Who's Setting Eggs This Week[end]? [August 8-14]

[LeelaK05]

I candled again last night and I have one early quitter

Does any one know what causes that? The other 11 look great, and the quitter looked good 2 days ago.

I have no clue!....it happens incubatin & broodin hen....it would b great to find ouot tho!

 

[LeelaK05]

After my last hatch got to hot and failed, im so worried about this bunch, today my air conditioner froze up and the house started getting warm and I had to leave to pick my step sons up from football practice so I didnt want to risk them getting over heated so I put all the eggs in a ziplock baggie and stuck them in my sports bra!

. they stayed nice and warm until I could get home and adjust the temp in the incubator. I candled just to make sure all was well and they were all fine.

. but boy did my post office lady give me a weird look when I walked in holding my lumpy looking boobs.

, I eventually told her what had happened and she laughed.

LMBO...thats too funny!!

 

[LeelaK05]

Well...my Phoenix eggs got here Saturday...Amanda sent me 13!!
But ALL has broken air cells & tiny bubbles!!

(3 didnt make it)

Did my research...& found out that they can still htach

So I let them settle 24 hours & put them in the bottom of the bator for 5-7 days (NO TURNIN)

Hope I get a few to hatch!!

Good Luck to everyone!!!

The others I put in on the 13th r doin Great!!

 

[Blarneyeggs]

I set 14 bantam cochin eggs and 60 coturnix eggs on the 15th.  All 14 cochin eggs are fertile and out of 30 of the coturnix I only had three bad ones and one ROD.  I love my Hova Bator.  I think I am gonna do 120 more quail and put a few more chicken eggs on soon as well.  TO YOU GUYS WITH QUESTIONS ABOUT CANDLEING....   The best time to candle chicken eggs is early.  They should be easily visible after 4-5 days.  If you see veins, a red spot that looks like a spider, or just a shadow with a nice oxygen bubble at the top of the egg and clear space towards the bottom, you have a fertile egg.  You may see a bubble in the center that gives off a red shadow.  This is a yolk.  If you hold the egg up to the light and slowly rotate it in a turning motion the yolk will move like the air bubble in a soda bottle.  An embryo will not move in a fluid fashion like the yolk and does not move like the bubble in a soda bottle.  If you see a red line that makes a circle around the egg you have an egg that was fertile but the embryo has died.  This is called the red ring of death. 

Thank you for this info! A little late for me as I am on day 13, but good to know for the future!

Laela, best of luck with those Pheonix!

 

[LeelaK05]

Thank you for this info! A little late for me as I am on day 13, but good to know for the future!
Laela, best of luck with those Pheonix!

Thanx!!

Good Luck with urs too!!

 

[WRVgirl]

I candled again last night! I saw wiggly babies again. I love watching them jump around, my SLW babies were easier to see because they're a day behind the others.

Now I'm just hanging out on my couch and waiting for my replacement incubator to get here, though I know it won't be until late this afternoon....at least my eggs are ready to go though! Hopefully the new incubator doesn't take much set up.

 

[chickchickchiky]

Well i candled last night and i have a bunch of dancing babies

So far so good on day 7 now so i marked the air cells so that i will be able to make sure they are growing in there and humidity is not too high. I removed the infertile eggs and i think there are 2 iffy one's that may be early quitters but i am leaving them in till day 14 to make sure. Happy hatching everyone

 

[LeelaK05]

I candled again last night! I saw wiggly babies again. I love watching them jump around, my SLW babies were easier to see because they're a day behind the others.

Now I'm just hanging out on my couch and waiting for my replacement incubator to get here, though I know it won't be until late this afternoon....at least my eggs are ready to go though! Hopefully the new incubator doesn't take much set up.

Yea for ur babees!!!....Hope ur bator gets there on time & eazy to set up for ya too!!!

Well i candled last night and i have a bunch of dancing babies

So far so good on day 7 now so i marked the air cells so that i will be able to make sure they are growing in there and humidity is not too high. I removed the infertile eggs and i think there are 2 iffy one's that may be early quitters but i am leaving them in till day 14 to make sure. Happy hatching everyone

Good Luck!!!!

 

[WRVgirl]

Ugh. My replacement incubator got here this afternoon....and the box looks like someone ran it over and than wrapped it in masking tape. I've already filed a claim with UPS, and the incubator seems to be working fine, but it's a delicate piece of equipment and I'm not sure if it's going to work right, or if it's going to crap out on me after some time because the electronic part of it was damaged.

I'm so frustrated, it seems like I can't get anything delivered in one piece recently.

 

[nuthatch]

Ugh. My replacement incubator got here this afternoon....and the box looks like someone ran it over and than wrapped it in masking tape. I've already filed a claim with UPS, and the incubator seems to be working fine, but it's a delicate piece of equipment and I'm not sure if it's going to work right, or if it's going to crap out on me after some time because the electronic part of it was damaged.

I'm so frustrated, it seems like I can't get anything delivered in one piece recently.

Gee, you sure are having more than your share of bad luck lately. Things just HAVE to turn around for you soon! So sorry about the shipping fiascos.