Who is getting eggs?

[casportpony]

I'd also think it wise to do a another test run, maybe with chicken eggs so you don't have to wait as long.

-Kathy

 

[DylansMom]

Maybe the other more experienced incubators will chime in, but I'd think it would be best to add eggs every 5 days instead of as they are laid.

-Kathy

I set eggs once a week last year, 3 - 5 at a time. We had hatching every weekend for most of June & July and some of Aug. I will not do it that way again. Too many chicks of different sizes, in too many different pens and no vacation for me.

This year I will do only 1 or 2 larger batches, less playing "musical chicks" and maybe I'll get to go to the beach with everyone else! PS. I let some sit for 12 days last year and they hatched just fine, they were turned 2x daily while sitting.

 

[casportpony]

Here's a first for me, it's an egg (duck) with the air cell at the wrong end! It's will be interesting to see how it hatches.

-Kathy

 

[margaret8]

Maybe the other more experienced incubators will chime in, but I'd think it would be best to add eggs every 5 days instead of as they are laid.

-Kathy

From experience I'd say as long as you mark the eggs and not 3 days before or after lockdown.

 

[margaret8]

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Here's a first for me, it's an egg (duck) with the air cell at the wrong end! It's will be interesting to see how it hatches.

-Kathy

it set for 24 hours before you set it small end down. I have hatched duck eggs before and they require lots of humidity!

 

[DylansMom]

Here's a first for me, it's an egg (duck) with the air cell at the wrong end! It's will be interesting to see how it hatches.

-Kathy

I had 1 Pea egg like that last year, I can't remember if it was shipped or one of mine. It quit early, how far along is yours? I also had the most amazingly see thru pea egg, it was so much clearer than all the others, you could see everything that was going on in there. I lost that one about 2 days before it was due to hatch, no idea why. Almost seems like any little difference, no matter how innocuous it seems, can be bad news.

 

[casportpony]

Quote: The first picture was taken 3-11 and the second was 3-18. I checked it yesterday and it's still moving. It's under a hen and my best guess is that it's due around 4-7. I'll see if I can get an updated picture.

FWIW, it's a Muscovy egg and they take 35 days.

-Kathy

 

[casportpony]

Here is a picture that I just took:




Candler being used is a Brinsea Ova-Scope. It's bright enough that I can detect embryos on pea eggs on day 4 or 5.

-Kathy

 

[margaret8]

Here is a picture that I just took: Candler being used is a Brinsea Ova-Scope. It's bright enough that I can detect embryos on pea eggs on day 4 or 5. -Kathy

I hope as good of luck! Are you using a incubator?

 

[casportpony]

Quote: No, this and 4 others are under a duck.

-Kathy