Just an update on my progress.
Day 9. Incubator 1 - 29 shipped eggs and one from my hens. Of the 29 shipped eggs I removed 2 that were spoiled and one with “ring of death”. 19 of the shipped show good development. I am not removing the ones that do not smell bad because I cannot tell for sure they are quitters or not fertilized.
Day 7. Incubator 2. 29 eggs from my hens and one shipped egg with a crack that I repaired with “new skin”. Amazingly the cracked egg shows development, 12 of my own also show development.
Temperature 99.5, humidity 40, turners on for all eggs, monitoring eggs air cells every 3 days and weight loss and we are on track, based on a projected total weight loss of 13% over 18 days.
I am switching the eggs position in the trays when I weigh so hopefully there are no eggs stuck in a colder or warmer spot the whole time.
I calibrated two wifi govees to the incubators for peace of mind and temperature/humidity seem to be quite stable.
Support from Maticoopx has been excellent.
The percentage of eggs showing development is much greater this time around. My previous disastrous and first ever attempt, I had only placed 12 eggs in the incubator which probably led to the temperature and humidity to fluctuate more.
20 out of 29 shipped eggs showing development seems a good rate to me. As usual USPS delayed the delivery date and manage to break 2 of the eggs that were masterfully packaged in a box with so many “fragile” and “handle with care” labels on it it was almost comical. As per the eggs from my own hens, too soon to tell if more are viable, but lower percentage is likely due to the fact that I have only one rooster and 21 hens.
Of course we have a long way to go still, so we shall see.
How about you guys?
@The Moonshiner and
@Hedgeland Farms?
