THE PLOT THICKENS....Unplanned Staggered Hatch- Advice Needed!

THE PLOT THICKENS.....

So we just went to the PO, have not been in a week since we do not get mail often. And lo and behold we have a box of eggs waiting on us!!! WHAT????

Well after researching the tracking number on the box THE BOX we received today was the 2nd shipment from our third order. After doing more research the eggs we set on the 8th are actually the eggs that had been lost in limbo. Meaning they were at least 10 days old on the day we set them. Meaning these we just found are also 10 days old!!!! AHHHHH we have the worst luck!

Do I even start these eggs knowing they are 10 days old? Has anyone ever had a hatch from eggs this old?
 
I have 2 eggs in the fridge for 2-3 days. Around 36F. They ahve been in the incubator now for 10 days. They are growing and some of my strongest wigglers. You just never know. I say go for it and see what happens.
 
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I am going for it!!! It's really hard to tell if they have anything going on because they are Olive eggers. So dark! But I will candle the ones that have been in for 7 days already and try to see. This has been one crazy first experience hatching!
 
good luck with all your eggs! I see you are pretty far along. Personally I would have put all the later eggs into one bator and used the second one as a hatcher as each group was ready, but maybe you didn't have enough room to do that?
 
good luck with all your eggs! I see you are pretty far along. Personally I would have put all the later eggs into one bator and used the second one as a hatcher as each group was ready, but maybe you didn't have enough room to do that?
Yes enough room IS a problem. We just wanted 48 eggs shipped to us, (expecting 24 to hatch at best) and by the time this craziness is all said and done we will have had 89 eggs shipped to us!!!! I still think we will be lucky to get 24 to hatch after the late shipments and cracks. But we will see! Hatch dates (if it is 21 days) will be.
Incubator 1- Out of 24 eggs we still have 15 due March 21st!
Incubator 2- "the 3 amigos"- due March 24th, "the replacements"- due March 29, and "the late comers"- April 5th

THATS ONE STAGGERED HATCH!!!

We would use the 1st incubator as a hatcher after it is finished but it has to be returned to the 4-H department on March 25th.

We are a hot mess over here! Live and Learn right? Hopefully in the end we will have some fun lil fluffy butts for the kids to play with and enough to start a flock or two for some of our friends who have been wanting to try owning chickens. We are just sharing the love!
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I had an olive egger that hatched with my last batch. she was in a yellowish-green egg. It was the first time I saw that color!
Thats really neat! I think they will make for a fun basket! Here is the olive eggers we got.


I might need to figure out a better candler than my LED flashlight. They are EEs and black Copper Marans hens with an olive egger Roo. Or olive egger hens with an olive egger Roo.
 
I'm borrowing a 4H incubator due back on the 25th too! Lol, mine are due to hatch the 22nd. The dang autoturner wasn't turning the eggs though and I didn't realize that until day 10, so hopefully they hatch. I only have 12. Most of them are olive eggers
 

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