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[dan26552]

I've heard of cooling eggs for an hour, but not a week! Lol.

Same here. My duck eggs dropped to 52F the night before lockdown (actually had external pips) and I hatched 18 out of 20.

 

[casportpony]

Quote: I set them on the counter with fresh eggs and forgot they were there.

 

[Ravynscroft]

Hey there! Trying to kill more eggs, lol. I did this tongue and cheek thread, but someone took it a little too seriously. Guess I need to work on my delivery. 
https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/1158267/trying-to-kill-eggs-incubation-experiment

What you been up to?

That was classic!! I'm just trying to ride out the cold front... ugh!! Had to break ice for the birds to get water again... :/

I've heard of cooling eggs for an hour, but not a week! Lol.

I've never even tried cooling eggs, lol...

It is so _ing hot here today!  Can't believe we are getting a heat wave this early in the season. Definitely not normal. (Average high for the date is 62, and it's 81 right now. Had to put the sprouts in the shade and am going to have to turn up the sprinklers.

On the bright side, I caught a gopher today that's been mining in my front lawn.  One more down.

X 4 on the pics!  I have a horrible relationship with my mother, and had to mentally divorce her several years ago. Nice to see such good pics of healthy relationships.

Freezing here, frying there... sounds par for the course...

Good snag on the gopher!!

And I agree on the healthy relationships part... mine was same as yours... :/

 

[Ravynscroft]

I set them on the counter with fresh eggs and forgot they were there. 

At least you didn't eat them...

 

[dan26552]

At least you didn't eat them...

Yuck.

 

[casportpony]

Quote: Stay warm!

 

[casportpony]

Quote: I think I was about to, but decided to candle them first. There is a saying "not dead until warm and dead", so that's why I put them in the incubator. I was really surprised to see them moving after they warmed up, and even more surprised when all of them hatched.

 

[Pyxis]

I've never even tried cooling eggs, lol...

I do it with goose eggs, it really boosts the hatch rates for some reason. But usually only for 15 minutes a day

 

[BantyChooks]

Ravyn, hope it warms up for you soon...

 

[minihorse927]

I set them on the counter with fresh eggs and forgot they were there. 

oops, lol. Some people have no sense of humor