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[AustralorpsAU]

 

[BlueBaby]

I think they should. It really must be that they were in the fridge. Everything else has been right!

That's good then, maybe? I'm waiting for all of mine to hatch out, then they will be up for sale.

 

[BlueBaby]

Yep, that's how they look. My 3rd one look's like that one right now. It's peep peeping once in a while too.

 

[BlueBaby]

Hey did you know? Millions of North Carolina chickens die in Hurricane Matthew floods: https://www.yahoo.com/news/millions...ricane-matthew-floods-203948573--finance.html

 

[AustralorpsAU]

Hey did you know? Millions of North Carolina chickens die in Hurricane Matthew floods: https://www.yahoo.com/news/millions...ricane-matthew-floods-203948573--finance.html

Thats so sad

 

[BlueBaby]

Thats so sad

I know, I just found out about it about an hour or so ago.

 

[BlueBaby]

I have 5 out of 12 eggs left. I just did eggtopsys on 4 of dead ones. I could only figure out what went wrong with one of them. Had an incomplete blood ring and looked like it had died eatly. The oldest one looked to have died on day 15 ish. Not sure fron what... the white was almost absorbed. So just another day or 2 i think. Fully fourmed. Just needed some more down. One looked to have died at day 8. One at day 10 and one on day 11 or 12. And the last on day 15.

There was no pressure or smell in any of the eggs indicating bacteria.

My assumption is that i had them in the fridge before the incubator, so maybe they can hatch from the fridge, but get a bad hatch rate? Maybe they can only grow so much in the shell before running into problems growing.
I have 1 refrigerated egg left alive. I havent had any unrefridgerated ones die yet. So that is my only assumption of what i could have done wrong. Next time i will store at room temp, and hopefully that will help.

It sucks i had so many die, but i still have 5 very healthy chicks fourming. One due on the 18th, one on the 21st. And 3 on the 24th. Hopefully they make it!

Hey, I just found this posted over in the Arizona thread about the refrigerated eggs:

Originally Posted by DesertChic


If you want to hatch the eggs, storing them at room temperature (65-78*) is sufficient until you've collected the number of eggs you want to hatch. Putting them in the refrigerator results in poor hatch rate. It's just too cold for them.

 

[dcba flock]

I'm on day 9 w/ a batch from 3 different shipped sources was heart broken when I realized (14 eggs later) my small Brinsea mini temp wasn't calibrated properly 107 when set at 99.5.... Bought a new cheapo bator I down to 19 out of 30 in there now all appear to be developing. I tossed a couple clears and a few blood rings yesterday. There are a few different breeds in there I'm such an addict I have another bator and 30 more eggs on the way... But then I'm done .... Until spring unless I go to trader joes lol it's been a few years since I have hatched or had birds I'm so excited! Didn't realize how much I missed it!

 

[BlueBaby]

I'm on day 9 w/ a batch from 3 different shipped sources was heart broken when I realized (14 eggs later) my small Brinsea mini temp wasn't calibrated properly 107 when set at 99.5.... Bought a new cheapo bator I down to 19 out of 30 in there now all appear to be developing. I tossed a couple clears and a few blood rings yesterday. There are a few different breeds in there I'm such an addict I have another bator and 30 more eggs on the way... But then I'm done .... Until spring unless I go to trader joes lol it's been a few years since I have hatched or had birds I'm so excited! Didn't realize how much I missed it!

It look's like you will have a bunch! It's starting to get colder up there in Wisconsin now, isn't it? My dad is now dead but he was from up there. I remember growing up in Minnesota next door to you, we had frost on the ground when we went trick-or-treating.

 

[AustralorpsAU]

I'm on day 9 w/ a batch from 3 different shipped sources was heart broken when I realized (14 eggs later) my small Brinsea mini temp wasn't calibrated properly 107 when set at 99.5.... Bought a new cheapo bator I down to 19 out of 30 in there now all appear to be developing. I tossed a couple clears and a few blood rings yesterday. There are a few different breeds in there I'm such an addict I have another bator and 30 more eggs on the way... But then I'm done .... Until spring unless I go to trader joes lol it's been a few years since I have hatched or had birds I'm so excited! Didn't realize how much I missed it!

Welcome to the thread! I hope your hatch goes well! I thought mine was gonna stay pipping at this hole forever but it is now making its way around!