Let me explain.
After that last round of disappointment and anguish, I took a few days to collect myself and get ready to try again. This time, I took eggs from my own flock. I gathered 32 total.
Between then and now, I had some thermometer drama and stressed out a TON because of that. I basically had no hope that any of these would hatch either.
Fast forward to today: Day 7.
My new incubator thermometer came in!! http://incubatorwarehouse.com/eggometer.html
Since I had to open the incubator and move some eggs around to put this in, I took the opportunity to candle the eggs. Of the 32 I put in there, 30 (yes, THIRTY) of them are developing right on schedule!!!!!!!!! :D I even saw a tiny heartbeat on one of them!!!!! <3 br="">
This tells me a few of things:
1) My incubator temps aren't as far off as I was worried they were. The previous digital thermometer I bought is definitely going back. I'm hoping this new thermometer gives me an accurate reading in case I need to make minor adjustments.
2) The eggs I purchased before were, indeed, junk, like I suspected. Not sure if I'm going to bother talking to the hatchery or not. There's "no guarantee" on hatching eggs, but I kind of feel like they used that policy as an excuse to rip me off. They were tiny, misshapen, and dirty. Not a good combination for any egg, but hatching eggs especially.
3) Athena is a stud muffin. You go, boi.
My new incubator thermometer came in!! http://incubatorwarehouse.com/eggometer.html
Since I had to open the incubator and move some eggs around to put this in, I took the opportunity to candle the eggs. Of the 32 I put in there, 30 (yes, THIRTY) of them are developing right on schedule!!!!!!!!! :D I even saw a tiny heartbeat on one of them!!!!! <3 br="">
This tells me a few of things:
1) My incubator temps aren't as far off as I was worried they were. The previous digital thermometer I bought is definitely going back. I'm hoping this new thermometer gives me an accurate reading in case I need to make minor adjustments.
2) The eggs I purchased before were, indeed, junk, like I suspected. Not sure if I'm going to bother talking to the hatchery or not. There's "no guarantee" on hatching eggs, but I kind of feel like they used that policy as an excuse to rip me off. They were tiny, misshapen, and dirty. Not a good combination for any egg, but hatching eggs especially.
3) Athena is a stud muffin. You go, boi.