I am attempting my second hatch in a borrowed Little Giant still air incubator. My first hatch, well, it didn't hatch but I blame a snowstorm and the PO for that little fact.
Now I have 24 Silkie eggs in there due to hatch in 2 weeks. I also have a broody Silkie hen setting on 3 eggs (due to hatch this weekend) and then five eggs (due to hatch in 2 weeks, I am going to take the chicks from her so she hatches out the other ones for me).
I cannot tell if the ones in the incubator are doing well or not. I think some of them are developing. I swore I saw blood vessels the other night. I tried to candle them tonight and couldn't tell! Some of them look like there is a blood ring which seems to indicate the egg was developing and then died, right?
So I decided to go candle the ones under the hen just now. the 3 brown eggs due to hatch soon seem right, all dark and then with an air sac. Three white eggs (Sulties) I can see blood vessels as clear as day! The two blue eggs, I can't tell at all.
Is this a skill I just learn over time? I swear I spend all my time googling candling pictures to compare to what I saw in my eggs.
Homeschooling mom to four awesome kids! Lover of animals (dogs, cats, rabbits, guineas and chickens)
Homeschooling mom to four awesome kids! Lover of animals (dogs, cats, rabbits, guineas and chickens)
