicks and boiled eggs is the temperature.

I hope they are cooking in the growing and developing way!

 

[JakeBremer]

Count me in! I dont know how much yet. But it'll happen!

 

[bigred62806]

i am hatching out my 1st try right now 5 Guineas hatched out today so far and still still alot of chirping in the eggs along with the chicken eggs i put in a week later. So i should be ready to hatch some more in the time frame. ya can add me to the list

 

[JakeBremer]

i have eggs hatching 2nd and 3rd of June, but im gonna try to get some silkies eggs.