Recent content by porteryork

Thanks everyone. I am going to try one more time and will do everything you all have suggested.

It is a still air and I turn by hand. Temp is 99-100 and humidity is 30.

So I have a borrowed LG and my temps and humidity are good. I have set 80+ eggs from a variety of sources in my two attempts. Some of the eggs were not fertile so I am okay with those, the rest seem to stop at various stages. What am I doing wrong? Any pointers? I want to try one more time but...

Oh Telly! Thanks so much. That helped me. I think that I must have a bacteria issue. I candled last night and took out about 1/2 that I knew for sure were not viable.....porous eggs and not fertilized. There were two I was not sure about so I cracked them open and there were two little...

I can't tell you how many times I have looked at that sticky. That's what makes me feel like such a loser. I see the veins there but my eggs don't look like that.......I wish we had a sticky that said, this is what a fertile egg looks like at xxxx days, this is one that isn't making it so there...

Okay, thanks ya'll. I am feeling better and shall last until day 14. I want to see veining!

So I am candling my 47 eggs today which should be day 7. Some are just clear so those are not fertile? Some I see a black spot on, that is the eye? I am trying but I just don't see any veining..........I am just hopeless? Surely between these 47 I can get one chick? My temps and humidity are...

My first try was with $80.00 (45 eggs) and NOTHING! I feel like an idiot. So this time, I was gifted with a bunch of eggs as well as 7 from my own for a total of 47 eggs. Set them yesterday and the temp is steady at 100/99 and humidity is 35% in a LG. Please send me good hatching vibes!

I empathize with you. I lost over 1/2 of my flock to a mysterious predator (birds are just gone, no bodies, no feathers, no signs at all) I was bereft!

I set 45 eggs 18 days ago. I am pretty sure I have done everything right but the candleing thing is driving me nuts. I now only have 5 eggs left that I think might have something in there. The rest were clearly not doing anything. Is this normal or am I a loser of a chicken hatcher?

I am in the same boat, my bator is full til Feb. I want a dozen if we can do it that way. Thanks!

I have 45 eggs in the bator for my first hatch. Every thing from some dark copper marans to green/blue and, yes, pink, EE's. I am nervous and have my fingers crossed! It will be my birthday so hopefully that will a good day...

So Pumkinpup, are you trying to tell us that Locked is a first class enabler?

I just figured out today that these little ones are due on my birthday. Won't that be great?! Anyway they are cuckoo and black cooper marans, buff orps, silkies and EE's and............eekkk frizzles! Send me good hatching thoughts and I will keep you posted. I am terribly afraid that my chicken...

I sent her an email but I haven't heard from her and I see she hasn't posted since Nov. Any thoughts? Michelle