I'm so excited for everyone! I look forward to all the updates from today and through the weekend.
My two chicks from earlier this week will be the only hatchers here. I candled the questionable Brabanter yesterday because I feared explosion. At 20 days it was not developed past about a 14 day expectation. I thought I saw the other one wiggle so I left it. Today is Day 21 and I was doubting whether or not I saw wiggles. I just candled and it too is no longer living (it was not moving, the dark mass was not chick shaped - almost an S and stuck to the side- there was no discernable body- it did not fill the shell, and veins that were visible at day 18 were dark and the whole thing looked rotten). I'm going to chalk this up to a learning experience and move on. Puppy and Kitten are great additions and I will work on the next additions in the spring. I'll probably work from my flock for now. None will be pure chicks, but that's okay with me. Puppy and Kitten better pull their weight around here (which isn't much) because they were expensive additions. They've overcome poor odds so they should be strong. Haha.
I look forward to painting faces tonight.
My two chicks from earlier this week will be the only hatchers here. I candled the questionable Brabanter yesterday because I feared explosion. At 20 days it was not developed past about a 14 day expectation. I thought I saw the other one wiggle so I left it. Today is Day 21 and I was doubting whether or not I saw wiggles. I just candled and it too is no longer living (it was not moving, the dark mass was not chick shaped - almost an S and stuck to the side- there was no discernable body- it did not fill the shell, and veins that were visible at day 18 were dark and the whole thing looked rotten). I'm going to chalk this up to a learning experience and move on. Puppy and Kitten are great additions and I will work on the next additions in the spring. I'll probably work from my flock for now. None will be pure chicks, but that's okay with me. Puppy and Kitten better pull their weight around here (which isn't much) because they were expensive additions. They've overcome poor odds so they should be strong. Haha.
I look forward to painting faces tonight.