When you candle at day one you are looking for air cell development. You can't see any fetus development.
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Henry is too cute for words. I'm so happy for you and Susan.
Do you think the bad hatch was due to leaving eggs upright or just a bad hatch? Do you hand turn them air cell up then air cell down or just tip the basket/carton side to side? Thanks sueI hand turn eggs in cartons for sixteen days and put these baskets in a day or two before lockdown so the temperature doesn't fluctuate too much. The eggs lay flat for hatching. I assess my eggs by air cell size. I pull infertiles or clears at seven day candle. I pull quitters (dead embryos) at sixteen to eighteen day candle. I"ve hatched chicks leaving eggs in cartons upright too. I had a bad hatch the last batch of Silkies I did that way. Keeping them flat this time.
It was a bad hatch for leaving them upright in the carton coupled with my humidity much too high. All of the Silkies that died in the shell, drowned first and second day after lock-down. They had large vaulted skulls and they drowned when they internally pipped the membrane.Do you think the bad hatch was due to leaving eggs upright or just a bad hatch? Do you hand turn them air cell up then air cell down or just tip the basket/carton side to side? Thanks sue
You are very welcome.Thank you, Mumsy, for your reply. I appreciate your help. I have 12 marans and I can't see much. I will try again tonight. The shipper recommended that I not turn for the first few days. How much can you see if you candle at day 1?
You are very welcome.
I put my shipped HRIR eggs into my LG as soon as they arrived. Many people advise letting them sit out 24 hours. My feeling is they can sit just as well in the incubator. I candled them upright before putting them in the bator looking at aircell as del mentioned but I also look for hair line cracks that may not be visible to the naked eye.
I do not tip or shift the shipped eggs once the box is opened and for two to three days after putting them in the bator. This worked for these eggs. At seven day candle, there were sixteen viable embryos out of twenty. Three clears and one saddle air cell with scrambled yolk. Considering how far my eggs came from, this is pretty good! I credit this to Ron Fogle's excellent stock and his masterful shipping method. I just did what seemed sensible the way I set them. Time will tell if they hatch. I'm always learning.