The eggs are on day 11 of incubation (out of 21 days). We 'candled' them on day 9, this means shining a bright light through them to try to work out what is going on inside. We have a candling torch which has a rubbery ring to stand the eggs on and create a seal round them so get all the light going in to them. Apparently it is difficult to see what is going on in dark brown eggs, we didn't do them all because we couldn't see much - and we have no idea whether what we could see was good or not! The eggs all had a dark area on one side, filling about a third of the egg. Perhaps this is the embryo growing, or perhaps not.
We removed 3 eggs from the incubator and gave them to one of the chickens who seems to have gone broody. This was because the incubator was a bit crowded and we were concerned there would be issues when/if the chicks hatched. We didn't want to trust the chicken with too many eggs as it seems they are pretty likely not to see the thing through having been breed to lay a lot rather than to raise broods well.
The dividers fit in to the incubator now which hopefully means the eggs will turn more evenly.
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