Chicken or the egg; Candling at day 7 in the incubator

[organicbeanful]

I'm incubating an egg atm, and it's the same stage as this. It's incredible how it goes from just an egg to a little tiny chicken in just a few days!! x

[JaydeesLaydee]

I just lost two hens who laid two precious eggs in their final moments of life...and bought one of those tabletop model incubators to give their babies a chance. So far, so good the past 24 hours. I'm following instructions to the letter because these babies are so important to me...please keep your fingers crossed for them guys.

[MrNelrockz]

are these brown shelled eggs?

[HenkMannetje]

@MrNelrockz No, these were somewhat in between light and brown shelled eggs I think

[tanlexi101]

i candled mine on day seven it was bigger than that is that normal??

[1cutiecalifornia]

What do you use to candle it?

[Fjellmannen2008]

its the 10th day today in my incubator. I candled them to look at the embryos. The chicken was swimming around the eggs

[Fjellmannen2008]

im also incubating eggs. its the 7 th day today and I just candled them. I saw a black dot inside the red one. But it didnt move.

[ratanddogfan]

I had 2 chicken eggs in the incubator and they were both developing and it is now day 8 but one of the eggs dropped and broke. The other egg is still ok and developing but its just so sad cuz the worse part is in the egg that broke there were veins and the now dead floating embryo. It feels like loosing a child. That's how sad I feel. Please reply. Thanks.

[HenkMannetje]

I know how you feel. It happened to me as well. You could even see the heart of the embryo beating for some time..

Anyways, there is nothing you can do about it. Just make sure you are careful handling the eggs in the future. Shit happens, but the chick didn't feel anything, so don't feel too bad. When the other egg hatches properly, you'll be all happy again. Trust me.

[hitlessmack]

@ratanddogfan dont feel bad... you didnt do it purposely!

[GreenKid24]

im saving a parakeets live..in an egg

i made a incubator.....its 100 degrees acording to my thermometer......it has survide 20 hours so far... any tips....do i have to add water?

[HenkMannetje]

I'm not sure actually. But who will take care of the chick when it hatches? Only do this when you are sure you can handle the chick (and bird when it gets older)

[pinkmints]

hey i now have 2 chicken eggs that i just put in the incubator..... can u give any tips?

[HenkMannetje]

Be patient :)

(and make sure you follow the manual of the incubator)

[pinkmints]

i popped 6 more in so yeah, what day will i be able to see the chicks in the egg?

[MixPearlVoice]

21-22

[beanerboy57]

my pullet laid her 1st egg & i think it is fertile should i incubate it or wait until she lays more? don't they say the 1st ones she lays are the best?

[HenkMannetje]

The first eggs of a hen are not very useful, because usually the eggs are smaller and/or deformed compared to later eggs. This makes it difficult for the embryo to develop and for the chick to hatch.

It's best to wait until the eggs she lays are all uniform in size and shape.

[DieToW1n]

I put 4 eggs in mine, It is day 7 now and I just candled, All died or werent fertile but 1. The one that is fertile has a dark red center with lots of veins coming out. But it is not moving around...Does this mean he/she is dead? Or could it just not be moving as much as others?

[HenkMannetje]

Some move more than others.

The best thing is just to wait a couple more days and candle the egg again, If it's alive it will have grown conciderably (the spot will be darker and much bigger). If everything is well, at day 14 half of the egg will be dark.

[DieToW1n]

Ok I candled it yesterday and took a picture, my mom will flip it for me this weekend while I am gone. Ill candle again on sunday night, If it hasnt grown I will start over again

[MomakaBabe]

How did you get the humidity percentage? I've a thermometor in their but I'm unsure of the exact humidity level. I just try to make sure there's been water in the provided dish/water trowels.

[kelsobreeder]

hey man do you know if the chik will survive if the are sack at the bottem of the egg has like line between it

[HenkMannetje]

Relative humidity was set at about 45%, in the last three days I stopped turning the eggs and raised relative humidity to about 65%-70%. I got 17 healthy chicks running around atm.

[Unclepickney]

did you rise your humidity the last days of incubation or did you left it like you had it everyday?